This is the bride and groom Freddie and Crystal
"The whole thing was supposed to be from 11 am to 3 pm but typically for Africa did not start until after 1 pm. The ceremony was held on a hill overlooking the Nakuru National Park and we could see buffaloes in the distance and the lake was beautiful. We had several baboons as uninvited guests. There were three tents set up with a white aisle in the middle. with flowers on wicker cone like stands along the aisle. First there was a dance to welcome in the groom. This consisted of all the women dancing with swaying hips and arms forming a circle around the aisle, some men joined in, too. The music was from a string instrument called an okubana made out of a huge gourd with a lute like thing attached which the player puts over his shoulder and played the ten strings that look like nylon twine. Next came another dance to welcome the bride this one got wilder with the ladies ululating with their tongues and swaying even more. One lady grabbed my hand so I joined in the procession and tried to keep up. It was kind of fun except I could not quite get the hip motion down.
"The mission office elder who had baptized Freddie officiated at the ring ceremony then there was more dancing and then they ate the typical heavy African food. Then all the grandmas on the grooms side gave speeches and gave him a basket to fill with food and one to shop with and one to give the brides mother as none of her side could come over. They also gave him a stool to sit on and they told him he was to command his family from this seat of honor. The festivities were till going strong when we left at 4 because we wanted to get home before dark. We took all four elders and they were delighted to be able to go to a real Kenyan wedding.
Love Sister Dalley"
Sister Dalley with Mary called the Hat and the Hair
We met these cute little chines girls that we just fell in love with at the wedding
"Sister Dalley didn't mention that we both danced with the group as they danced in the circles, and I really had fun doing so. The biggest problem I had was that men danced with men and some held hands which is normal, so I just kept clapping my hands to the beat so I would not have to hold any man's hand. They also had me give a short speech and then they wanted me to offer a prayer, which I did. They Church was well represented there at the ring ceremony of about 200 +. You just can't help but love these people they are so excepting and they just really love it when you join in. There were three little middle age ladies that came up to me and, teasing around, asked if I could please find them a mazungo husband. I told them I would and wrote down their information. We had a lot of fun just teasing, dancing, talking and just enjoying the ceremony.
Love Elder Dalley"
And then there were the Baboons ;)
