#1 Ladies' Detective Agency

When we found out we were coming to Botswana for our mission quite a few people asked us if we had read "#1 Ladies' Dectective Agnecy" books. We had never heard of the books and were surprised at how many people had read them. Maren Longhurst lent us a DVD of the HBO series based on the book because her mother was serving in Johannesburg. We watched the videos to try to get a feel for Botswana.

The four missionary couples serving in and around Gaborone have decided to get together to do something twice a month. It was our turn to decide what to do. We met at our house and watched several of the episodes of "#1 Ladies' Detective Agency". We ate popcorn and mango soothies during the video which we projected on our wall with a video projector that we use for seminary and institute training. We made hamburgers for lunch. We went to the location used for filming much of the series. It is located in Gaborone near Kagle Hill, a mile from our house. It is badly run-down but still fun to see. We enjoyed the videos and realize we are now familiar with many of the places and behaviors shown - things we totally missed when we watched the videos before our mission. We found it much easier to understand the dialog now that we have been here a few months.

We have been teaching keyboard lessons to six students including a mother of three, high counselor, missionary, and young adults. We have been having a fun time doing this. They are all enthusiastic and pleased to be able to take piano lessons.