Marriage bells are ringing (but not ours... don't worry).

Weddings are such happy times: the church is decorated to perfection, the bride and groom are glowing with excitement, and the crowd of loved ones watches quietly and fights back tears as the couple proclaims their love for each other. NOT IN NEPAL!

On Sunday, we went to a wedding. Sudip was invited by the bride’s brother, but he had never met the bride or the groom. The church was full of Hindus who wouldn’t shut their mouths at all during the ceremony, and the decorations reminded me of a birthday party at a Mexican restaurant. The bride looked like she might cry or throw up at any moment, and the groom looked very solemn until he exited the church. I’m not sure that describing the wedding as beautiful would be accurate, although the Nepali standard of beauty is vastly different than the Western standard. I was assured, however, that the wedding was definitely typical of Nepali Christians… I am never getting married in Nepal.