CHARISSE BALOFINOS GIFT BEARER
Cha, i thank God so much that you were able to come. you are not only my cousin but a dear friend and sister to me. i miss you so much and having you here with me during the wedding meant so much to me. i cherish who you are to me and having you bring up one of the gifts, especially that symbol of time, as you have been a great example of that for me - in your patience for God's time. i love you.
GERALDINE MALICAY GIFT BEARER
Oh Geri, thank you for being my friend. For you being one of the "gifts" offered up to God as a symbol for Ray and me means a lot to me. you are a "gift" to me, a treasure that i know without you in my life, my life would not have been the same. you have brought joy and love to my life and i am so thankful to have you in it. i pray that God continues to bless and take care of the sister that He has given me in you. i love you geriberi.
MARICRISDIZON, LESLIENETHERCOTT, NICOLABARNARD
for reading the prayers of the faithful. You are my dear friends and cousin. I love you all in 3 special ways, more than you know. represented from chicago, cali, and london 3 beautiful girls in my life that i care about so much. thank you for doing Ray and I the honor of offering up these prayers for God. we love you.
DANIELLERIOS, KATROBINOS, VINCENALUPTA, CHERYLPIPIT, CHITOTRINIDAD
A music ministry all star team. We got the very best indeed. Thank you for giving your talents back to God and allowing me and ray to have the honor of you singing and leading us all into worship. you truly led us into worship because you all truly worshipped. Sigh...Dee and Kat, your voices are angels' voices, they were given to you from Heaven itself, every note was hit, every expression because it was praise. thank you for that. Vince on the guitar, Cheryl on the piano and Chito on the djembe. Thank you for not only sharing your musical talent but for being true friends for life. There's a sentiment that i can't explain knowing friends like you are the ones behind the instruments. We love you all very much and again cannot express the gratitude we have for leading us to God through worship.
THOMAS SCHNEIDEU READER
Tommy T, it meant so so much to me that you read this reading since it was the heart of our theme for the wedding: Jeremiah 29:11. Thank you for being such a great brother to me. for being a rolemodel and inspiration in your own marraige and life. Yours is a friendship that i will cherish til forever, or until the dove comes back, whichever comes first i guess. haha. i love you.
J.E. SANTOS READER
JE! you did the reading awesomely and you are to Ray (and me!) like a little brother. We love you so much and are so thankful for you.
JT, MATTY, TRISHA, THEA, KYRENE, MARY, RYAN, ETHAN
For being THE cutest!
TITA HANNAHSORIANO & TITA BETTYBALAUAG
I wish i had a picture of you to put up but i could not find one! We want to thank you for the most beautiful and symbolic wine that gave us that came all the way from the wedding at Cana site in Jersusalem. it was truly a special blessing to have you think of us and give that to us!! Absolutely beautiful. Thank you!
TITA AU & TITO RAYMANALOTO
For allowing us to use your beautiful home, "the mission house," as the place where I spent my last night as a single woman!!! And where all the girls stayed and got ready. For always opening up your home and everything you have to us. you truly take care of us! we love you.
TITA CATHERINEPORRAS, TITA ROSEMIJARES, TITA TERSANPEDRO
For helping in all the many ways you did. I know the behind the scenes work is the hardest work. I love you all and to have so much gratitude in my heart to have titas like you in my life. I love each of you so dearly!
TITO BILL & TITA VICSEGOVIA, TITO ROB & TITA BELLAU, TITA TERRYHERMANO, LOLA YUYU, ANDY, NICKY, STEPH & SAM
For going the distance - literally! For driving so many hours from Canada to Chicago, and from Chicago to Indiana! Imagine that! Please know that Ray and I knew that very well all the effort and time it took to drive so much throughout your whole trip. That alone touches our hearts as we know it was done out of love for us. We love you so very much and were so honored and happy you were there to celebrate with us! It made me so sentimental to have almost all the Hermano family there. I wish we had more time to spend together!
TITA JOSIEKARO
Tita Josie! For so many things! for going out of your way to help us run our endless wedding errands when we were in the Philippines! Especially for the making of the dresses and the printing of the invitations! for great taste and special eye! my mom and i don't know what we would have done without you! for your love and thoughtfulness and generous heart. we love you so much tita josie! we wish you were here with us on our big day! You are always in our prayers.
TITA ODY & TITO BOBBYSINGSON
For the beautiful goblets we used for our toast as husband and wife! They were beautiful!
ATE PEPPERAGUILAR
For helping us with our Save-the-date cards! Leading us to the right printer and giving us awesome advice! Your thoughtfulness meant so much to us. Thank you!
TITA BELLA & ATE DIN EMILIANO
For sleepless nights of doing all the give-aways and many other things you did behind the scenes! What made it so special is the love you put into it. We know that took so much work and time. We wish we could repay you for that! We are truly thankful and blessed because of you!
