East meets West Wedding

It has been a fun filled weekend. We had a chance to catch up on email, paper work, and sleep Sat morning. Then at 3:00 we were picked up and taken to Chris and Rebecca Kalnin’s wedding. It was a true East meets West ceremony. We had a traditional wedding at Beverly Kalnin's home then we were transported to a resort for the reception. That is when things got interesting. The Barefoot Drs put on quite a show. They did a long dance in the traditional dress and custom of the majority of the class. I wish I had more pictures but my camera could not handle the poor lighting conditions. Then, just amazing food intermixed with some traditional American style speeches.
Chris was given leader status by this tribal people with the traditional costume, a sword, and gong. Then they had a ceremony that is traditional in Thailand where you make a blessing and hold a burning paper lamp. When the lamp paper fills with enough hot air you let it go and it floats up to the heavens. It was surreal watching what looked like Chinese lamps floating into the night sky with a crescent moon in the background. Also knowing that with each lamp a blessing had been sent. If that was not enough, then there were fireworks! You could never get away with any of this in California! You would burn the whole state down. Here it was no problem. Seriously the fireworks were so close directly overhead I thought someone was going to get burned. The best part was all the stories and to know that these are two great people that seem to truly belong together. There is no doubt in my mind they are blessed and will be a blessing to others in far greater ways then they were as individuals.