Feeding Scheme

It has been way too long since we have posted. Facebook is to blame! Here are some pictures of how Kelland and Luke spend their Saturday mornings...helping with under privileged children ...playing with them and participating in the feeding scheme. They walk about a mile down to the Batswa Center. They love it!

Christmas Tea in Gaborone

Group Picture!

Lots of goodies

Beautifully decorated

Christmas Tea Cups....

Keely and her girls!

All the ladies got together for a beautiful Christmas Tea at Keely's apartment in Gabs. We enjoyed lots of goodies, exchanged presents and talked, smiled and laughed! We had the air-conditioners turned down really cold so we could drink our hot drinks...it was so very nice!

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.