We had two wonderful couples in our Branch who decided to have a double wedding. All the same people would be invited, so it just seemed like a good idea. They decided to have the wedding outside, in the parking lot of the Church. The benches from the chapel were lined up outside and decorated and they made a gazebo where the vows would be taken. The couples were Edsen and Debora and Carlos and Fabula. The wedding was to take place at 7 p.m. on Friday November 10. Al and I went up to Santa Rita and picked up Roniery and his little brother and sister. We arrived at the Church at 6:45. A few people were there but no brides. At about 7:20 p.m. we asked the bridegrooms where their brides were, Debora was at Susi's house and Fabula was still at the hairdresser's. At 7:45 Edsen asked us if we would go pick up Debora at Susi's house. And then Carlos came running up to us in a panic and asked me if I had white thread and needles. I assured him I did and he said Fabula's zipper on her wedding dress had broken and we needed to take her the thread and needles. Then Edsen said to Carlos, I need them to pick up Debora. Carlos in a panic explained he needed us to take care of Fabula first. So we ran up to our apartment to get what Fabula needed and Carlos jumped on a motorcycle and met us there to take the thread, needles and scissors I had put in a little zip loc bag to Fabula. We found out later that when Carlos got to Fabula, he reached into his pocket to pull out the zip loc bag and it wasn't there! He retraced his route back to our apartment and thankfully found it lying in the street.
We went back to the Church to get Dalva to show us how to get to Susi's house to pick up Debora. Debora was ready and very beautiful in her wedding dress. Just as we returned to the Church, Dalva said, 'Debora will stay with you and you need to go get Fabula.' We asked where Fabula was, she didn't know. So Debora called Fabula and got an address but the address was not any good. So Fabula was trying to guide us over the phone how to get to where she was, did I mention Fabula is not from Tatui? We were all over Tatui and by this time it was about 20 minutes to 9. We called the Church and told them we had no idea where Fabula was. They sent a guy on a yellow motorcycle to guide us to Fabula. Our little Debora was about in tears. The hairdresser's place was on the opposite side of the city from where Fabula had been telling us she was. Fabula, beautiful in her wedding gown, got into the car and just as we were pulling away, a little red car pulled in front of us and stopped us from leaving. It was Fabula's uncle who was giving her away and a good friend of hers. Unbelievably, her friend's zipper on her gown had broken and she ran into the hairdresser's to have it fixed. They called the seamstress again. Fabula did not want us to leave until her friend's dress was fixed.
Finally at 9:10, we left at breakneck speed for the Church with our two beautiful brides in the backseat of our little car. That is Fabula on the left and Debora on the right.
