Tuna Melts and Brownies

   I have good news. We found the Cookie Shop! It was an exciting time as my friends and I par took of tuna melts, brownies and apple pie a la mode. Now don’t get me wrong our food has by no means been bad here, but there is something comforting about familiar food when you are amongst an unfamiliar culture. Sort of something to ease the chaos you feel in trying to digest (no pun intended) all of the new things you experience everyday. Well needless to say we are going to try and visit the Cookie Shop again when possible. 

   Our time of ministry here has been great; everyone here is extremely kind and very helpful. We got to do a distribution in a school this past week and show the GodMan. The three other girls and myself were excited because we have been here a month and that was our first time with children since most of our time has been spent meeting with ministries and doing trainings. I think we were sort of going through with drawl since we are usually with kids at least five days out of the week. The kids were of course adorable and lots of fun.

  We also meet with a missionary that use to work with Book of Hope here and a national pastor that does a lot of work with the GodMan film and they just opened our eyes even more about the Malagasy people. Outside of the capital city that we are in right now, Antananarivo, 80% of children aren’t in school, they get to go to school maybe one or two years and then they have to work with their families in the rice field or at home. On top of that about 70% of adults in the costal areas are illiterate, that number amazes me. What that means for us is we have to look at creative and different ways to communicate the Gospel. It is really exciting to be a part of this; it shows me a completely different aspect of ministry, more of the nitty gritty.

  On Wednesday I am headed off to South Africa for two weeks to lead a 10-day team from the United States. I have never been to South Africa so I’m pretty siked about it and being able to work with this team. Please keep us in your prayers for protection as we minister and travel. (Sorry I haven’t been able to post any pictures, the connection is slower).  

It's Not Like the Movie

   So when I told people that I was going to Madagascar almost everyone asked if I had seen the animated movie Madagascar. Well I saw the movie while here in Madagascar with my friends and it's definitely not like the actual country at all, incase you were wondering. However, we are hoping to see some Lemurs!! 

   This country is like no where I have ever been before. I can't fully describe the people either because they are like all different kinds of people put together. You see people Asian looking, African looking and Hispanic all at once, but they are Malagasy!! They speak Malagasy and French here and I thought I might be alright because I took 3 years of French in High School, but when I go to speak Spanish comes out. More than likely because I just spent 3 weeks speaking Spanish. Kind of funny because when I first got to Honduras I was speaking French, so hopefully my mind can straighten things out soon! It has been a different kind of work here, a lot of meeting people and setting up more meetings and trainings, but I am enjoying every bit of it. Our next mission here is to find this restaurant called the American Cookie Shop because we've heard that you can get things there like Tuna melts, brownies and cheesecakes. I'll let you know if that mission is successful:-) 

   Please continue to keep us in your prayers for wisdom and discernment with all the people we meet. Also, we have a shipment of Books coming from India and we need it to come soon, preferably the end of September, so please add that to the list! Thanks so much and i'll keep you updated.