Saturday, 5 April 2008

Goodbye to Madagascar

It was terrible leaving Fandriana. It was terrible saying goodbye to my friends not knowing when or if I will meet them again. Before we had a goodbye party the 14th of March, we celebrated the Women’s Day. The boys cooked for the girls! Mmm! Then we left the 15th for our Easter holiday in Farafangana, the South-East Coast of Madagascar. My friend Nancy and Ihanding out rice to the students - thanks to my dearest Granny and Grandad in England! :)

Farafangana was great. We visited our friend Daniel and his family. The few days we stayed there we swam in the Indian Ocean, went on a lakana trip (a Malagasy canoe) and did other tourist things. Nice being a tourist for a change, really relaxing. my future house?
Ola's father Dag, Eline and Daniel in the lakanawe found some children to play with in Farafangana too!

Daniel and his family, Team Madagascar and Olas father, Dag and his brother, Finn Ivar


We got back to Tana but didn’t stay there for long before we went North to Mahajanga. We were going for a boattrip on the Mission boat Shalom for 10 days. It was fantastic. We really got to experience missionaries in work. We visited three villages, two of them did not have electricity and no doctor. Our task was to play with the children and teach them Christian songs. We had a great time. In one village the Shalom-workers handed out “Samaritarian’s Purse” for each child. The Samaritan’s Purse was a box containing toys, toothbrushes and other useful things. The children were really happy and it was a great experience seeing their excitement.
the children were crazy about the four white people with the camera!
My six months in Madagascar are over for now, but I am CERTAIN that I will come back! This half year has made me even more positive about becoming a missionary and doing work for the Lord. I can’t wait to be back on this fantastic island – either as a tourist or as a worker! Madagascar is fantastic and the people are extraordinary. No wonder they call it she Island of Sunshine.

9 comments:

Mr. Ukulele said...

Yay! Not long now! So you enjoyed working as a missionary? A career with travel opportunities, that ;)

Hopefully we'll be able to talk some one of the next days, otherwise I'll see you on the ninth :)

Big hugs, Ruben.

Anonymous said...

Å, Inki!!!! Savne så å prate md dg!! Glede meg så t du kjeme heim, men har så vondt av dg for at du må reise frå Madagaskar... Har så lyst å komme ner t dg igjen... Savne dg, og Solskinnsøya... D e litt rart å se bilder å vede at æ har vært der...og kjent "lufta" på ein måte... Savne dg masse min kjære venn!! Masse masse gla i dg!!!

Anonymous said...

Du kommer sikkert til å dra ned til Madagaskar igjen ;)
Det blir kjekt at du kommer til Norge igjen. God tur :)

Edson Munck Jr said...

Hi, my friend!
Great to hear from. That was an exciting text! May the Lord keep blessing us and giving us the answers we need. I am also experiencing the farewell days here in my practice place.
I am looking forward to see you again.
Klem

Anonymous said...

WOW I loved reading some of your blog. I love Jesus too and have just spent 3 months in Madagascar volunteering with an NGO called Azafady which is based in Fort Dauphin. I'm going back in the summer leading a team with Tearfund. I love Madagascar and hope I might find a way to serve out there in the longer term. I hope you re-adjust and continue to glean much from your wonderful experiences. May God bless you and draw you ever closer to his beautiful heart. Your English sister Rachel xxxxxxx

Mr. Ukulele said...

We want more blogs!

plastic bed covers said...

We got back to Tana but didn’t stay there for long before we went North to Mahajanga. We were going for a boattrip on the Mission boat Shalom for 10 days. It was fantastic. wholesale salwar kameez catalogue with price , wholesalesalwar ,

roowet said...

replica zara bags click to read h8b85p8r84 replica bags louis vuitton replica bags wholesale gucci replica g1f72t8c56 replica bags prada visit this web-site g1y10z0y83 louis vuitton replica handbags best replica ysl bags

Anonymous said...

try this website Ysl replica visit site replica designer bags wholesale pop over to this site Dolabuy Balenciaga