Moses Joshua Arredondo Jr.

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

-We are gathered here today to join Ms. Amanda Ramirez and Mr. Anrae Valle in this beautiful, spiritual celebration of marriage.

This is the official contract that binds these amazing beings under one, unconditional love,

and to enforce an eternal promise to be kept and held on to for many years to come.

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As stated in Proverbs 3:3-4

"Let Love and Faithfulness never leave you:

Bind them around your neck, and write them on the tablet of your heart.

Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man."

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Friends and Family of the Loving couple,

-This Celebration is not only to rejoice because two creatures of God's hands found their soulmate out of the billions of people here on Earth.

But it is also to acknowledge and recognize a love that Amanda and Anrae share between the depths of their hearts, and are ready to express through the following stages of each other's lives.

-We are admiring a commitment the couple is ready to endure in through all the obstacles and temptations that will be thrown their way, not to overcome separately, but as a joint married couple.

We admire a commitment that will spread hope to those who doubt they will find "the one", and spread comfort to those who are patiently seeking their soulmate.

-and finally admiring a commitment, unifying them not by shared checkbooks or insurances, but by one of the most complex ideas and expressions many of us find hard to understand, Love.

Something I loved about one of the responses during an interview with the bride and groom was Anraes emphasis on unconditional love as he stated,

"I promised to take care of her forever". Their focus isn't on the title or fancy ring that comes out of this ceremony, they have a genuine and pure love based off of the beauty they see in their hearts, not based off of the beauty in their appearances.

-The people standing in front of me didn't just like each other so much that they decided one day "Hey let's just get Married", they found the parts of each other that was worth protecting, worth growing in, and understood that no matter what they may encounter in the future, they will have and hold each other for as long as they both shall live.

-Many people fall in love for the wrong reason, I truly believe Amanda and Anrae fell in love for all the right ones.

To the Loving Families

It's important to know that this day is a day of love and unity. This is where two separate hearts become one, two separate families with different experiences and different stories, become one in union with one new shared story, the story of how Amanda and Anrae started their new lives under one last-name.

This is where Amanda's family secret food recipe becomes Anraes family secret food recipe. Where Anraes Netflix password becomes Amandas Netflix password, Where Amandas family becomes Anraes family and where Anraes family becomes Amandas.

Two hearts separately beat

throughout long lonely days,

hanging on to the promise

that love doesn't fade away.

Two hearts separately beat

as they go about their routine.

Finding joy in their families

is what makes them feel serene.

Two hearts separately beat

close, but still very far apart.

Then one day love's light shone

down upon these separate hearts.

Two hearts separately beat

beneath the springtime sun.

Today those two beating hearts

will come together as one.

Source: http://forums.familyfriendpoems.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=32708

*(Ring Exchange)*

May ____________ please present the rings at this time

Groom please repeat after me

"If I had a hand that can tell you how long I loved you for, I'd have enough fingers to do the trick. But with one finger, I can make that love last an eternity, like a flame with an everlasting wick". (Refers to how long the couple has known eachother (5 years))

Bride please repeat after me

"If I had a hand that can tell you how long I loved you for, I'd have enough fingers to do the trick. But with one finger, I can make that love last an eternity, like a flame with an everlasting wick".

Do you Amanda Ramirez take this man Anrae to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you Anrae Valle take this woman Amanda to be your lawfully wedded Wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

By the authority vested in me by the American Marriage Ministries and the great State of Texas I now pronounce you husband and wife!

you may now kiss your bride

Ladies and Gentleman, for the first time I present to you, Mr. and Mrs., Anrae Valle.