Happy Independence Day!!! Pula Botswana!!!

Saturday, September 30, marked Botswana’s 40th year of independence. We celebrated by attending a party at the kgotla (the village meeting place). Many groups performed for the village leaders, including the traditional dance group from Mmaphula CJSS (where I teach). Here’s them performing:

Here’s a picture of me with the girls:


We also met the chief of Palapye. He asked us how the war in America was going. Here Crystal, Kelly, Maria (a missionary from Brazil), and I pose with the Chief Ndebele.
Pula Botswana! (which literally means “rain Botswana” but the sentiment is more like “live on and be prosperous Botswana!”)