Shady Actions...

Here in Puerto Rico a lot of people come to the island to get married. I mean who wouldn't, it is absolutely beautiful. I have been blessed to be ordained as a minister, with that comes the ability to get licensed here to perform weddings. There is a couple coming from the states this week and they have asked me to perform their wedding. In Puerto Rico a license is only good for six months, so I had to get mine renewed yesterday. Now this is where the crazy part comes in. The last time I went to get my license I had to buy a sticker, this is what made my license official. This sticker was sold in the same office I registered for my license. There was no questions ask from my end on the legitimacy of this sticker, after all it was sold in a government office. So, assuming this was the same process, which I should have learned by now never to assume anything here, I went to the same spot to buy my sticker. I was informed that they no longer sell the stickers in the office. The young man behind the counter kindly told me that I had to go buy the sticker from a guy sitting in a chair on the street!!! Yes that's right, I had to walk to the street, find a man sitting in a chair selling stickers and trust these were legit stickers. So I preceded to look for this man and sure enough, sitting in a chair by the street was a man and his wife selling stickers. The amount was $25 but they charge $30, needless to say I was a little skeptical of this whole process, it was a little shady. I felt like I was in a movie or some partaking in some sort of crime. So after buying these shady stickers from a shady man on the street for an official government document I went back up stairs. Low and behold these were what they were looking for! Crazy!! So now I have my renewed celebration license in Puerto Rico. Just another crazy day in the Caribbean.