We had two Christmas events with about three dozen young missionaries and senior couples for those working in the area around Gaborone. The first was held on December 23 with a Christmas dinner of ham, baked potatoes, vegetables, rolls; and we provided brownies with ice cream and fudge sauce for dessert. It was held at the Botswana Mission Home. This made it feel a little bit more homey. It was crowded but everyone enjoyed being together. We watched a video of the nativity and sang Christmas carols. President and Sister Kimball had Christmas stockings filled with treats for all the missionaries. We made popcorn balls for the missionaries to take home with them. It was well after dark when the party ended so many of the elders that work in outlying villages stayed overnight with the Gaborone elders and went home the next day. Some of the elders helped move Elder and Sister Moss to Lobatse so that they could live where they worked rather than commute from Gaborone to Lobatse.
We get a lot of use out of the aprons the Lineruds gave us for our mission.
The second Christmas event held December 26 was a party where we played games, watched the video "The Note", and had refreshments. Elder Koloji sang Christmas carols and Elder Hansen played his violin. Sister Kimball used a dried cactus plant and bags of snacks to make a creative center piece for the refreshment table. A new senior couple for Gaborone, the Taylors, and two other couples from South Africa brought three cars to Botswana and joined us at the party. We made caramels, peanut butter bars, and ranger cookies for the refreshment table. The four sister missionaries (Sisters Mudzimba, Blum, Banda, and Clendon) bought matching skirts for Christmas and wore them to the party. Everyone had a wonderful time. There are now six senior couples in Botswana while a year ago there was only one. The church is growing rapidly in Botswana.
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