Oh yeah! Spontaneous worship service in Madagascar!

Thank you for all of your prayers!  We went to talk to some ladies at the shops.  I asked one girl if she believed in Jesus and if she believed in Heaven and she said yes.  I asked her if she knew the road to Heaven and she said yes again! Then she saw where I had asked her if she wanted to know the way/road to Heaven and she said yes again.  I went through some of the Malagasy tract with her, mostly the verses in the tract.  I went over Romans 10:9-10 with her and 1 John 1:9.  I had also read 1 or 2 other verses with her. She didn't seem as interested in reading when we got to the verse in 1 John so another one of the ladies read it.  Then I went to the back and read through the prayer of salvation in Malagasy with her.  She seemed to really like 1 John 1:9. 

 After that I got out the song sheet I had of some Christian songs in Malagasy and we had a spontaneous worship service!  It was amazing! It was a blessing to be praising Jesus in Malagasy with these ladies!  Later they were asking about going to the church we had been to in Madagascar so we gave them one of the programs from the church service.  It seemed like they had been to church before since they knew the songs.  I don't know much about where they are with Christ but please pray that they would come to know Christ fully if they don't already and that they would follow after Him with their whole lives!

"...but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice..." 1 Kings 19:12

I love the way God speaks to me!  Sometimes I get discouraged from being overseas and away from all the people I know.  This mostly happens because I am living in my flesh and focusing on myself.  I was reading my Bible and found this note from Beka a girl from my church in Arizona.  Sometimes I wonder if I am making an eternal impact in Madagascar.  When I think like that I need to remember it's not about me, but what Christ wants to do through me.  Then I read notes like this and it reminds me that a girl from Arizona is praying for me and reminds me that I need to put my focus back on Christ!  Praise the Lord! He is faithful when I am not!

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. I landed in Tulear and got settled in somewhat for a couple of days then went on a girl's retreat in Isola with the other missionary girls for a few days. It was fun hiking and seeing all of God's beautiful creation.  We saw places where they would bury people in the crevices of the mountains. 

It has been difficult sharing the gospel here because I don't know Malagasy as well as I want to.  

Today we went over the different ministries I will be working with.  I will be working on updating a facebook page for the Malagasy people so that people can know how to pray for them.  I will also be going out and building relationships with people for the purpose of sharing the gospel with them.  I will also be going to talk to Malagasy believers to talk to them and find out how we can pray for them.

On Tuesday night I will be going to an ESL class.  I'm not sure what all I will be doing yet but I believe it will be a good opportunity to share the gospel.  I will write more updates soon.  Thank you for praying for me and for the team in Madagascar!

Me and River Hailes at the beach in Fort Dauphin :D