” 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 “
Alley of the Baobabs
Last weekend we took a trip to the coast for a change of scenery and a little scouting trip. To get an idea of the vastness of this island... it took 6 hours to travel by car from where we live in the middle of the island to the west coast! Morondava is a bit of a...
Our First Casualties
It didn’t take long for our first “casualties” to occur here in Madagascar. We experienced two casualties in three days a few weeks ago. The first, Jamie’s soccer cleats. Jamie and Jonathan went to play soccer late one afternoon and quickly a pick-up game began...
Sekoly
Sekoly is "school" in Malagasy and is what transpires four days a week for the three older kids on our team; Isabella (4), Oliver (3), and Eliana (2). Sekoly coincides with Malagasy language lessons for the parents, however it's a very different education for these...
Cooking Challenges
Cooking most always poses some kind of challenge here in Madagascar! Unfortunately, a lot of my time goes into cooking for our family. I remember this from years past and it’s still true today. There’s a variety of reasons why this is so... there are many...
Sights and Scenes
Often referred to as the “Eighth Continent of the World”, Madagascar is quite the unique island. Around every corner there’s intriguing and sometimes not so intriguing sights and scenes. We’ll spare you from the “not so” intriguing ones.... however, we will...



