DOUBLE WEDDING IN HAINACommitment and Transformation

Haina, Dominican Republic

• Most cohabitating couples are not married• Many have been together for years• Many have children

Marriage ... A biblical concept

Luz Jiménez and Zabdi Jessica Delgado

• Missionaries with Mesoamerica Genesis Initiative• Deployed to plant a church in Haina last year

The Young Congregation Grew

Nudged by the Holy Spirit

One Couple’s Story

• Félix didn’t really want to get married• Jacqueline was a Christian and wanted to get married• Through discipleship, he realized that he needs to be

married to live a fuller life in God

Félix Wanted to Surprise Jacqueline

• Félix couldn’t marry Jacqueline as a surprise• Jacqueline needed to be involved in the paperwork• The missionaries brought her in on the plan

Paperwork Dilemmas

• Obtaining legal paperwork is a long and expensive process• Many poor Haina residents are not registered, so they don’t

have birth certificates required to be legally married

Double Wedding Ceremony in February!

A Testimony About God and Marriage

Bluffton Church of the Nazarene

Work and Witness Team Financed Wedding

Commitment and Transformation of Life!

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!For the wedding of the Lamb has come,    and his bride has made herself ready.

Revelation 19:7

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