Wedding and Reception

Saturday Wezzie Maseko married Daniel Hara. African weddings (at least in Malawi) are really big, big deals. Since I am living close to both the church (for the ceremony) and the gardens (for the reception), the girls 'moved in' here to make the arrangements, cook cupcakes and wedding cake, meet with people, sleep here, eat here, talk here, and of course, brought the appropriate children. It has been a wild, wild week. The ceremony was very good, the bride was beautiful beyond words, the groom is very handsome, and everything went off without a hitch. The reception lasted for several hours, and was beautifully staged (enough that the girls were asked by several people for their 'business cards' so they could cater their wedding!).  I think everyone had a glorious, joyful time! I know I did. Some stayed for church on Sunday morning, then packed up almost everything and left. It sure was quiet last night! Today I started preparing for the next clinics, ordering meds, only to have Wednesday's smaller clinic canceled. However the 'big' clinic is still on for Friday, and the seizure clinic Thursday. I had lunch with Michelle Clark and her Mom, Pat, plus visitors from Nchetsi? who are German and with AIM, working in an orphanage and feeding program and promoting natural / herbal medications. While at Michelle's I met Princess Michelle, the baby of one of her workers, Grace. What a sweet baby, even fell asleep on my shoulder.  Charles the tailor stopped by last week, his wife had a tooth problem (probably dry socket, very painful), and then Watson, one of the cooks on campus, brought his little boy by - he tested positive for malaria so we got him on treatment. The dining room doubles as a clinic area! Enjoy the photos.

Charles the tailor and his beautiful wife, Mary, along with their youngest child

Me, feeding Robin (son of Foster and Wezzie) his breakfast porridge.

Kitchen full of activity!!

Table starting to fill up with cupcakes. I think they made over 200 cupcakes!

Morning of the wedding, a bridesmaid in the background, while work is still on going for the reception. Many of the cupcakes were put in these pretty little boxes to give away.

Beautiful flower girls, including Isabella (the 'left most') and next to her Alpha.

A most beautiful bride, Eddah Maseko

Happy couple, Daniel and Eddah Hara!

The cupcake stand, all decorated and filled with cupcakes, surrounded by fruit platters. To the right are the wedding cakes and to the left, the chocolate fountain

Craig Kindell, me and Isabella, as the reception is winding down. All those chairs had been full of people for most of the day!

Michelle Clark and little Princess Michelle. 

This was the cupcake stand as it started out BEFORE they decorated it and filled it with cupcakes!