Our wedding

The wedding of Kiki and me in 2019 was a wonderful gathering of people from all walks of life. Half of the hundred were people from Grandcourt and neighboring villages, and half came from elsewhere in France or from English, Switzerland, Brazil and United States. Here are excerpts from the grand album that we made from the wedding:

The ceremony was in town hall with our witnesses, Armand and Marcos for me and her brother Pascal and Masonic sister Marie Claude for Kiki.

The scene at Town Hall Saturday morning.

The wedding was an excuse to bring together the people that have been important in our lives. For Kiki that was especially her brothers and sisters from the masonic movement of France (mixed men and women). In the photo you see Kiki with (from left to right) Marie Claude, her closest sister in the movement, Rose, the widow of the man who first brought her into the movement, her present husband, and at the far right, her masonic brother Denis.

Kiki with her masonic brothers and sisters

For me, it was an excuse to bring together the members of the Culture of Peace Corporation. All five members living in Europe came, as well as the young couple from Brazil whom we invited to join the corporation. In the photo with me are Oliver, Jo McAuley, Joe Yanielli, Myrian and Herbert standing and Marcos and Gwen, kneeling.

Culture of Peace Corporation

Kiki's brother Pascal and Sister-in-law Marianette are third and fourth from the left, seen here along with other friends from Kiki's years in Paris Also present at the wedding was her nephew Jacques and his wife Sophie.

Kiki's family and friends.

The family of Ildephonse is shown here. Kiki helped Ildephonse in the early 90's durin the massacre in Rwanda, his home country, and the family has remained friends with her ever since.

Ildephonse and family

As mentioned over half of the guests came from our new life in Grandcourt. Here are our immediate neighbors, Angelique and Tony on the left and Jacqueline on the right.

Our neighbors

There were a hundred people at the wedding, too many to mention each one here. They are shown in detail in our wedding album. Here is a scene from the Saturday dinner.

Dinner scene

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