Halloween is not celebrated in Botswana so Sister Taylor explained what happens in the United States on Halloween. The young adults thought that trick-or-treating sounded like a fun thing to do.
Because it is spring in Botswana pumpkins are not available so butternut squash was used instead. Everyone had one squash to carve and they showed their creativity without really ever having seen a jack-o-lantern. They had a lot of fun.
About a dozen people dressed up for the Halloween costume contest. The top prizes went to the cereal killer who came loaded with knives, meat cleaver, and cereal boxes and to two young men waiting for their mission calls dressed up as Tongan missionaries. Elder and Sister Taylor were bacon and eggs for the costume contest.
Dinner was chili on rice. The young adults did not want plain chili. We brought jack-o-lantern cookies for the dessert and there was punch. Everyone got to make their own caramel popcorn balls. There was plenty of caramel and popcorn so many popcorn balls were taken home as well as eaten at the party.
Another event was a mummy wrapping contest to see which team would be first to use up their two rolls of toilet paper wrapping their mummy. We think they were having such a good time wrapping and laughing that they lost track of trying to be fast.
The final event was pumpkin bowling. Lack of pumpkins changed the event to cabbage bowling. Two people were able to get strikes and win the top prizes.
All of the activities created quite a mess so everyone pitched in to clean up the building after the party so it would be ready for church in the morning.
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