Stories
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.
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.
We have been living in Mandritsara for just over 4 years now and it has been a life- changing experience for all of us. It is a life full of richness and experience unlike anything else
Friday 21st November was the long-awaited date for the 30th Anniversary celebrations for The Good News Hospital.
And what a celebration it was! – a recognition of God’s mighty power, provision, grace and glory.
We were going to be the only family left on the compound. Our children would be the only children on site. And I would be the only surgeon.
Today we would like to thank God that the work is almost completed and the inauguration is due shortly. We asked Diamondra, the radio station head, to update us. Here is what he wrote:
Ever since childhood, the vision of Hopitaly Vaovao Mahafaly (HVMM) — the Good News Hospital — has been on my heart.
I am 25 years old and trying to finish my final year in secondary school. (Perhaps you are thinking, why is she still in secondary school at 25? Keep reading!)
That is what happened to Brigia on that day in 2007, and sadly, she was knocked over by a motorbike. She sustained severe injuries, breaking both legs and her jaw in multiple places. Her distraught mother found her lying on the edge of the road in a pool of blood and in severe pain. Seeing the extent of her injuries, Brigia’s mother was sure she would die.
Around ten years ago, she was brought to the hospital by her mother, after days of labour and not being able to deliver the baby. As she arrived at the hospital, she gave birth to a dead baby.
