“The Wedding of the Century”

Posted on December 18, 2004 by Matt Todd

Todd Bussey is a married man.

And there was much rejoicing.

After 42 years, the guy who has impacted so many lives in many more ways than he could ever imagine made a lifelong promise to the woman he had prayed about, and certainly hoped for, for so many years. I thank God that we had the opportunity to share in his joyful event. Hundreds of people were there – many of which I recognized, quite a few I knew.

Mom and Dad said afterward that this is probably the closest thing Crossroads will ever come to having a homecoming. And it was quite a homecoming.

Kevin called it the “Wedding of the Century,” and he was probably right. People really did come from all over the country to share this time.

May God bless the marriage of Todd and Mandy Bussey.

………….

I spent most of the evening catching up with old friends – especially Jarod, my friend from all the way back in Kindergarten (he threw up on me in 3rd Grade), and Andy, the one and only Philmont legend. After the reception, a group of us went to O’Charleys and ate appetizers, shared drinks, and retold old stories. I haven’t laughed so hard in a very long time. It was so good to see all of those guys again. Andy can still tell a story like no one else can. If I could work a crowd half as well as he does, I’d be guaranteed to never have a boring sermon or lesson or conversation in general. They eventually had to kick us out because they were closed.

My only regret is there wasn’t enough time to talk to everyone I wanted to talk to. There never is, though. Before this whole marriage thing became a reality, Todd had mentioned over the summer that he would like to have some type of reunion with a bunch of us from his youth ministry days. His 20th anniversary will be coming in the not-too-distant future. I think it still sounds like a great idea.

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Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"