Professor Praise Stikes Again

Even Keith's parents got involved helping out at a Christian Children's worship and fun night that Cheryl and some of her friends had planned.
Mom worked at the popcorn booth all evening scooping and scooping and scooping and scooping popcorn to fill 70+ bags. Dad was working at the BBQ preparing the smokies with some of the other men. Keith was just everywhere helping out with everything. Professor Praise made another appearance teaching the kids about being Christ's light in a world that is filled with darkness. God even backed up the message by causing the power to go out at just the right time accentuating the point. Professor Praise made a head lamp out of a bulb, wire, batteries, and gotch elastic. That's right gotch elastic... it was pretty silly but we all had fun and the hopefully the kids will never forget the message.

Fantastic Game Viewing

We spent the day Saturday bumping along 100 km of park roads to see some fantastic sights. Check out our pictures by clicking on the link below.

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Fantastic Game Viewing!

We went game viewing in Moremi National Park Saturday, a one hour drive from our place to the park gate. We bumped and grinded over trecherous terrain for the next 7 hours to cover 100 km of park roads. Cheryl joked that the drive was kinda like being in labor - her body hurt and she didn't know how long it would take. However, we had fantastic game viewing - the best of our lives. Here are some pictures of what we were able to see(you can view more photos on facebook).

A Camera for Terrance

My (Keith's) parents are visiting from Canada rignt now and are staying for the month of November. You may remember that Johnathan passed away on Nov 5 last year after falling into our swimming pool. My parents came to stay with us now, to be of support as we approach the one year mark (tomorrow), and we are grateful to have them here.

As we look back over this year, we are grateful for the many relationships that God has blessed us with. One in particular, is our dear Zimbabwean friend Terrance. Terrance brought joy into our lives despite the tragedy that we had gone through. We were blessed to be able to sow some of "Johnathan's Seeds" into Terrance's life with the purchase of a passport in January, for his brand new bride.

We have kept in touch with Terrance even after moving to Maun (800km away) in May of this year. Recently, we were in Gaborone for medical appointments, and we were able to spend some time with Terrance and Patience. It was great to see them again.

In one of our phone conversations wiith Terrance, we mentioned that my parents would be coming to visit. Terrance asked if my parents would look for a camera for him...perhaps at an auction or garage sale. Terrance previously had a camera, and was able to earn money taking pictures of people and selling them the photos (pictures are very special in Botswana as few people even have pictures of their loved ones, and even fewer people have cameras). Well, God had an even better plan for Terrance. My parents were able to get an excellent camera for Terrance from the lost and found at their church. It seems that the camera had been there for over a year, and the parish workers were glad to allow them to bring the camera for Terrance. In fact, one of the workers even donated a couple of rolls of film to go with it. So after taking it to the camera repair shop for a tune-up, my parents were able to bring this blessing for Terrance. He was estatic to say the least! God does work in wonderful ways, and even more good has come from Johnathan's passing!

I've included an older picture of Terrance and Patience as well as one of Johnathan since I've mentioned him alot in this posting.

The Scorpion

We found this guy in our Living Room one night. Makes you want walk around the house in army boots.

The Sunday School Gang

Here Pastor Alex prays for the children before they head off to Sunday School. Usually over 40 children attend, most of them from the village.

You want me to do WHAT?

That was my initial reaction when I got the news: I was supposed to take 45 children for a scenic flight...5 at a time. In the beginning of September, FMS got a charter to do scenic flights for 45 students (ages 6 to 12) from a Catholic school in the small village of Tonota, run by missionary nuns. It was a big field trip, and a once in a lifetime experience for these kids. Last March, the daughter of one of the FM pilots was volunteer teaching at the school and had her dad come in and talk about Mission Flying. The kids got so excited about flying, that they worked extra hard for the next 6 months to raise the funds to see the Okavango Delta from the air. Keith got the job flying the entire group in the C207. It took ten - 15 minute flights to take all of them plus chaperones on a scenic flight and stay within their budget. The boisterous and very excited group filled the entire waiting room of the Maun airport. The teachers and students were all very happy with the experience as you can tell by the smiling faces pictured above. It was very fulfilling to be part of what was an unforgettable day for these kids.