Shocking Developments…

Today was our second official day of ministry!  The day before yesterday, we had training with Todd and Branden, two of the missionaries we work with.  They prepared us with some strategic advice and encouragement for our ministry.  Then the girls cooked some delicious spaghetti, and we sat around the table for about an hour after finishing…you could call it “team bonding.”  We had many silly conversations and silly games such as “Mafia” and “Wink Murderer.”  The girls also had some shocking encounters involving the showers…:) something we like to call “sweet, hot, electric, water.”  Imagine those trick pens and gum packs that deliver tingly shocks to victims…We’re fine, but it has provided a lot of fear and laughs.  Yesterday was our first ministry day.  We split up into two groups; one at Molepolole Baptist and the other at Calvary Baptist.  Those groups split down further and translaters joined each.  We spent several hours prayer walking and evangelizing, and there are many exciting stories!  Some will have to be saved for later, but a few of our team members were able to pray with people who decided to follow Jesus! Later that evening we looked at the stars and worshipped together, joined by some workers at the Lodge.  Today was another day of ministry, and relationships were furthered and we had more adventures spreading the gospel.  Rachel and Logan had a particularly intersting adventure… There was a funeral coming up, and here, funerals are big events with a lot of preparation.  Like, 1,000 people.  So Logan and Rachel witnessed some nationals skinning and gutting bulls!  Jonathan and Hunter ended up helping.  Logan helped prepare some bread that we later ate–delicious.  Hope and Megan and Bryan had adventures in another part of the village… They revisited a boy on his birthday (Tatayaone), and he accepted Christ!  They also seemingly offended a woman walking with sticks on her head.  Hope and Megan were taking pictures and she started yelling at them.  Apparently she was kidding, haha, and then Bryan started carrying the sticks on his head.  Tyler and Matt have been working with the pastor of Calvary Baptist going door to door.  They gave their testimonies, and the kids have enjoyed seeing their pictures on Tyler’s camera.  By the way, keeping the number of pictures under 1,000 isn’t going to happen! Oh, and to all the kids at CSCC, hope you had a fantastic week and know I (the best teacher ever: tyler) miss you. Jonathan and Hunter: Nearly trampled by donkeys, debated evolution, talked to soldiers, talked to mothers, prayed as they walked, discipled others, rocked the Setswana language.  Emily and Danis met a lot of brothers and sisters in Christ, but they were also a part of a couple of people’s decisions to follow Christ!  Emily likes to get hit by trees with thorns on them.  Danis likes to feed a boy named Cupcake/Paluko and was almost sold a child today.  Start getting an extra bedroom ready, David! 🙂

Tonight is pizza night at the Davis’s! WOOOOHOO! We are about to have worships time, so we will see you later!  Please keep praying that God will be glorified in us!

Love,

The B-TEAM

Ps: to all the kids at CSCC, have a great week and