A Tidley Bit of Info

Hi everyone! As most of you already know Kurtis and I are about to embark on a new adventure in our lives. We are going to be headed to Madagascar as missionaries with the International Mission Board.

Madagascar is the 4th largest island in the world, it is also often referred to as the eighth continent, or Red Island.  The population of Madagascar is approximately 20 million people. The people of Madagascar are referred to as the Malagasy people, and their national language is Malagasy, they also speak French. We will need to learn both of them.

Kurtis and I will be going to Madagascar with the exact end destination of our location on the island unknown. When we get to the island we will be doing language study near the capital city and we will venture out to the outer parts of the island to see where God is leading us. We will then make our home in whatever area that is! 

There are lots of unknowns in our lives right now, but the one thing that we do know is that God is in control of the steps that we are taking, we fully trust him to lead us one step at a time.( I would personally rather know all of the details ahead of time, but I guess when I get my own universe I can choose those things:)!

 It has been a long, and rough process getting to this point. We started the application to become missionaries nearly 4 years ago, and had I known that it was going to take this long from the beginning I would have given up on it a long time ago. Thankfully, God didn't give me that little detail ahead of time:)  That is one of the great things about God, he works it out all in His timing, and I just have to take the next step, I don't have to have all the answers, and all the details to start my journey with him. I just have to take the next step, even when the next step looks pretty crazy. Please join us on this crazy journey, and encourage us along the way!

With Much Love for all of you!

Holly Jones

Please join us in praying!

Pray that God will teach us what we need to know to effectively reach the people of Madagascar to know the Love that God has for them.

Pray that we will be able to supernaturally learn this language, and that we will be able to communicate our love for these people to them in a way that they will understand.

Pray that despite our own failures and weaknesses we will effectively show the love that Christ has for these people to them even through their immense poverty and suffering!

Pray that the missionaries already in Madagascar grow in unity, and that we would become like minded.

Pray for us and our families as it is going to be tremendously hard to say good byes!

Pray that we will not underestimate the power of God, and that we would continue to trust him despite the difficulties that lie ahead of us!

Please start seeking out how God may want to use you to love the Malagasy!