Sorry it's late this week

So this week was a little more exciting than last week. As far as the Jo'burg mission news, there are great changes. Like I told you last week, two zones of our mission are going to now be in the Durban mission, which is great, and with the changes, there is going to be another zone in Botswana! Two zones in Botswana now! With right around 40 missionaries in the country! The changes I have seen in Botswana since I have been here have been miraculous. I have seen three new areas open and the number of missionaries in Bots doubled!!!!! It is very exciting for this little country of just over a million citizens!! With two zones and so many missions in the country I am hoping to see Botswana becomes a district, if not a stake before I leave. That would be amazing, and the greatest miracle of all. Right now, Bots is part of a Johannesburg stake, and they only get to see the stake president like every three months or so! It would just be wonderful for these saints to have local leadership! That is our goal, is to have bots be a stake in less than two years, and so far, it looks like our prayers will be answered. I talked to Elder Watson about it at dinner and he said it was close. So, it is close, and I can't wait for that to happen.
As far as our personal missionary work goes, it is great. My mom asked me this week if we had given away the Elder Watson Book of Mormon yet, and we are prayerfully planning to give it away this week to a wonderful family. The Kgosietsile family is their name. They have two daughters. The Rra (father) works very closely with the president here, President Khama, and the Mma (mother) is an accountant. The rra is trying to quit smoking, and is doing very well. The mma is very strong in her church, but this week she broke her leg, she will not be going to work for two weeks, and we went and sang hymns with her the other day, and both sister odongo and I feel this family may be the one that needs the Book of Mormon with the testimony of the eight year old. I feel it would greatly help both the mma and rra to accept this gospel. So, pray for that to happen please. And I will keep you updated on how that goes, and if the Book of Mormon will help to convert this wonderful family. So that is the news on that.Thanks for your prayers in my behalf, they are greatly appreciated. This work would not move forward without prayers. So, we all thank you here in Botswana.