Today Alejandro and Maria Calderón, from Unimev (see picture under mini mission), were married. Hermana Lindahl and I went to their “wedding” this morning. They are the same case as most here in Argentina in that, although they have been together 16 years and have 4 children together and until the missionaries taught them, they never felt a need to get married. 
They were really nervous and excited. We found a suit for Alejandro to wear from one of the missionaries in the past. He was really excited and Maria looked beautiful. 
This was my first opportunity to witness a civil marriage in South America. It was very interesting. We stood in line, awaiting our turn. It was like - take a number - kind of feel. When it was their turn, they took us into a typical Argentine room with paint-chipped walls, a low flourscent light hanging from the ceiling. The man in charge read from a book, they signed a bunch of papers, the witnesses signed a bunch of papers, they kissed and that was it. **
They were really nervous and excited. We found a suit for Alejandro to wear from one of the missionaries in the past. He was really excited and Maria looked beautiful. 
This was my first opportunity to witness a civil marriage in South America. It was very interesting. We stood in line, awaiting our turn. It was like - take a number - kind of feel. When it was their turn, they took us into a typical Argentine room with paint-chipped walls, a low flourscent light hanging from the ceiling. The man in charge read from a book, they signed a bunch of papers, the witnesses signed a bunch of papers, they kissed and that was it. **
After one year, they plan on getting sealed for eternity in the Chile, Santiago Temple.**for the record not ALL weddings in Argentina are like this. There are your traditional religious weddings with white puffy dresses, cake and flowers and all the glamor as well. This just wasn't one of them. The most important is that they are were married so that they then could be . . . baptized!
5 comments:
About how long was the wedding? By the way you said it, it sounded like it was about 10 minuits long. How long do you want your wedding to be?
by the way, that last one was from Tyson.
hi!
So glad u r having a good time!
To me, that whole wedding thing, isn't that big of a ceabration. I will get married in the temple, then my reception will have a retro theme, what do u want your reception to be like?
your 6 grade friend,
EMILY DEAN
Tyson - the actual wedding was probably 7 minutes and then we took pictures for 5. How long do I want my wedding? By the time I get married it is going to be a BIG celebration AND not at the local court.
Emily - Honestly I haven't really planned my wedding other than that I also want to be married in the temple and I want a dance at the reception. I want the reception to have a celebratory feel rather than a formal line where you only say congratulations and move on really quick.
cool!
Well, thank you for sending us all of this info, we truly enjoy reading all about you!
Emily Dean
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