Two summers ago, as Dad and I stopped in Calgary on our return from my niece’s wedding in B.C., my cousin Kevin and I were observing how happily married his brother Robert and Linda were. Robert had asked for prayer that he find a good wife, and I had prayed too. So I asked Kevin whether we ought to pray that for him too. He was the last of the five brothers not married.
Kevin’s simple, humble answer was, “Yes, please.”
So I did. Every week when I prayed for Uncle Henry and Aunt Frieda’s clan, I prayed for Kevin to find a good wife. I was thrilled when he emailed me last Thanksgiving to say he had proposed to Jena, a young woman he’d met as he tried out various churches, hunting.
It gave me great pleasure to attend this wedding. It was in Calgary, rather than in Victoria where her parents live. This put it into our reach.
Here are a few photos from that exciting day, on August 20, 2005

Outside the church doors, I found Stan (the doctor) helping his brother Robert, (the best man) with his collar.

Inside the doors, Uncle Henry was giving Kevin, the groom, a fatherly word, most likely a blessing!
(Note: The Kroeker men are like pillars in Heaven; Kevin is the tallest at six feet and seven inches!)

We weren’t to take photos until after the ceremony, so my first good close one of the bridal couple was as they walked out as Mr. and Mrs.

Their little attendants followed them out; Kevin’s nieces, Rebecca and Miranda, with little Matthew, the ring-bearer, trailing behind.
We followed the wedding party and clan to the university grounds for the photo-shoot. I got my own candid and group shots, while keeping out of the way of the professional photographer and videographer, who did their work for at least an hour or more.

Here the flower girls were playing Ring-Around-the Rosie.

Stan took one of me with Uncle Henry and Aunt Frieda. I have the highest respect for these relatives, and the fine, godly sons they have raised, and the wonderful Christian homes each one of them has! It is marvellous!
I was the only cousin there, out of 36, on Kevin’s Kroeker side. (There were a few more present from his mother’s side).
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