WOW - 211 baptisms last MONTH

Well, the World Cup starts this week! Everyone is really excited
about it. Everyone, except missionaries that is. During the month of
the World Cup, we are not allowed to tract, or teach really, during
the game times. Which is pretty much all day after 1 p.m. So, we
will see how this next months goes. The World Cup will be put
missionary work on hold for a month. I am hoping and praying we find
families or individuals to teach that do not like soccer. But really,
everyone watches the world cup whether they like soccer or not. So we
will see how this next month goes! We are planning on doing a lot of
service in the morning and studying and things like that at night. It
will be interesting. Keep us missionaries here in Africa and all over
the world in your prayers. On a really high note though, our baptisms
for the month of May were record breaking. We had 211 baptisms as a
mission in May! We have been working to break the 200 mark for a
while, and this month we finally did. If we can keep the momentum,
then the world cup won’t hold us back too much! Another positive, is
that I will get watch the opening ceremonies, and the opening game.
President Poulsen said if we organize an activity and watch the games
at church with members and investigators than we can watch them. So
we rented a projector and are going to watch the game, at least the
opening game between Mexica and South Africa. That will be awesome!
If it turns out well, we will do more of them. So maybe I will get to
watch some of the games! But that is pretty much the excitement here
in Botswana. As they say here, “Ke Nako.” Meaning, it is time. It
is time. The atmosphere here is crazy, all everyone talks about is
the world cup. It will be fun.