As promised, I'm back here blogging about my experience at the wedding.
So first off, the church is amazing. I only got to see one hall, but it was already enough to be impressed. The chapel holds 200 people, which is fair. But the sanctuary holds 2000 people with its 3 levels! Amazing. The church also holds a library, a bookstore, a children's centre, and a senior centre just to name a bit. I don't know how many youths they have, but it's enough to make a few soccer, baseball, basketball, and beach volleyball teams....which the church all has fields for. My family actually got lost outside of the church because its parking lot extends to 3 different streets.
As for the actual wedding, there's nothing like a wedding to make you believe in love again. The ceremony was beautiful. It was a Chinese/Scottish wedding, so it was interesting to see both cultural traditions being played out. They are both Christian though, so that's where I got a lot out of the wedding. I've never really got the whole effect of it being a truly holy ceremony until now. I realized that it's not just a promise between two people, but it's a promise to God as well. I can't even remember what it exactly was that helped me come to this realization, maybe it was the whole atmosphere. But it was really touching. And I'm really glad I got to experience this. Marriage really does seem like something that should be completely honoured and never broken. I find that i've fallen into that worldy view that divorce is okay, but after this, I don't know where i stand anymore. I'm a little less for divorce, i'll say that much.
All in all, before I actually took this trip, I kind of knew that I was going on a search for something spiritual. I've been to Memphis before, and I've noticed the religious aspect, but never really experienced it. That's what I was looking for, and that's what I got.
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