August Prayer Update

Dear Friends,

Greetings from Antananarivo! We have been in Tana (the nickname for our city) for about 2 ½ weeks. Little by little we are settling into life here in Mandriambero, a suburb of Tana. Last weekend, we did a homestay with a Malagasy family. We really enjoyed the experience & learned a lot about the language & culture. We even enjoyed eating rice three times a day. Well, for the most part… Sarah is glad to be eating oatmeal for breakfast again. We call it “vary vazaha”—the foreigner’s rice.

We thank you for your prayers that have brought us this far & really look forward to hearing from you.

Praise the Lord…

…for our safe arrival & that of our belongings!
…for the AIM team here & all they are doing to help us with the adjustment to Malagasy life.
…for a furnished flat to stay in at the AIM office while we look for more permanent accommodations.
…for helping us find some affordable used furniture which will be great when we have our own home.

Please pray…
…for us to get into a routine so we can begin our Malagasy language study in earnest.
…for the right house in the right neighborhood, near those God wants us to serve!
…for a church family where we can belong.
…for the Malagasy we meet in the marketplace and on the street, that they might see God’s love in our interaction with them.

Our mailing address is as follows:
Africa Inland Mission
BP 714
Antananarivo 101
MADAGASCAR