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Beautiful Silence- A Wedding in Sign Language

Yesterday evening I went to the wedding of two friends of mine Amanda and David. David is one of the Pastors for Spring of Life Deaf Church and is the son of the Pastor for Ministerio Manatial de Vida. The ceremony was in sign language with translation in English. The Pastor performing the ceremony did the whole ceremony in sign language. Amanda and David exchanged their vows in sign language. It was a beautiful ceremony which I call Beautiful Silence. It was silent only in sound though because feelings and thought were expressed beautifully throughout the ceremony. As I watched I realized how expressive Sign Language is. This was especially evident when David sang to Amanda in Sign Language. It was a very poignant moment.

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It was interesting to watch as they wove cords together. Normally I see people light the unity candle together. Amanda and David wove cords together to symbolize that they are joining together with God in the center of their marriage.

The reception was fun and there was some delicious food. During the reception I thought how awesome it was that three cultures came together to celebrate the marriage Amanda and David. There were Sign, Hispanic and American cultures joined together to celebrate the joining of Bride and Groom in marriage. It was a wonderful picture of the perfect unity of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We also had fun during the reception. At my table I practiced my español with my friends from Ministerial Manantial de Vida and we had a lot of laughs. The line for cake was long, but I found a way to get a piece quickly when I asked a friend at the front of the line to get my piece.

Congratulations Amanda and David and may you always remember the message on your cake

July 30, 2011 - Posted by internationalmatt | Cutural Celebrations, Hispanic friends, Sign Culture