Two fun experiences today, we gave Elder Mbongwe and Elder Quendo a ride to Zone Meeting, their bakki is in the shop.  I took a picture of a sign that said 6 heifers to be given away in a drawing, and they started laughing.  I asked them if they had seen the movie Johnnie Lingo, they both had, I then asked if they paid lobolo (bride price) in their countries.  Elder Quendo said no; Elder Mbongwe said yes, In Botswana lobolo is still paid.  I asked him if he was going to pay when he got married, he said his parents would not care but the uncles would complain loudly.  I told him he and his fiance would need to be the first to fight the custom, he did not know about that, he did not want to make the uncles mad at him.  I told him someone had to be first and his generation had that opportunity.  After all, someone had to be the one willing to fight for freedom.  We'll just let him think on that one.
Elder Quendo was telling us about he and Elder Ellis being stopped by a police man when they were walking.  The police man wanted to charge them a fine for walking on the "wrong side of the road", they were not facing traffic.  Now Swaziland has a lot of freedoms and walking on either side of the road is one of them.  Anyway, the officer wanted $50. Rand find.  Elder Quendo asked him how much was for himself, and started laughing the officer continued to insist on the fine.  Finally Elder Quendo started writing down the officers name and badge number.  Elder Quendo said to him I will give you a gift even though you want money for yourself.  He gave the officer the Book of Mormon and a phamplet.  The officer told him to meet at the police station at 4:00 pm to pay the fine.  Elder Quendo and Elder Ellis went to the station and the officer did not show up.  They loved the experience and loved sharing it with us even more.