Here in Phichit there are not many white people and we got excited one day when we ran into a guy from Atlanta, Georgia, Daniel and his Thai wife Pat here in town. They are SO nice and generous. They have come to the school, met the kids, brought them candy and taken us out to eat too many times!! They were legally married around a year ago so Pat could go to America for Christmas but their traditional wedding was this past weekend and that is the reason we went to Bangkok. Pat and Daniel met on Daniel's first day in Thailand and they have been together ever since for the past four years. We had the privilege to attend our friend's wedding and it was BEAUTIFUL!! We are so grateful for their friendship and generosity!
Us in our traditional Thai dresses in the elevator heading to the wedding.
The monks did chants and rituals for a couple hours, it was really neat
to be a part of it.
Bride and groom in Thai traditional dress
The couple changed into their western attire, Daniel giving his speech.
Cute Thai wedding party, all in traditional dress. The girl in the blue was running around all
afternoon taking pictures of everyone and everything, she was SO cute!
So we were at the wedding in our Thai dresses that we rented and relized within minutes that we were over-dressed so we took the elevator up to our hotel room and changed into our western dresses. It was pretty funny, and we felt much more comfortable anyways. We decided to do a photo shoot back at the school after our Bangkok trip.
More of the wedding:
We used these flowers as part of the ceremony when Daniel, the groom, entered the room. We used the flowers as a block way and Daniel had to give us money and answer a question we asked correctly in order to pass. He was followed by all his friends holding gifts and flowers, the friends would holler and howl
when Daniel would pass one of our thresholds, it was SO fun to be a part of the wedding!
Photo shoot at the school:
All six of us!
These are shrines in front of the school. Offering are put
on the front pedestals almost every week.
The two K3 teachers
Beautiful fabric!
This is guard in the black and our gardener in the green they were following
us around taking pictures of us, it was SO funny!! They are both
sweet men who take good care of us and the school.
A little sunny but I had to represent Phichit!
The dresses were BEAUTIFUL and even though we didn't wear them to the wedding we were glad that we rented them anyway!
Thanks again Pat and Daniel for being such great friends to us!
CONGRATULATIONS on your big day! We are all very happy for you both!
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