New Post #1

Sorry for the short delay I was temporarily unable to post to this blog, but all has been fixed and there are 2 new posts from Sister Barber to read. Enjoy!

This week was Sister Nkohla’s birthday. So we decided to do a photo scavenger hunt in honor of it. That made the day a lot more entertaining than normal. We decided we would look for photos of: 1. Dirtiest child 2. Funniest sign 3. Strangest stray animal 4. Funniest outfit and 5. Prettiest flower. My favorites were the dirtiest child and funniest sign. There is this one family that has the dirtiest children I have ever seen! They are members and live in very humble circumstances, and we knew their youngest would be very dirty, so we got some good pictures of him. It was fun. That may sound rude, but they are a great family, and we love them so much, and their children may be dirty, but they are really cute, so we got some pictures of them . Also, here in Gaborone, there are lots of crazy signs come to find out  A lot of people use Gas in their homes, so there are a lot of gas companies, with lots of funny slogans. My favorite gas company name is Lovely Gas, and its slogan is Lovely Gas….For Lovely People. So we took a sign of that one, and then my other favorite one is Easigas…free home delivery…..hahhaha….this makes us laugh nearly every day. Good times. Also, here in Botswana there are A LOT of interesting stray animals, horses, cows, donkeys, goats, all roam around wherever they feel like it, and this to me, is very strange, when we jog in the morning we run right by horses and donkeys and cows, in the middle of the sidewalk, and on the streets. Quite different from back home. So, we had fun this week. As far as missionary work went this week, it seemed this week everyone ditched our appointments, which is not so fun, but the ones that we got to meet with were great. We have been challenging a lot of our investigators to read the Book of Mormon in 70 days, by reading 8 pages a day, and a lot of them have accepted the challenge, and are really enjoying it. We just had one recent convert finish the challenge, and he LOVES the Book of Mormon, and one investigator will finish it way before the 70 days is up. The Book of Mormon is powerful, it changes people’s lives. And I am lucky enough to get to see that every day. We have two investigators getting baptized this coming week, and we didn’t do anything to convert them to the gospel, they both accepted the challenge of reading the Book of Mormon in 70 days, and the Spirit did the rest. The Book is powerful. That is all I can say. If you are up for the challenge, do it. It will change your life, I can promise you that. Eight pages a day. It is not a difficult task. It can be done. If investigators who have never heard about the Book of Mormon before can read it in 70 days, I know you can too. So challenge yourself, make yourself a calendar and time line, and get it done, and see how the Lord will bless you. Go ahead. Test him. See if He will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out blessings that there will not be room enough to receive them.  Until next week.