We recently celebrated Mother’s Day here in Madagascar and it reminded me of a story that I would like to share from Mother’s Day last year. It concerns a woman I will call Lala.
A MOTHER’S DAY STORY FROM MANDRITSARA
CHURCH GOVERNMENT IN MANDRITSARA
What spiritual teaching is this ‘Before and After’ picture illustrating? Perhaps an illustration of Ezekiel 16 – God’s grace and love to His people?
GOD ANSWERS PRAYER
When Rasoa first arrived at our hospital 4 years ago, she was teetering on the edge of life and death.
The Good News Hospital needs Surgeons – please PRAY
Today we are asking for you to pray for something very specific. Something which Jesus Himself asked the disciples to pray about.
THE STORY OF BAKO’S LANGUAGE-LEARNING WEBSITE
Bako Rajaona is one of the longest-serving workers in the Mandritsara Good News Project….I am Malagasy, I speak Malagasy, but I don’t know how to teach, even if it’s teaching Malagasy.
The story of the Good News Hospital Laboratory
How important is the laboratory to the work of the Good News Hospital in Mandritsara? The answer is that the laboratory has a vital role to play:
THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A CHRISTIAN IN A SMALL VILLAGE
Three generations ago, around the end of the 19th century, the grandfather of Kotomalala, who was the founder and leader of the Bible Baptist Church in Beangezoka, came from Africa to Madagascar as a slave. He was probably still a teenager. He was well treated by his master who was a pastor in a Lutheran church. Slavery was officially banned in 1877,
AN URGENT CALL TO PRAYER FOR MADAGASCAR
A week has passed since Cyclone Gezani tore through Tamatave… Tamatave will rebuild. It will take time. But the Church there is standing — not because its walls are intact, but because its foundation is secure.
Like a Baby Tenrec
A baby tenrec out for a walk - endearing but a picture of both vulnerability and potential. How it needs both nurture and protection. Many of the churches in our region are similar. Young, vulnerable but full of the potential that comes with the presence of the Holy Spirit making real the Word of God.
Marco, Mangoes and the Mangarahara River
At the moment, it is mango season in Mandritsara. The mango trees are heavy with fruit. The ground beneath them is covered with fallen mangoes, some already rotting, swarmed over by wasps. The fruit is everywhere.