(t’SWAN-ah) – “Oftentimes in Botswana, we will see ‘religious’ people go to the mountains or bodies of water to pray and receive power from them,” writes the Tswana of Botswana Team. “These are devoted individuals who spend all day and sometimes all through the night praying. Unfortunately, they are following a false religious belief that is very far from the truth of Jesus alone being ‘the way, and the truth, and the life’ (John 14:6 ESV). They often try to connect to God through their ancestors and listen to prophets who have selfish ambition at the forefront of their motives. We have seen some syncretistic practices creeping into churches, mixing Christianity with ancestor worship. We often will see babies with strings tied around their wastes, wrists, and ankles to ward off evil spirits, or someone will put the last bit of their drink on the ground as an offering to ancestors — and these are people who claim to be Christians! As we combat ancestor worship as it tries to mix with Christianity, pray that believers will forsake all and follow Jesus and Jesus alone.”