Roots

This week was good. It was a little hectic. There was a huge storm
on Friday evening that destroyed a lot of houses and uprooted a lot of
trees, and destroyed most of the billboards around the town. None of
us, the missionaries, or members were affected. It was pretty crazy
driving through the town on our way home and seeing the damage.
Botswana is not used to storms like that I guess. It wasn’t even a
bad one compared to the storms we get in the Midwest. But it did alot
of damage here for these people. Especially the ones living in
poverty. So, that was the most interesting part of this week. We
also finally got to watch general conference, and one of the speakers
talked about being rooted deep in the gospel. And that applied so
well to what happened the night before. Those huge trees were blown
right over because they were not deeply rooted. I hope the same would
not happen to us as Satan sends his storms and his mighty winds. It
is so important to be deeply rooted in your faith. That is one thing
I learned from this storm. The church was full again this week.
There weren’t enough chairs again. The kids were sitting on the
floor. Gerald needs to split again. I think there were 126 people in
attendance this week! It is so exciting to see that the excitement
has not yet died off, these people are dedicated. I love the work
here. It is a very exciting time to be here. I have holy envy for
the sister that gets to replace me, that will probably be entering the
MTC this week! Lucky girl!