April 12, 2008 Ben Sywulka gets married here in Guatemala City. Ben is a CAM MK who grew up in Guatemala. His parents are still here and grandparents recently moved back to California. This was our first time to attend a Guatemalan wedding. It was unique in many respects, performend in both Spanish and English. The bride was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. The Invitation said 3pm, but they figured that starting at 3:30pm is right on time. The Bride walked down the isle by herself. She had no bridesmaid attendants. And the couple sat in chairs on the platform facing the audience (I understand the sitting aspect is a Guatemalan thing). Ben sang his vows to his wife.



Judy Murphy, Gail Conners and Mike Stephenson car-pooled in our van with us to the wedding. Driving to the wedding, we listened to Gail recount her previous week's experience about loosing a Guatemala friend who was murdered. Glenn and I took note and decided to visit the Conners for lunch the next week. More about that later.

Blessings,

Judy