Double the wedding, double the fun
Shortly after Mitch and I got engaged in Kenya, we heard the happy news that Dj, who works with me on Book work, also got engaged, to a fellow Follower from Clove Island. She's been living on Volcano Island for a few years, so when Mitch and I returned to the islands in February, we met up for dinner to hear their story in person and to share more about our plans moving forward. Well, in the conversation, as we were talking about plans for a wedding celebration for bels in the islands, we threw out the idea of "if you're ready, we could make it a double event!" They weren't ready for that idea, acting a bit embarrassed and laughing it off. But the idea stuck. Dj's kids were showing signs of struggling with being juggled back and forth between relatives, and the pressure to get married sooner rather than later was building. At first Dj and V were talking about getting married in September. Then August, then July. Then the question was, "why n...