Journey to the Heart of Taiwan: "That's all I ask of you"

Soo.... this past weekend was AMAZING!!

who knew weddings could be so awesome??

my dear co-worker, Joyce (also known as Apple) got married this weekend in a beautiful catholic church. Now, i've never been to a Taiwanese wedding before, but apparently this one was very "Americanized" (from what i was told).

Because i'm a bit lazy, i'm giving y'all the quick summary of the "wedding weekend"... Enjoy <3

Going to the church for some epic rehearsal time ^_^

Bwahaha,... haha! i enjoyed this far too much!!!

Writing letters. drinking water. chillin.
it's what i do best :)

Jo decided that i needed two microphones. i was good with that idea :D

We really do take this whole "performance thing" seriously...

(or not)

it was hot... yet we still play it cool ;)

i absolutely adore Grandma Iris ~ she's the most amazing person EVER!!

i don't really know what's going on in this pic...

for the record... this is what we're both really like... :D

us. being awesome.

went shopping for my first "white dress" ever (yeah, this is as close as i got to fully "white") :P

~ trying to look cute ~

sometimes it really, really pays off to live with a seamstress ;)

the finishing touch = awesomeness!!

Destination: Douliou Night Market

cuz we're all awesome like that :D

my precious little friends (who looked so different with makeup on) <3

being a girl can be fun... sometimes ^_^

Katie ~ seriously such a cool and awesome person!!
i wish she didn't live on the opposite side of the island :(

Here comes the Bride!!!

The onlookers >_>

Her Train was sooo beautiful and long and... yeah.
She was truly like a Princess!!

The Church

Me and Iris (again) :D

The CEI team that came to the wedding ~
We are from all over Taiwan (Douliou, Taipei, Hualian, Taoyuan...)
it was really neat to see everyone in one place!

Practicing once more (and being quite serious)

(... very serious, actually)

Oh yeah... and i was so amazing, that they begged for an encore...
to which i complied and sang out their favorite song:
"and IIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIII.... will always ... Love... YooooooooooooOOOOOoooOOOOOu!!!!"
[jk]

The sisters of the Bride <3

DRINKS ALL AROUND!!
(and yeah, it's only cranberry juice)

biggest fail of the day.
(and yes, that is the bride's bouquet that i'm holding)
>_<

mi angels ~ ~

~ ~ Angels and their clouds ~ ~

Getting our pic with Mr. HT

I absolutely ADORE this girl. have i mentioned that yet??
Jo... you have NO IDEA how much you encourage me on a daily basis!
Thank you for loving Jesus more than anything else!
...And encouraging others to do the same!! :)