The wedding feast is not over until the cabbage rolls are served...
......Unless they have forgotten to cut the wedding cake.
Just returned from a wonderful weekend in Uzghorod, Ukraine where ministry friends, Richard and Anya got married. It was an international marriage as the new bride is Ukrainian and the groom – Texan. It was a wonderful ceremony in church especially when the 4 parents were invited to pray for the young couple. Wonderful too, that it all was translated.
Any of you who have been blessed to be in Eastern Europe for any amount of time might have attended a wedding. They are a bit different than in US but all weddings usually have food and quite a lot of food. In Hungary and Ukraine, where weddings often last 18 - 24 hours, you can be sure that a lot of food will be served followed by even more food. If you are a novice, you over eat in the first 2 hours, thinking since you have had soup, salad, main course and cakes, that must be all. That in fact is only the beginning. You won’t get soup or salad again but you will get lots more main dishes and cakes. That is why it is so important to know that the food keeps coming until the cabbage rolls are served.
Just returned from a wonderful weekend in Uzghorod, Ukraine where ministry friends, Richard and Anya got married. It was an international marriage as the new bride is Ukrainian and the groom – Texan. It was a wonderful ceremony in church especially when the 4 parents were invited to pray for the young couple. Wonderful too, that it all was translated.
Any of you who have been blessed to be in Eastern Europe for any amount of time might have attended a wedding. They are a bit different than in US but all weddings usually have food and quite a lot of food. In Hungary and Ukraine, where weddings often last 18 - 24 hours, you can be sure that a lot of food will be served followed by even more food. If you are a novice, you over eat in the first 2 hours, thinking since you have had soup, salad, main course and cakes, that must be all. That in fact is only the beginning. You won’t get soup or salad again but you will get lots more main dishes and cakes. That is why it is so important to know that the food keeps coming until the cabbage rolls are served.
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