More Pictures from the Wedding Days

While choosing photos for my last blog, I found quite a few miscellaneous pictures from the wedding days that I would like to share.  They are not all of the couples themselves, but many of them are of other church members.  I hope that some of you see some familiar faces, and others are "introduced" to some of the saints in Singapore!

I only have one additional picture from Josiah & Hui Qi's wedding day, but it's one of my personal (very biased!) favorites--love the yawning 3-year-old (now 4) on the end. :-)

The bridesmaids and groomsmen all sit during the wedding.  

These are Josiah & Hui Qi's sisters, with the flower girl and pageboy.

From Zong Jie & Julia's wedding, with thanks to Julia's sister Lisa for the photos:

Joanna, Tze Yan, Elena, and the couple

At wedding dinners, a lot of the newlyweds' time is spent walking 

around talking to people and having pictures taken with each table 

of guests.  These are the couple's parents and several of the youth from CERC.

Here are a few more pictures from Lee Yang & Joanna's wedding:

The bride with two bridesmaids, two flower girls, and Dorcas, Jael, and Noah

Megan and Jochebed

The whole wedding party

Lee Yang & Joanna's wedding dinner was a barbeque at a rented chalet in eastern Singapore.

The youth cooking the dinner

Visitors Dave Kregel and Jim VanOverloop are also in this photo.

Our daughter Jessica's friends, Nichelle and Zi Hui

Shang Ren and Joshua

Kelly Kaptein from Faith PRC, Jemima Joy, and Joanne

Back row:  Hui Yi, Cassia, Beverly, Tze Ling

Front row:  Jemima, Phoebe, Samantha

Poh Choo and Jee Fung

2016 Weddings

This year three couples from CERC have gotten married.  The first was Josiah & Hui Qi at the beginning of January.

The groom's dad and sister before the wedding

Waiting for the wedding to start

Flower girl and pageboy

The bride with her father, Cheng Chye

The happy couple

Next was Lee Yang & Joanna in February.

Joanna with her bridesmaids

Saying their vows

The marriage license is always signed during the ceremony

by the couple and a parent of each; then a photo is taken of

the couple, their parents, and the officiating minister.

The couple always leaves the auditorium after being pronounced 

husband and wife, then comes back in again for more of the ceremony.

A choir of youth from CERC sang, as they do at almost every wedding here.

The third wedding was of Zong Jie & Julia this past weekend.

Julia with her bridesmaids

Their smiles were this big all day long. :-)

The couple with her parents, Daniel & Eunice Ong

At their formal wedding lunch, held two days later on a public holiday

The toast

We are thankful for these marriages in the Lord among the youth of CERC.  May He bless each of these couples as they "go down life's pathway together"!

Woodlands Waterfront Park

Last Friday we had our April homeschool outing at Woodlands Waterfront Park on the Straits of Johor, the narrow body of water between Singapore and Malaysia.

The playground

Looking across the Straits of Johor to Malaysia

If you look closely you can see a long line of cars on the bridge 

between Singapore and Malaysia.  They are waiting to go through 

customs and enter Singapore.

Heliconias

The kids loved the playground.

This playground really was not designed for 4-year-olds, but other

than a few scary moments here and there, Jason was okay on it. ;-)

Jessica, Emily, and Jael

Elder Leong with his grandson Noah

We had pizza delivered for supper and took a group photo of the kids afterwards.

Beautiful sunset over Malaysia

Miscellaneous

Here are a few miscellaneous pictures of life in Singapore.

Lines in the grocery store--not uncommon

Washing windows

An interesting building

I just read an article last night about how cars are so expensive to own in Singapore 

(https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/no-nonsense-explanation-why-cars-000047735.html, if you're interested).  The article took a car that would cost $17,000 elsewhere and showed how that same car costs about $104,000 in Singapore.  And yet you see the following:

Three Lamborghinis (with Ferraris nearby)

Busy roads in spite of the high costs

Here is an after-funeral ritual.  I got the first picture while I was stopped at a red light (so excuse the pole in the way!); by the time I was able to park in the parking garage opposite this field, most of the ritual was over.  They are burning things for their loved one to receive in the afterlife.  My husband just went past a shop that sells things for the dead and saw, in addition to the big things like cars, paper or cardboard iPhones, iPads, chargers, and personal care kits (toothbrushes, toothpaste, lotion, cologne, etc.)--all of which can be "sent to the afterlife" by burning.

There are always new buildings going up in Singapore!

There is a joke here that the national bird is the crane.

New buildings as far as you can see in either direction

As the election season drags on and on in the U.S., you might be interested to know that in Singapore, political candidates spend 7-10 days campaigning!!  There was an election here last September, and besides signs posted telling you who to vote for, these trucks made their rounds through the neighborhoods a few times a day for 5-7 days, with loudspeakers blaring their party's agenda.  The day before the election all was quiet again, as there is a 24-hour "cooling-off period" required, with no campaigning allowed.

Sign for the incumbent prime minister, who was reelected