Kb celebrates her 17th Birthday

Thanksgiving 2009

Lots of good fellowship at the Buckleys

Some cool MK's waiting for our second Thanksgiving dinner on the Monday after Thanksgiving

Kayla and Kb! Kayla is finally home from boarding school and Kb is so glad!

The traditional 'little kids' table!

Our first dinner...the Saturday after Thanksgiving at the Carruthers'

We celebrated with friends for a weekend of Thanksgiving meals....lots of Turkey, dressing, fellowship and friends!

How to Stay Cool During the Holiday Season in Botswana!

hanging out with our friends...the Peacockes

Summertime in November!

We were excited to find a pool in our area!

Camel Spider and Giant Millipede Invasion

These are not pleasant things to have in your house! I don't even like them in the yard!

Worship in Phase 6

Waiting for people to arrive for worship time.

Bread of Life

Randy presenting the Christmas story.

Kb's new friend.

Some of the many children who were there.

Mom and daughter!

Fellowship afterwards....

This morning was our first worship service in the Phase 6 area where we have been ministering the last two months. We met in a lady's yard under two trees. We sang many African worship songs. It was a wonderful gathering.

The worship started off with our family, John and Yvonne and two ladies who lived there. As we sang, more people came. Eventually, we had 17 plus all the children who were playing nearby.

I led the Bible study using the Christmas story from the gospels of Luke and Matthew. John and Yvonne were a great help as they translated for us. This was the first time that these people had heard the Christmas story presented in the order of how the events occurred. They had some very good and hard questions, such as: "Were the Shepherds Christians when the angels appeared to them?" "How is God everywhere at the same time?" "Why is Christmas on December 25th?" "How wise were the wisemen?"

When the worship service was over, Mma Chippo, "Will we meet in my yard next Sunday?" As we planned this worship, it was to be just once a month, but those ladies are hungry for God's Word! We now plan to be there two times a month. We will evaluate the progress as we lead worship in the next few months. We want the people who come to participate as much as possible, so hopefully when we leave, they will take the initiative to

continue the worship gathering. (Randy)

Please pray for these people, that they will see the vision of leading the worship themselves, and they will see the need to reach out to others in the neighborhood to bring them to Christ.

Things are getting bigger!

Back in April a friend of mine & I started a prayer group at school. It was just us 2 for a week, then we started inviting other friends to join us! The usual number for a while was 6 or 7.
The end of the 2nd Term we had about 10ish.
Then this Term its grown gradually from 12 to 15. This past Wednesday there was an amazing 26 girls in the prayer circle!!! My friend & I who had started the prayer circle just looked at each other & smiled!!
I couldn't believe so many girls had come to join us!! God truely is good & I can't wait to see what happens in the future!
After we were done praying, my principle, who is muslim, asked my friend if that was a prayer meeting we just had, & she smiled & said yes. His reply back was "very nice."
My goodness the responses we get from people can be cool!
One class was staring out the window watching us onetime; this girl asked me what it was we were doing & I got to tell her; some of the boys who are near by have come to pray with us a couple times, but they're still not confident enough to come everytime.
I have a feeling things are gonna get better & I can't wait to see what all DOES happen!! :)
-Kb

Salvation Has No Age Limits!

John and I went to the village of Shashe. We visited with Mma Bosele. She is growing in her faith. She has finished copying the Gospel of John and is now copying the Gospel of Mark. She asked if we would share the Gospel with her grandmother, Mma Kelife. We went to the house next door to visit her. As we waited outside, Mma Bosele went inside to tell her grandmother that she had Baruti (pastors) friends to visit her. She sat up on her bed mattress, which is on the floor. John shared the Gospel with her in her heart language. He used his very loud preaching voice. Why? Because Mma Kelife is 107 years old! She is blind, cannot walk and is hard of hearing. Mma Bosele was concerned about her grandmother and wanted her to hear the gospel. I prayed as John shared.
He did not ask her to pray a prayer of salvation. Later when we left in the car, I asked him why he did not ask her to pray. He said that he could tell from her responsed that she believed the Gospel. I always tell people when I lead them to Christ, "It is not the words of the prayer that saves you. It is the faith in your heart that saves you."

What an awesome opportunity to share with a woman who was 107! I believe someday when we get to heaven, Mma Kelife will come up to John and say something like, "Moruti John, thank you for telling me about Jesus!"
I am so proud of Mma Bosele. She continues to bring people to us so that they can hear the Gospel. She is doing like Andrew did in the Bible. (John 1:40-41)
-Randy