We had a fantastic, God-blessed and God-saturated week in Iquitos, Peru, and the Amazon jungle, and one of the major highlights of the week was our participation in a Yagua tribal wedding.
I officiated at the wedding of Ricardo and Kelly, two Yagua tribe members who also are dear friends of ours. We purchased a new white shirt for Ricardo to wear with his traditional grass skirt, and we also purchased a beautiful white wedding gown and veil for Kelly. I, too, wore a traditional grass skirt for the wedding ceremony, along with all of the tribal leaders.
The ceremony opened with a few well-known hymns, and then we performed the wedding ceremony, complete with prayer, a Bible lesson on marriage, the vows, the exchange of rings (silver, not gold), the pronouncement, and a final pastoral blessing. The bride and groom also spoke and sang, as did other relatives and tribe members.
We toasted the newlyweds, Ricardo and Kelly, with Inca Kola, which of course is entirely appropriate anywhere in Peru.
I received a beautiful, laquered canoe paddle as a gift of appreciation from the couple.
It was quite a week in the jungle: five people baptized in the Amazon River and one Yagua tribal wedding. Those are memories that will stay with us forever.
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