Sorry there was no post last week, but I ran out of time before I finished and sent the post to my sister. So, I will recap on two weeks today. What I wanted to say from last week was how exciting the work is here in Botswana. We had stake conference last week, and we watched a live video feed from South Africa. We are still in a South Africa Stake, but I know that will change very soon, because at this stake conference here in Botswana anyway, we had over a hundred more people in attendance than they did in South Africa. The chapel, and cultural hall were full. there was not an empty seat. We even had over flow in the Relief Society room. Every chair in the building was being used, there was standing room only. All of the missionaries had to stand, and there are now over 30 missionaries in Botswana, and two branches in Botswana weren't able to make it becuase of the distance to travel! So, needless to say, the work is progressing at an ever increasing rate. One branch that just opened in a village, Kanye, at the first of this year, brought 59 investigators!!!!and the only members they have, which for now is 7!!! Wow! The work here is just amazing to see. I have seen so many changes already in Botswana since I have been here. I am praying they will become a district, if not a stake before I go home at the end of this year. They need it, they deserve it! That was my main update from last week.
This week was good, we had two more people interviewed for baptism, they will be getting baptized next sunday. One is an eleven year old girl who has been coming to church her whole life with her aunt and uncle, but never got baptized, and now she is ready. She is quiet, but she is good, and knows she is making the right decision. The other is Katlego, he is 17, and the nephew of the relief society president in the ward. He has been coming to church since the beginning of this year with his aunt and uncle. And he desires to serve a mission! He is a good young kid, and will make a great missionary one day, baptism is just the first step in his goal of becoming a missionary. He has a very humble testimony, and it has been great to teach him.
An update on the family we gave the Elder Watson book of mormon to....Well, right now things are shaky..It is not having quite the immediate effect we were hoping for. This family is great, but when we leave the house, something happens and they don't read the book of mormon. So, it is not quite working as we had hoped, yet. We still have faith that it will change their lives, we just need to be a little more patience, and exercise a little more faith, and pray even harder for them to accept this gospel. Satan is working very hard to keep this family from progressing! So, please keep them in your prayers. We won't give up on them yet, I know that book of mormon is powerful, i just hope one day very soon they realize that as well.
Well, thanks for reading, and thanks for your prayers in my behalf. Enjoy your week. Enjoy March Madness.....but please, don't give me any updates....they are distracting :) ok....maybe just a few would be alright! Thanks! Enjoy it double for me!
sidenote: Ashley told me she will have a 3 week delay before they will get conference, so ocnference week if you would send her a little snippit on your favorite talk, or what you got out of conference I'm sure she would LOVE it.
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