Farewell Botswana

We have had a wonderful year and a half in Botswana and are heading for home. We are leaving many friends and will miss them but we are taking fond memories for eternity with us. The members of the church have been so kind to us. Hopefully, we will see some of our Botswana friends again in this life; but if not, we WILL see them again in the eternities.

It seems like only yesterday that we arrived in Botswana following Sifiso Madela in his car from Johannesburg to Gaborone and wondered what our mission would really be like. We had no idea what a wonderful experience we would have. We can truly say that our mission was much better than any expectations we had.

We have seen our testimonies of the Gospel grow from seeing the hand of the Lord in the work and being strengthened by the testimonies of the church members. We were blessed to see the first stake of Zion formed in Botswana and hear the announcement of the Botswana Mission to be created in July.

This is both a sad and happy time for us. We will miss the wonderful experiences of living in Botswana and associating with its friendly people, but are looking forward to seeing our family and friends back home.