” Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave to wealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to have done nothing and succeeded at it. –Erwin Lutzer “
It Takes a Village…
We often think of the remainder of this line as it takes a village to raise a child... this is indeed the case in Madagascar and we love this aspect of Malagasy community life. This last year, we've been blessed and encouraged to find that it also takes a village to...
3 Countries and A Familiar Outsider
We've been back in the States for close to two weeks now. It was smooth sailing across the world on each and every leg of travel. The 10-hour drive from our home in Mahajanga to the capital city of Tana. The 11-hour plane ride from Tana to Paris. The 11.5-hour...
First Babies
The first two women of the Sarobidy Maternity Center had their babies in the last week! Judicia had a beautiful baby girl and Prisca, a sweet baby boy! Both moms and babies are doing well and are settled in at home. Rota, the malagasy midwife and I have already had a...
It’s time…
It's mind-boggling to us that in less than 8 days, we'll be on the first leg of our journey back to the USA for the fall. It's only been a year since we were last in the States for the main purpose of completing my midwifery license and taking my certifying board...
Expectant…
I wanted to take the time to introduce you to the 10 women currently enrolled in the Sarobidy Maternity Center's prenatal program. The staff and I consider it an honor and privilege to get to know these women and walk alongside of them during these months leading up...
Josy Update #4
It's been several months since I last wrote an update about Josy. If you receive our monthly newsletters, (or if you don't and want to... sign up by dropping us a line here) you know that his health has stabilized, he's been receiving dialysis 3 times a...





