Final Wedding pictures!

Whew!  I think this is the last Wedding Picture blog... I am sorry that it is so backwards... if you start 3 blogs down you can see them in some sort of order!

After the reception our professional photographer (ok, so she is not a professional, but my sister Debbie... THANK YOU Deb!!) drove us to Duncan Gardens for some of my favorite pictures... I think they speak for themselves!  

After the photo shoot, Deb drove us to the airport to rent a car for our honeymoon in Oregon.  We saw God's hand at work because I don't have a 'major' credit card.  So Debbie put the car on her card, and as the clerk was figuring out the price... Nathan prayed... and the price went down... and he prayed, and the price went down again.  All total I think it was reduced more than $100 for the 6 days that we needed it... God is good!  Our first stop on the way to Albany Oregon was Multnomah Falls.  

Wedding... (this should really be part 2, but I goofed... read this second to have it in order!)

The reception was held in the church (Otis Orchard Community Church, Julianna's home church) annex.  A HUUUUUGE "THANK YOU" to the OOCC women who helped set up and decorate the annex and serve the cake and punch, they were a tremendous help and I really take no credit for the reception!!  

One couple that attended the wedding were Ron and Ruth Berger from YFC World Outreach.  They live on the other side of WA state and were able to come and represent the staff at headquarters in Colorado!  

Wedding Picts (2nd blog)

I just realized that I am doing this a bit backwards... oh well!

Our wedding was very simple (and relatively inexpensive!)

We are all wearing outfits made in The Gambia by local tailors.  My mom did all the flowers (in addition to creating her own skirt from the leftover fabrics from the boys outfits)... THANKS Mom!!  And you will see in the next blog the wedding cakes were from Cosco (gotta love Cosco cakes!).  Besides buying candles for the candle-abra's... and punch and napkins that was all the expenses!!  There was left over mints and nuts from Ciara's wedding, so we were covered!

In the wedding were my three daughters with their husband/boyfriends.  Ciara with her new husband (Brian), Kirsten with her boyfriend Clancy, and Tiffany with her boyfriend Johnny.  My former pastor Neil Nedrow officiated.  

The wedding was in a traditional format... since it wasn't video'd I will tell you about the bloopers.  When my father gave me away he forgot his lines... when asked "Who gives this woman to marry this man?" he answered "My mother and I... I mean my mother and I... her mother and I!"!!  The other funny moment (or moment for concern) was when Ciara almost fainted.  I was facing her new husband (Brian) and all I saw was him lunge across the front of the stage to catch her as she collapsed.  Poor thing!!!  She was back on stage for the signing of the Marriage License (very traditional part of the African wedding ceremonies is to sign during the wedding).  

For music...  for those of you who know my (Julianna) love for Christian music.. you will rest assured that I took much joy in choosing the music!  "The Love Of God" by Mercy Me played for the candle lighting.  All the wedding party, including the bride, walked in to "Indescribable" Chris Tomlin.  Then before the vows a love song by Scott Kryppayne, "Here With You", which made Nathan cry like a baby (or love-sick 'husband-to-be").  As we lit the unity candle and signed the marriage certficate the song "Amazed" (by Ross Parsley) was played.  Then the audience joined us in worship by singing "Great Is Thy Faithfulness".  We were presented as Mr & Mrs Overmeyer and walked out  to "For The Sake Of The Call" by Steven Curtis Chapman.

Ciara's Wedding (part 2)

Ciara and Brian were married on Sunday July 13th... enjoy the pictures

Ciara's Wedding...

(in two postings)

Nathan took pictures as the photographer was also shooting the professional shots... I think they speak for themselves

Churches visited...

While in Spokane we were warmly welcomed to speak at 4 different churches.  Only being in town for 6 weeks, and attending Ciara's wedding on one Sunday, and having our wedding on the following Sunday means that all our Sundays were very busy.

At St David's Episcopal, we had the blessing of sharing during their coffee hour after the early service before the late service.  Then we rushed off to speak at Otis Orchards Community Church (Julianna's home church).  The next Sunday we spoke at Journey Fellowship, and were invited to join their weekly baseball game after the service.  Our last Sunday in the states we spent the day with St. Marie's First Baptist, enjoying a wonderful BBQ on the river after the service.

We were blessed every week as we met brothers and sisters in the Lord and shared what God has been doing in our lives, and the new direction He is sending us into as the National Director team for YFC - Swaziland.

From the top of Mt. Spokane to Lake Coeur d'Alene I enjoyed showing off my community to Nathan.  The first weekend we watched Tiffany's boyfriend, Johnny, play basketball at "Hoopfest".  Nathan went crazy taking pictures of how all the streets of downtown Spokane are completely closed off for the whole weekend while thousands of teams of all ages compete.  We also saw the Spokane Falls in all their glory due to the large snow melt off this year.  

 God blessed us with much time with extended family while in the stateds... beautiful day at the Pend Orielle (pon-der-ay) with Julianna's fathers brothers family (she only has 2 cousins)!  Nathan was the official photographer when it came time to take the family photo. The day ended with a beautiful sunset while the kids still got in a little fishing time.    

July 3rd... Nathan and I enjoyed a wonderful time at my sister's with a good 'ol fashioned' BBQ.  If you look closely you will see that my daughter is wearing high heels while playing basketball - she was breaking in the shoes for Ciara's wedding.  

It has been a long time since I updated my blogsite... now that I have a partner in ministry (my husband, Nathan) I am hoping to have some help in keeping this updated.  So... forgive me for the absence... but I am picking up with about 2 months ago news with separate blogs

June 26th was the big day... Nathan put a ring on my finger when he arrived at the Sea-Tac airport!! In all the excitement though, he lost his passport. We didn't realize it was gone until about 2/3 of the drive home to Spokane.  God was faithful to look after it, and 5 days later we had confirmation that it was found and in the hands of a South African friend (Lucy) of Nathan's.