~Wedding in Bucaramanga~

We went to a wedding in Bucaramanga yesterday, it has been quite a trip. Our kids have lost the ability to ride in cars on land, put them in a boat, no problem, but a car? They cried after the first time of motion sickness and throwing up, but by the time we got to Bucaramanga they were used to throwing up. Hopefully the trip home will be less eventful.
 The weather here is awesome, a relief to the continual peak summer of Bocachica. The kids loved playing outside, lots of soccer in the park. Everything is green here. The mornings here are like a fall day, and it heats up to about 80 and then starts to cool down.

 The wedding of Lina and Javier was a fun experience as well, the couple has a wonderful testimony about being faithful to the Lord to wait for the right person. Their testimony before this day is great, and the celebration of the next chapter is great to be a part of. Both parts are what I am glad that our family could be a witness of.
 One the of the things that is a privilege about a mature Christianity is to be part of the redemption and expressions of the action of matrimony. The setting was beautiful, the sermon presented Christ in marriage, the food was good, the music was top quality. This may seem common, and many people today are trying to downsize the celebration of marriage, but it is a powerful testimony to the next generation of young folks coming up. If you are investing in marriage this much, it must be important. In Bocachica, the majority see no need to get married not because of the cost but there is little value given to marriage. Christ could have picked any physical relationship to represent His relationship to the church, but He chose marriage. Christ could have chosen the relation of  a general to the army to express the relation between Christ and the Church, but He chose marriage. This is where marriage gets it high value. Part of the gospel then is honoring marriage and holding it in high esteem.
 We enjoyed being a part of the marriage yesterday, and we look forward to the future for Lina and Javier. It is a joy to see my kids look forward to such events in excitement because they enjoy it now and are looking forward to their own possibilities of the future.