Dear "Anonymous"

Last night I received a comment from "Anonymous", don't ya love it when people have negative comments to make and they are too cowardly to put their name??!!!
Well this some one had a whole lot of sarcasm about how Nothando and Bonga could afford white tux's and her "HUGE" bunch of flowers but she couldn't afford a dress......They put in their comment that that was "strange"
I decided not to post "Anonymous'" comment as it was sarcastic and unedifying. I will however answer this question..........

The Tux's were lent to the groom and his men, the bridesmaid dresses and those worn were handmade by the mothers of the bride and groom with fabric given to them by a lady in the church. The reception venue was held in a community hall in the middle of a township. And the so called "huge" bunch of flowers was bought at the grocery store and put some ribbon round the stems.

I hope this clears up the "strangeness" of it all for you. Let me know if there is anything else you would like to know.

For those of you who are genuinely excited about what we do for these women, you will be glad to know that we have another RBPB wedding coming up in Feb 2010!!!
I will post photos when I manage to get the bride to let me take a photo of her!!! She will be wearing Molly's gown...so excited!

New dress from Zoe!

This is Zoe and her beautiful family. Yesterday Zoe's wedding gown came and I was so excited! Knowing that women like Zoe and the others have donated their very precious dresses to us for our brides-to-be makes me so happy and so blessed. A wedding dress is something that is so special to us...and lets be honest most of us dream of keeping our dress and having/forcing our daughters to wear it for their weddings (which they never will! ;-) ). For you all to have made this sacrifice for the women here in The Valley of a Thousand Hills is AMAZING! My prayer for each of you is that you are blessed above and beyond. That many girls will be blessed by the sacrifice that you were willing to make. Thank you Zoe. The dress is stunning! x

Our 1st RBPB wedding!!!

I want to start by apologising for the poor quality of these photos!!! I was in the UK when the wedding took place and so I had to send one of my staff to take photos! Wrong setting and slightly over exposed resulted in not good photos but hope is not lost as Nothando and Bonga had a professional photographer there and I will steal a couple and scan them in when they get them back.
Before I went to the UK Nothando came to my house and tried on dresses....SO MUCH FUN!!! She decided to go with Danae's dress and she looked stunning in it. It fit her like a glove. I am just so happy to see Rich Bride, Poor Bride doing what I imagined it to do...making someones special day that much more special (is that bad English??) By using one of the RBPB dresses Bonga and Nothando saved so much money. Not only did she use the dress but also the veil, necklace, earrings and ring cushion!! All items donated by Anne. I know the photos are bad but I just wanted to post this now instead of waiting for the good photos. I am just SO SO SO excited.
Ladies thank you for donating your dresses and other items. God Bless you for making Nothando's day so special.

Dresses from Debbie.

This is my friend Debbie. Today I received 2 boxes with donated clothes for our orphans. Debbie and some of the folks from her church had made a collection for our kids and in the boxes with the kids clothes were 3 wedding gowns.......YES 3!!!! I am so excited as this week I have a girl coming over to try on dresses to see if there is one that she can use for her upcoming wedding. A couple of weeks ago I had another girl come over and choose a dress for her wedding in July. She chose Danae's dress and now she has a little bit of weight to loose so that the dress in a perfect fit! (she just had a baby!) Debbie thank you and thank you to the girls who donated their dresses for this cause. You really are making a difference! Love you.xxx

Dresses from Danae......

Today I got a box of dresses from Danae. Arent they beautiful?! After seeing dress number 1 I found myself wishing I was a size 2 again!!!! AAAhhhhh those were the days!
Danae thankyou so much!xxxx

Liz's dress.

Liz's dress came today. it is beautiful and I am so excited because I have a feeling I know who is going to be borrowing this dress!
Liz I love you and miss you, thank you so much for sending your dress.xx

BIG BOX!

A big box arrived today from Anne and Sharon! Ladies THANKYOU so much!!! These items are really going to bless the ladies here. I appreciate the love and support that you have shown.