New President and Family Fun

Dear Loved Ones,
A most interesting thing happens in Botswana this week. President Festus Mogae the third president of Botswana steps down and his vice-president, Ian Seretse Khama will become President on Tuesday and that is no April Fool’s joke! So far, each transition in Botswana has been peaceful and we praise the Lord for the opportunity to live in a stable African country.

We cannot say the same about our neighbors.Zimbabwe held its elections yesterday. The opposition are suggesting a Kenyan like answer if the vote is tampered with. Of course, no one who has watched the politics of Zimbabwe in recent years, believes the vote will be free and fair. Pray for Zimbabwe in the coming days. Its people are really hurting and fleeing the country in order to put food on their tables.

Pray with us for Ian Khama. He is the son of the first President of Botswana and has a wonderful heritage of patriotism for this wonderful country. Pray that he will turn to the LORD GOD for wisdom.

This weekend we held a Family Fun Day for the school and it was well attended. We are so thankful that we have the opportunity to work with Hindu and Sikh families and that the children are learning about the true and living God. Since Kenya, Steve and I have had a special place in our hearts for people of India and we are every so thankful that he has enabled us to keep a ministry with them. Schools here are on a different schedule from American schools. The school year starts in January, they go three months and have a month off. SO, we are looking forward to April.

Church attendance was not what is was on Easter, but we had a wonderful service with a guest speaker who spoke on true worship and that true worship carries on into our work week and our entire lives. We are so thankful for God’s work here. Please keep praying for souls. Pray also for our strength and creativity to do ministry in an effective way in this ever changing culture.

Reaching the Unreached,Steve, Pam, Amanda, Derek and Devin