Visiting US Baptists moved by Botswana's Aids blight

Cross told Mmegi in an interview that he and fellow members have been reading about the problem of poverty and HIV/AIDS in Botswana and that they now appreciate the problem better and are sufficiently informed to explain the situation to their 'brethren' and other organisations in America in order for them to consider how they might help.

"We cannot act alone; we will take all the information back to our pastors in the USA and then we will take it from there. I don't know how long it will be before we come back here, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will be coming back," he said.
On visits to clinics around Kanye, the missionaries were "deeply touched" by some of the AIDS patients they saw, particularly very young children.