Wedding, 1985
Last weekend we celebrated a major milestone — our Silver Wedding anniversary. I suppose like everyone who reaches this point, we wondered where the years had gone! It seems only a couple of years ago that we got married, last year that our children were in primary school, and yesterday that they were teenagers!
It makes you wonder how Biblical characters like Methuselah experienced the passage of time. If things kept speeding up for him, the years and the children must just have whipped by! He, too, must have felt life was too short when he was celebrating his nine hundred and sixty-ninth birthday!
Anyway, Johanna and I celebrated our 25th quietly, at a comfortable farm / restaurant not far from us which has a few self-catering rooms.
25th Wedding, 2010
We thoroughly enjoyed our weekend away, and shared some special gifts with each other. Jen is in the middle of her final exams right now, so we’re planning a celebration with the whole family later on.
God has been good to us during these twenty-five years, giving us two wonderful children and many wonderful partners in our ministry with Wycliffe. As we come to the end of one phase and prepare to launch out on another, we feel we are celebrating not just twenty-five years of marriage, but twenty-five years of God’s faithfulness. Thank you to everyone reading this who has played a part in prayer or in giving. The journey would not have been possible without you!
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Congratulations – we agree that no way is it 25 years.
When you are headed North let us know and make a diversion to the crooked spire
Thanks, Ian and Pauline. Yes, we’ll be sure to see you folk before we head out into the wide blue yonder.
God bless.
Hi to both of you and many congratulations. I know what you mean about it seeming only yesterday as I feel the same. I remember the day very clearly and it was very special for all those present.
Well done and may God contimue to bless you for the next 25 years.
Congratulations – I remember the build-up well. Can you believe we all looked that young at one time? Much love from Di and me.
Many thanks to you both! Looking forward to receiving your congrats on our golden wedding as well (which, of course, is only just round the corner!).
Our hearty congratulations to you both. Yes, we too can claim to remember your wedding! Like Methuselah, our (and your?) time speeds up, and although we came to your wedding before we emigrated, it does now feel like the 10 years we’ve been back in blighty (after 15 in Canada). And that’s the magic 25 for you! Yes, it does go fast and faster.
And if you’re heading up north, please do drop in to York and see us again, before you launch out once more. May God continue to confirm his way and his will in your lives – and to him be praise and glory!
Thanks, Gillian. So when is/was the magic year for you?
Yes, we’ll definitely drop by and see you before we leave these shores. We still have fond memories of our 2005 visit.
Love to you both, and your boys — oops, young men!
Congratulations to you both from us all at Orchard Baptist Church. We always enjoy your visits and look forward to the next. With love and prayers from us all.
Thank you, Val, and everyone at Orchard! Yes, we look forward to being with you all again.
Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd met jullie zilveren bruiloft. Moge God jullie samen zegenen in de komende jaren. Hij wil jullie leiden ook al gaat het wel eens door een “wildernis”can moeite of zorgen.
Joost en Corrie