{"id":22484,"date":"2022-09-26T12:55:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=22484"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:14:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:14:35","slug":"drawn-to-each-other-by-atm-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=22484","title":{"rendered":"Drawn to each other by ATM card"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Olivier Mukaaya<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simon Peter Walukhu is a media personality at Open Gate Radio in Mbale City while Lilian Mutonyi is a banker at KCB bank. The duo met nine years ago at the bank where Simon Peter had gone to open up an account.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time I met Lilian was in 2010 when I visited KCB bank to open up a savings account. When I entered the bank my eyes landed on a charming, slender and young woman who welcomed me with a big smile and by then she was doing sales in KCB bank, Mbale City. She gave me detailed information about the account and she made sure that I received my ATM card after two weeks. When I went to pick up my ATM card, it had issues so I left without seeing her. She rang asking why I had left without my ATM card.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

After that call, they kept in touch and Simon Peter expressed his interest, invited her to his home and Lilian accepted. She reciprocated the gesture.
\n\u201cI think she was God sent but I cannot say things happened so fast. We got along, liked each other, and we were confident in one another,\u201d Simon Peter adds.<\/p>\n

What attracted him to Lilian was her character; \u201cshe is understanding, respectful and supportive.\u201d The couple cannot remember ever having an argument about anything.
\nFor Lilian, Simon Peter\u2019s patient nature and industriousness caught her attention.
\n\u201cIf he does not understand something he calls me and we talk about it and above all, he is God-fearing,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Proposal\"\"<\/strong>
\nHe had waited long for Miss Right and he found Lilian ready. When they met, she was ready to settle down \u201cOne day, I visited Lilian and while she was walking me out, I told her that since we had been dating for two years, we should consider moving in together. She laughed it off but later, she called me to ask if I had been serious and I responded in the affirmative and she accepted my proposal,\u201d he recounts.
\nAfter the proposal, they talked about other issues such as differences in faith. She was Pentecostal but with a strong Catholic background while he is Seventh Day Adventist.
\n\u201cWe did not want to raise children confused about faith,\u201d he says.
\nShe agreed to join Seventh Day Adventist church and early 2012 she accepted to convert. Today, she is a women leader in church.<\/p>\n

Planning<\/strong>
\nUsing their savings, the couple held a colourful introduction ceremony in May 2012. The function cost Shs5m.
\nAfter their introduction in May 2012, the youth in their church led by his best man took it upon themselves to hold wedding meetings for them. They used to meet once a week and also took all the responsibility for the wedding which excited the couple.
\nTheir wedding cost them Shs4.5m because the most expensive items such as food, and the venue were catered for by their church while the gown, cake, drinks, decor and other few things were paid for using the money they had collected from wedding meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had an organising committee of strong and prayerful people who wanted a successful wedding,\u201d she says, adding,\u201cOur church members, mostly the youths helped us organise meetings that were held<\/p>\n

around Mbale City and their mobilisation did us great work,\u201d says Simon Peter.<\/p>\n

Not so rosy\"\"<\/strong>
\n\u201cOur biggest challenge was that we didn\u2019t know who was going to officiate our wedding until the D-day,\u201d says Lilian.
\nWhen you write applying for the wedding they tell you who will wed you but the day they submitted their application was when the pastor they preferred had been transferred to Busoga.
\nWe were advised to leave the decision to the church headquarters to decide who will wed us, but our wedding day came and there was no pastor available. The day was saved by pastor that was en route to Manafwa was requested to come to pass by Mbale Central Church to wed us. The couple finally tied the knot on December 16, 2012.<\/p>\n

Advice<\/strong>
\n\u201cWait patiently and God will bring you your soulmate. Do not allow friends and family to rush you into marriage because this will leave you unfulfilled and unhappy,\u201d says Lilian.
\n\u201c\u201cYou do not need a lot of money to wed. As long as two people are ready any amount of money is enough to make the wedding ceremony happen. Marriage is about two individuals choosing to spend the rest of their lives together, not the glamour of expensive ceremonies,\u201d Simon Peter says.<\/p>\n

Quick notes<\/strong>
\nDate:<\/strong> December 16, 2012
\nGroom:<\/strong> Simon Peter Walukhu
\nBride: Lilian Mutonyi
\nCelebrant:<\/strong> Pastor Luyuyo Richard
\nChurch<\/strong>: Mbale Central Seventh Day Adventist Church
\nVenue:<\/strong> Church Gardens
\nGuests:<\/strong> 500
\nBudget:<\/strong> Shs4.5m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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