We have been staying in Ramotswa, Botswana for the past week with a local family. This week has been filled with lots of ministry and picking up some of the local customs and language! The ministry of course is quite different than back home. When entering the yard of each home we say "Ko-Ko" (kind of like knock knock), letting the householder know that we are entering their yard. Ususally there are people in the yard cooking or doing the household washing. We talk to whoever seems to be listening to us when we start talking. "Dumela" is the native greeting for "Hello". When we start speaking in their native language before going into the reason we are calling they are much more receptive. Commonly the witnesses will talk to the family for a few minutes in casual conversation until the householder brings chairs and then will bring out the Bible and the reason for the call. Here, we have been using the "
Would you like to know the Truth?" tract at each door and then if they have time we will cover one question with the Bible. We've found the most common choice is "
What happens to us when we die?".
We all walk in the territory wherever we go, so we're getting plenty of excercise!! :) Below is a little snap of what the village looks like. There are lots of goats, donkeys and chickens roaming freely around.
We saw our first glimpse of African Wildlife!!
Last night an elder and his wife had us over for a meal with some other brothers and sisters.
and Micah doing the washing... the African way!
Where did you see the giraffe?? What is the temp like? I see the laundry boy has to wear a jacket. :)
ReplyDeleteThere is a little game reserve right outside Ramotswa that we got to take a little peek at and there are all sorts of wildlife roaming the bush. Lately the temperature is COLD! Last night was a record low of 30 degrees! (It is there winter until August) But the cool thing is its sunny. :D
DeleteObviously it's not too cold for flip flops, haha... or am I seeing things?
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