A local pastor (Dionisio) who works closely with Jacob, got married today, in his home, which is on Jacob's farm. He was married previously, but his wife kept cheating on him, and eventually the other church leaders in the district advised him to divorce her, so he did. The new bride was also previously married - she was the 2nd wife (at the same time) but could not have any children. She saw a doctor and told her husband that for a certain (small) amount of money she could have surgery to correct the problem. Her husband decided it was cheaper to divorce her and replace her, which he did.
Dionisio was interested in this lady (Rabia) so he asked the other church leaders what they thought, and they agreed it would be good for him to marry her. So he sent a friend to Rabia's brother to ask for his permission (her parents are dead), he agreed and it was arranged. (Dionisio and Rabia knew each other well and wanted to get married, but the process is necessary.)
The wedding was in large part the families, church leaders and the local chief answering the question "does anyone have an objection to this marriage?" They all testified that it was proper and good and it had their blessing. The ceremony lasted about 2 hours.
After the wedding everybody was served corn meal beer. When they were bringing it in, I thought somebody was tracking in something on their shoe. But if you don't breathe through your nose while you drink it, it's actually pretty good.
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