The first funeral was of a much loved sister and her family were members of the church. They held the services at the church and here you see her plain little wooden casket loaded into a funeral hearse. The family is riding with it to the cemetery where the family and friends do everything but dig the hole. After the dedication of the grave, they take care of the rest.
The second post is of a sister whose family are Buddhist, but the children are members of the church. The services are at the Wat and the children did what the rest of the family wanted. This is the day after the mother had passed away. The family has white cloth wrapped around them. The church did a very brief service and then the monks took over. They chanted for a while and then the procession moved to the place where one is creamated. They march around the casket 3 times. This was too much for Soriah and she fainted and took quite a while to recover. Elder Morgan has decided that one of the things he will emphasis in the next training he does will be, care for the family that is mourning the loss of their loved ones. The second funeral took place on Saturday of the open house and the Sunday morning following the open house. It was quite a weekend.
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The little humble casket, makes me think about what a symbolism of how her life was spent. Her reward will be in heaven
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