A journey of a 1,000 miles may begin with a single step, but the 324 miles between Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana, and Tsabong, the administrative center of the Kgalagadi District in the Kalahari Desert, is best begun with a reliable vehicle and trailer. Tsabong, the site of the annual conference of the Mother’s Union of the Anglican Diocese of Botswana, was the focus of my first week in-country. At 10 a.m. the day after arriving in Botswana I met up with six of my traveling companions at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Gaborone. Our bags and assorted other supplies were placed in a trailer hitched to the MU van and soon we were on the road. Before leaving the city limits we’d stopped twice more to collect other MU officers. Into the trailer went their belongings, including bedding for the spartan dorm-like rooms where conference goers would lodge for a week. A couple of hours later there was third stop, this time in a village that is home to Cecelia, a retired teacher. Into the trailer went her gear and then into the Kalahari all nine of us headed. Each woman had brought food from home and this was shared all around. Still, there were other reasons to stop along the way: A mattress had to be retrieved after escaping its mooring and flying off the trailer; the van needed gas so we jockeyed around ever-present cattle trailers for a position at the pumps; we located the place that sold wine for Holy Eucharist. As the sun set animals began wandering onto the road making it necessary for the driver to slow down. What is typically a six and a half-hour journey stretched to an 11-hour adventure. And the adventure had its own soundtrack, that of the women singing. Listen! (See video below…)