Things are going well here. We've had lots of good time to interact with the church here and get caught up. I preached at church yesterday. Also, Beth Schanholtzer arrived late last week and spent a good bit of the weekend with us. We took her to church with us at Old Naledi yesterday. She really enjoyed the service and meeting the folks there. She heads off to the town of Lobatse today and will be in various locations around Botswana through November.
Please continue to pray for the young men leaders in the church, Mothusi, Moagi (MG), Lame (pronounced lom-aye), Joe, Champ and the others. Particularly pray for Champ. He is working extremely hard and is burdened by all the duties of directing the Tlamelo Project, serving as church treasurer, deacon, helping with the youth ministries, mens' study, and trying to keep up with his university studies. Quite a heavy set of responsibilities for a 22 year-old guy. He is a gem!
Barb has been having a great time talking with the ladies working at the Tlamelo Project and discussing the bible with them (while the food is cooking). I have been getting materials and the necessary tools lined up for our various projects. One of the other missionaries in Gaborone has all the power tools and other tools that we will need for the carpentry projects at Tlamelo.
The weather has been superb here. Sunny every day with daytime highs around 80 and nighttime lows around 50. We look forward to your arrival in a couple weeks.
Modimo o siame,
sala sentle,
Dave
Monday, June 26, 2006
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Hartnett Update - 1
Dumelang,
This is our first full week back in Botswana and Naledi and we are well settled in and getting caught up with the various people and ministries of the church. We met with Champ and learned of the many physical needs of the Tlamelo Project and the church that they would like us to undertake. These include repairs in the kitchen (fixing broken cabinets etc.), re-building about 8 picnic tables for the kids to eat at, several repairs and closet construction in the church building, and re-building the little kids soccer goal (a free-standing PVC pipe frame with netting tied on). I have started to scout around to the various building supply places to look for materials so Kevin, Dave, and Dave can do the construction work, and then the ladies can organize and complete all the painting the following week when they are here. I will be sending Kevin a list of a few tools that he can bring from my basement if you guys have room in your luggage.
I have been going to various places in Gaborone with Champ to collect the donated food for Tlamelo each day, and he has asked us to take over that task for him for a week while you are here, as he needs to return to Pretoria to take his exams that week. Barb is helping with the cooking every day.
Tonight Barb and I will be going to the evening prayer meeting at the church. Afterwards, we are going to the hospital to visit Lesedi, one of Barb's good friends from the church. We just learned this weekend that she is in the hospital. This coming Sunday (June 25), Moruti James has asked me to preach (are these guys scraping the bottom of the barrel or what?).
Moruti talked to the congregation about your visit this past Sunday. They are really looking forward to your visit and consider it a tremendous blessing and answer to prayer. Moruti posted the large picture of the team on the church bulletin board (the one taken in our front yard) and he prayed for our churches and for the 5 of you. They are very eager to get to know you, for you to get to know them, and to talk and pray together about how our churches might partner with one another.
That’s about all for now. My 5 pula of internet time is about over.
Kagiso. Modimo o siame,
Dave
This is our first full week back in Botswana and Naledi and we are well settled in and getting caught up with the various people and ministries of the church. We met with Champ and learned of the many physical needs of the Tlamelo Project and the church that they would like us to undertake. These include repairs in the kitchen (fixing broken cabinets etc.), re-building about 8 picnic tables for the kids to eat at, several repairs and closet construction in the church building, and re-building the little kids soccer goal (a free-standing PVC pipe frame with netting tied on). I have started to scout around to the various building supply places to look for materials so Kevin, Dave, and Dave can do the construction work, and then the ladies can organize and complete all the painting the following week when they are here. I will be sending Kevin a list of a few tools that he can bring from my basement if you guys have room in your luggage.
I have been going to various places in Gaborone with Champ to collect the donated food for Tlamelo each day, and he has asked us to take over that task for him for a week while you are here, as he needs to return to Pretoria to take his exams that week. Barb is helping with the cooking every day.
Tonight Barb and I will be going to the evening prayer meeting at the church. Afterwards, we are going to the hospital to visit Lesedi, one of Barb's good friends from the church. We just learned this weekend that she is in the hospital. This coming Sunday (June 25), Moruti James has asked me to preach (are these guys scraping the bottom of the barrel or what?).
Moruti talked to the congregation about your visit this past Sunday. They are really looking forward to your visit and consider it a tremendous blessing and answer to prayer. Moruti posted the large picture of the team on the church bulletin board (the one taken in our front yard) and he prayed for our churches and for the 5 of you. They are very eager to get to know you, for you to get to know them, and to talk and pray together about how our churches might partner with one another.
That’s about all for now. My 5 pula of internet time is about over.
Kagiso. Modimo o siame,
Dave
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