” 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 “
Unsung Heroes (part II)
Last month, we started part I in a series entitled “Unsung Heroes”; a tribute to all the Malagasy people who work so hard, day after day, to eek out a living in order to care for their family the best they can. Just outside of Antsirabe lies a small wet valley where 7...
Hello
Here on the island there’s a hundred different ways to say “hello”... or at least close to a 100. Because the country is made up of 18 different tribes, all Malagasy, they each have their traditional way of saying “hey”. Some of my favorites and their...
Trilingual
We hope and pray, that one day, our 3 kids will be trilingual like their daddy. As they play with Malagasy friends they’re picking up Malagasy and as they attend French School, they’ll soon be speaking French. In the picture above, our five-year-old drew a picture of...
Cooking Challenges (part II)
As I’ve said before, cooking in Madagascar is no easy feat at times. Though it has drastically improved with the number of items we can get for which I’m so incredibly thankful! There are however, still a number of ingredients we can’t get or we need to improvise...
French School
The kids just completed their second week at the French School here in Mahajanga. Isabella entered Grande Section, the French equivalent to kindergarten and attends 5 days a week. Eliana started Petite Section, or preschool and attends 3 mornings a week. Now brace...
Sunday Fun
There isn’t an overabundance of fun activities for kids here in Madagascar. Thankfully though, we live on the northwest coast of the island where the days are hot and the beach is close. As a mom of young kids, this lack of activities is definitely an unwelcome...





