First of all this week of Thanksgiving I want to thank everyone of you for your friendship and I'm so.grateful for all of you who said you are praying for me...please don't stop, ..
I covet your prayers for me and the ministry to which God has called me.
I have felt a little handicapped with only my phone for communication since I left my tablet on the plane and have done what I supposed to do but my compete with my isn't working yet either.
The long trip over the ocean from Atlanta to Johannesburg wasn't as bad as I anticipated. 3 of my children, my brother and some grand children were at Columbus Ohio to see me off for Atlanta. I had 4 crates and 2 suitcases but with all the ones to help get me to the airport it was no problem. I thought when I arrived at Gaberone that the pastor and others would be there to help but there those who come for you have to wait outside and can't come to the baggage claim...How was I going to handle ,6 items by myself...I believe God sent an angel to help.me. I was waiting for the baggage to start coming around when an oriental young man asked me how many items I had...I told him 6...He said oh I will help you. He got 2 carts and loaded the 4 crates on one and my 2 suitcases on the other. He then said "follow me". We were going thru customs. He showed his passport and said to the inspector "she's with me" and was motioned on thru...I offered my passport for inspection and the inspector just waved me on thru. They never opened a single container. Afterwards the oriental showed me his passport and on the front in big letters it said DIPLOMAT PASSPORT... I met my friends who had come for me and the oriental was gone and I didn't have a chance to properly thank him. God just took care of it all for me. I never had to lift a single piece.
I knew before coming that I would be purchasing furniture for my house...I had an estate sale in Alabama so I would have money to buy furniture when I got here. I was wanting something nice but cheaper since I only plan to be here 2 or 3 yrs. I looked at some stores and most everything more than I wanted to pay. The pastor's wife said she knew of a place that had nice furniture but. Cheaper than in the big city. We went. I was shown the bedroom suit that I sent pictures of. I was told $5000 pula or $500 in our money. I walked away and the pastor's wife said to me "don't you like it?" I said yes I do but it is too expensive and too fancy for me. The clerk quickly said oh no you don't understand...it's on sale.....The whole set is$500...I thought well in that case I could be interested. So said I would take it. We then went to look at living room furniture. Again I was shown a lovely set of 2 couches and a big chair. Again I saw $5000 pula...I can't afford all 3 pieces. The clerk said not for each but for all 3 pieces. So long story short I was to have nice new furniture for $1000 in our money for bedroom and living room both. Too good to be true I thought. I went to the cashier to pay for it . Here you cannot draw more than $800 a day from the bank and I didn't have enough cash to.make up the difference. I gave the cashier my credit card and while waiting for approval she is saying. ...oh Lord Jesus please let this go thru for this lady...and when it was approved she clapped her hands and said ..thank you Lord Jesus...So then I said how much do I still owe and I will bring it tomorrow...oh she said that's not necessary...I adjusted the price to cover it all..when I saw sales slip I paid $749 for all the bed room and living room furniture. I am still stunned at how God has worked so.many things out for me.
I am already teaching music and English. They want me to teach sewing and cooking classes and just today the pastor told me he would like me to teach some kind of marriage counseling classes or seminars.
I am really being stretched out of my comfort zone. But I am happy to be here and know I am where I'm supposed to be for now.I was at a huge wedding. I've witnessed 2 funerals. When someone dies in the village the body is kept at the mortuary. And for a week every eve is a funeral service. Preaching and lots of singing... acappela and beautiful harmony. Some of the tunes I recognized...in the sweet by and by, near the cross, coming home and other tunes from the past. after each service everyone is served white tea and some kind of bread. The week over and the final service comes. At 5:00 am the mortuary brings the body to the house of the deceased and there is another service.Then to the cemetery. At 6:30 am we sing some more and more words spoken. Everyone stays until the last bit of dirt had been thrown back in. Then back to the house for dinner at 8:00 in the morning...I haven't had my morning coffee yet and I'm supposed eat dinner,?!
I think there were 500 or so in all...huge crowd.
I asked many of you to pray for rain...for 3 days it stormed and the wind ruined our tent. Last Sun we had an open air mtg. But are praising the Lord for the rain. The dam has water in it. We are still carrying water in. They are changing the underground pipes from plastic to metal so I still don't have running y in my faucets....
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