We attended our first Cambodia wedding tonight of Jarom Jones and Sengkheang Sok. It was a party, dinner and celebration all rolled into one!
Jarom Jones served here in the Cambodia Phnom Penh mission 3 years ago under President and Sister John Lewis, toward the end of his mission, Sister Sok started her mission under the Lewis and finished in August this year. The two corresponded after Jarom left and he decide Sister Sok is the one for him, he came back from the US for a Summer internship and the rest is history! He proposed a few weeks after she finished her mission.
Usually in Cambodia, there is a process for a couple to get marry, each party will need to go to the village and get a statement from elders in his/her home town to prove that they are single, once each got their prove of being single, they then are able to get married by the local civil registry. Most Khmer family will have a big celebration with parents of both bride and groom each giving blessings to their children.
We enjoyed music, singing, dancing and scrumptious food! It reminds me of traditional Chinese wedding. It is wonderful to see even though it is a different county, we all shared something common!
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