Red Island Restoration is a response to God’s leading in our lives to see Madagascar restored in Health, Forests and Hope in Christ. Jamie was born and raised in Madagascar as a missionary kid and as a result, has a deep understanding of Malagasy culture and language as well as a powerful love for his home country and the…

Everyday, over 800 women die in pregnancy or childbirth due to preventable causes. Most of these occur in the developing world. (WHO). Women throughout the world deliver their babies at home, alone and unassisted. Other times, they deliver in facilities that are understocked in equipment, medications and professional…

An all-too-often ignored fundamental cause of extreme poverty is environmental destruction. In Madagascar, radical deforestation is wreaking havoc on millions of villagers as over 90% of the nation’s forests have been destroyed due to slash and burn farming, charcoal production and clear-cut logging. With the loss of inland…

In 1999, Jamie and long-time friend and ministry partner, Josy, traveled to Mahabana to live and fish for three months. During this time, a small group gathered by candlelight to read the book of John. This small group became a regular Bible Study which then became a small church in a village that was taboo Jesus and the…

” 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 “

New Wheels

Our new wheels in Olongapo, Philippines

Philippines

Philippines

Last week we arrived in Olongapo, Philippines where we’ll call home for the next 6+ weeks. We were blessed beyond measure as our teammates here had already found and furnished a small house for us... no easy feat in a developing country! As though this isn’t gift...

To Miss and Not To Miss….

To Miss and Not To Miss….

It’s been a week since we left the great Red Island of Madagascar. There are several aspects of our life that we already miss... and there are some aspects for which we’re happy to have a break from. Here’s our top few.... TO MISS... 1. Friends... We’ll all miss our...

12 Years Of Transformation

12 Years Of Transformation

Flashback to October 9, 1999-- I stepped off a Malagasy sailboat and into life within the village of Mahabana. A village barely touched by the outside world and so entrapped by the vices of poverty on every level. A village where 30% of the population controlled the...

Choosing Poverty

Choosing Poverty

These two words don’t seem to make a lot of sense when put together... why would someone choose poverty? Why when someone has lived their entire life in poverty, married into poverty, birthed their babies into poverty and currently are raising their kids in poverty,...

Third Culture Kids

Third Culture Kids

My husband is a Third Culture Kid (TCK).... I am not... I’m a Santa Barbara kid! Yet we are raising TCK’s. And what exactly is a TCK? Well, I’m glad you asked... By definition the Third Culture Kid “is a person who has spent a significant part of their developmental...