Last week I was in Maun, Botswana for a week of leadership
training.  There is an organization there
who each year sponsors a two month missions training school for Botswana
nationals.   This year there are about 30
people enrolled and what a group they are! 
Mostly 18-25 year old university students, these young people were
inspiring and a lot of fun to be around.

While I trained during the day, we all went out in the evenings
for outreaches in surrounding villages. 
There are 84 villages with no gospel witness.  There is a need for church planting in this
area and the hope is that this training school will help raise up these
ministers to plant churches.

 The man I am

pictured with is a leader of a student group at
the large university in the capital of Botswana.  He says there are 400-600 students at his
meetings each week.  So these students in
the school are influential in their own circles!

It was a blessing to be a part of the training and put into
practice so much of what I have been learning at Fuller these past three
years.  In fact during the time I was
training I was also working on a final project for a class I took in Leader
Training Models – and the assignment was to design a training program for
leaders!  So I basically taught exactly
what I had prepared for the class. 
Another example of how the course of studies I have taken fit in so well
with where the Lord is taking us in ministry.

Now I am glad to be back in Swaziland with Marcia.  I need to write an update every day as there
are incredible stories to be told as we walk through each day here.  I will try to be more diligent to share these
all with you.