Young Single Adults Make Scripture Bags

The Relief Society president of the Young Single Adult Ward asked if we could have an activity at our house of making scripture bags. She also requested that we have the same baked ham and cheese rolls that we had served once before.

We had twenty-one sign up to make bags and pay twenty-five pula for material for the bags and twenty-two came.

We had a hard time finding a Saturday when we were available so we ended up holding the activity on Monday, 1 April, a holiday in Botswana. We started and ten o'clock and the last bag was completed around 2:30 pm. The whole time was filled with visiting and laughter.

Sister Gubler and Sister Rands gave instructions on how to make the bags and sew, and kept the six sewing machines working. Many sewing machine needles were broken and had to be replaced, bobbins had to be rewound, and thread jams removed. The young women were really good about helping each other sew.

Elder Rands and Elder Gubler helped any way they could and frequently had to use tools to get machines back working.

Lunch during the activity was baked ham and cheese sandwiches (of course), green salad, fruit salad, chips, drink, and apple dumplings.