General15 Sep 2006 01:38 pm

the kissWe will be having a reception in the states for our friends over here who were not able to make it to Romania. The reception will be on

Saturday, September 16
beginning at 5 o’clock PM
at Restoration Church in Madison.

A dinner buffet will be served. For those who have been asking, we are now registered at Bed Bath and Beyond. You can also view the registry online by going to www.bedbathandbeyond.com and searching on our names or by clicking this link.

For a map and directions to Restoration Church, click here.

General13 Sep 2006 08:24 pm

First of all, please accept our apologies for the lack of news and updates to this site. Certainly, you expected to see regular posts with pictures from the wedding as the events took place, and it was actually our intention to provide you with that.

Although it is late, here is a summary of the posts that you would have seen in the last month if we had had better access to the internet (and not been so busy with other things):

August 19 - “Beyond all expectations”
Ladies in WaitingIn this post, we would have described how the day of our dream wedding unfolded, beginning at 10 in the morning on a beautiful sunny day. At that time, the groomsmen and pastor met Jonathan at the apartment where he was staying. After a short word from the pastor and a prayer, the men caravaned over to Laura’s house where the Bride and Bridesmaids were waiting. Again, there was a word from the pastor, a prayer and the procession eventually continued on to the church.Goin' to the Chapel

CeremonyAt the church, we had a beautiful ceremony from 1pm to 3pm with messages from our father, Mr. Bush, and brother, Daniel Lar, as well as from the pastors Bart Justice and Daniel Darie. Our friends and family members also blessed us with songs and poems at the ceremony. It was a very memorable and emotional time, and not many dry eyes were left at the end.

The Reception TentAfter the church service, we had an elegant reception in a tent up on the mountain. The food was great, the mood was upbeat and joyous, and scenery was absolutely gorgeous. We were at times overwhelmed with the sense of the Lord’s blessing in it all. The reception lasted from 4pm until 11pm when we told everyone they should finally go home! :)

August 20-25 - The honeymoon posts
In the carThis would have been a series of 5 posts, each on a different day from a different Greek city or island that we visited on our meditteranean cruise. The highlights of the trip were our visits to the ancient city of Ephesus and to the scenic post-card island of Santorini. It was a great time for us to unwind and relax after the stress of a wedding.

August 28,29 - Bucharest
In this time, we had to go to the capital city of Romania to apply for Laura’s visa to enter the US as a permanent resident. In the first post, we would have probably mentioned how we were praying that everything would go well in this process, because we had had some difficulty with the paperwork on our first visit to the embassy here. In the second post, we would have told you of the Lord’s faithfulness to us and how incredibly (and abnormally) easy it was to get everything we needed. Slava Domnului!

August 31 - Back home
This post would have announced our arrival back in the states. It would have been short because we would have been writing it at about midnight after more than 24 hours of travelling, including missed flights in France and lost luggage in Atlanta. (We eventually got everything back!)

General10 Aug 2006 02:17 am

-from Jonathan
We are entering the home stretch now with 9 days to go. I got to Cluj on August 1st and we are very happy now that the long-distance part of our relationship is over for good. Since the time I have been here Laura and I have been busy with paper work and logistics and planning, but everything is going well. Thank you to those who have been praying for us in this time. We have truly experienced the favor of the Lord at every turn so far… everything up to this point has gone more smoothly than we had hoped for.

As part of the paperwork necessary to have the real wedding and begin immigration, we had a legal wedding ceremony last Sunday in the park. It was a beautiful sunny day, perfect weather and a nice practice run before the real thing next Saturday. In the eyes of the state we are now legally married and Laura is the new Mrs. Laura Bush. For us, however, the marriage is yet to come when we make the covenant in the sight of God.

Loredana, a friend of ours, had an interesting analogy to describe the state we now find ourselves in. She said, “It is like the Kingdom of God– it is already here and yet it is still to come.” Well put!

General08 Jun 2006 04:25 pm

Just a little over 2 months to go, the anticipation is building! :)

Lots of new pictures in the photo gallery…

General30 Apr 2006 12:41 pm

For anyone considering travelling from the US for the wedding, first make sure you’ve got your passport, and then take a look at the travel info we’ve posted. … (more)

General24 Apr 2006 07:59 am

There has been a date change. The new date for the wedding is:

August 19, 2006

General06 Mar 2006 09:36 am

Our photo gallery is now online. It is small at the moment, but growing.

These were taken at Big Spring park on Feb. 25. A big ‘Thanks’ to Crystal for doing such an excellent job with these photos.

General27 Feb 2006 11:11 pm

The wedding date has been set!
Sunday, August 13, 2006
The location will be in Romania (Cluj-Napoca). Details coming…

Please note this has been changed. The new date is August 19.

General03 Jan 2006 09:16 pm

As of 12:05 AM on January 1st, 2006 we are engaged to be married!

For all our friends and family who have yet to hear the story, we have posted it below along with a few pictures. We hope you enjoy!

The Engagement03 Jan 2006 07:57 pm

Golden Rule BBQ

Laura: For dinner we went out with Jonathan’s family to eat BBQ. The song playing in the background was ‘I want to marry you’ by B. B. King. This made everyone else smile, Mr. Bush commenting “They have good music here.”

Jonathan: At this point Laura had no idea what she was in for, although the rest of the people pictured here did. I was a little nervous someone would blow my cover, but everyone did a really good job of acting dumb.

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