I'M GETTING MARRIED!

That's what Teep and Terra said at their engagement ceremony that we had on December 1st. It was a beautiful celebration! Many people showed up that don't even really know Terra or Teep, but I think it was because they wanted to see with their own eyes the farang who was getting engaged to a Karen person :) The girls spent all morning decorating and preparing for the ceremony. Teep's father came from Chiang Mai to celebrate with them. It's funny how they do a whole big ceremony for an engagement but it was really pretty. Terra, and all of us girls, were dressed in our Karen dresses and Teep, and all the boys, were dressed in their Karen shirts.

(Me, the happy couple, and all the kids)
I was the official photographer of the engagement ceremony. I'm getting pretty good ;)During the ceremony Pastor Winai talked about what being engaged means, and then both Teep and Terra exchanged rings. Then Pastor Watchina, the Pastor from Hope Church in Mae Sot, came and preached a message. After the ceremony, we had an awesome meal. It really was beautiful. The funny thing is though, Teep and Terra spent like a whole day looking for rings, and the best ones they could find looked like the ones you get from Peter Piper Pizza with like 15 tickets. It was really funny. But oh well, it's not the ring that matters, it's the heart :)

(Me and the newly engaged couple)