Today was the day we drove Brother and Sister Matshotyana to Grahamstown to be married in a civil ceremony. They have been married for nine year in a traditional Xhosa marriage. The Xhosa marriage is recognized by the country and honored by the church, but Sister Matshotyana also wants to have a civil marriage, it is very important to her. We were able to be a part of their second special marriage day.
The lady who married them was very nice, especially after we asked if we could take her picture with the newly married couple. She loved that. She then wanted her picture taken with us. She now wants to visit us in America, asked for our USA address and a copy of the pictures we took. We told her she is welcome to visit us anytime!!
The Matshotyana’s are very happy. We took the opportunity to instruct the newlyweds on the finer points of marital courtesy like the husband opening doors for the wife and holding hands while walking together. They kept on telling us “thank you” over and over again. This has been a great thing.
We took them to lunch at Spur in Grahamstown and then they wanted to see the Grahamstown chapel, which is quite a bit bigger than ours and very nice. They were impressed. It was a great and happy day for them and us!! Our last counsel was to tell them there is one more goal for them to look to, which is to prepare to go to the temple and become an eternal family. They thought that was a great goal.
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