@Nyacash, did you marry? and how was the experience like? Well i said i would Waite for my experience and share it later. Our wedding was great actually it was wonderful, our total cost was Kshs 842k and guests were 255. Very small nice wedding. Out of the total cost 410k was for 15 days honey moon, 3 days in Kenya, 5 days in Zanzibar and the rest in Mauritius. I dint want to comment about house and investments and blah blah blah from some wazua members then coz i wanted to start life memorably and appreciate my wife. We are doing great together, we spent 3 months of marriage counseling at ICC with Pastor Kitoto and another 1 month in our own church. AM sure these training have been of great importance to us.
I will share my thoughts about few issues that were raised last year by a few members:
1) Do you have a house or renting: Am renting a house mainly because right now am just 28 years and my wife 25 yrs we have a rough idea of where we want to stay but we are still not sure so we have decided to rent a house possibly for five years: We have several plots located in various points, but we are hoping to decide our future permanent home once we agree on where children will school, and where we go for church etc we value family so church values are important for us we cant just stay in any place.
2) of wedding and spending: We have along future together and we believe there is time for everything now we have small investments here and there but that time was for wedding and the money was for wedding we spent it happily, and we will not have another wedding again, so we are glad we spent it.
3) of wedding and borrowing: My opinion is if you have money spend it but i don't support borrowing money to have a wedding, out of our budget friends and family gave us 95k we funded the rest of the money from our account not really savings we don't have savings accounts( we just don't believe its useful for us).
Conclusions everyone passes through stages of life, and major stages are:
1) Birth People will celebrate when you were born but you never enjoy it:
2)wedding: That s a major milestone in life that's the only one you get to celebrate so if you can make it great and enjoy as much as possible, spend the cash you have and do not regret it. Its th only stage you get to plan by yourself so don't spare the pennies please. Time for investing will come and you will do the right thing.
Death: Others will organize this for you and you will not be there to see.
We have finished our part for the wedding we made it great and now we are happily married, i just wish i got in marriage earlier, its sweeter each day but then i guess everything has its time just like the bible says. Shalom ladies and gentlemen.