I feel like the song "I have been everywhere Man" By
Johnny Cash should be playing in this update, because we have been all
over the world this last month...We have traveled from the Island of
Madagascar to the United States, to Mexico, Back to the US, and Back to
Madagascar! We have been able to stick our feet in the Indian Ocean, the
Pacific Ocean, and next week we will add the Mozambique Channel to that
list. God has been so good to us in allowing us to safely travel all
over the world, and spend some wonderful, and unexpected time with our
families. We even got to celebrate a wonderful early Thanksgiving with
one of our families:)
What we didn't expect was to be so ready to get
back home to Madagascar, apparently while we were away our hearts
decided to really declare and reaffirm to us that they belonged home, in
Madagascar! I can only realistically accredit this to the many of you
who have been faithfully praying for us, and the Malagasy. God has been so faithful and good in calling and sustaining us here!
Since
returning back, Kurtis and I have been able to really jump right back
into learning about the culture here, and how desperately the Malagasy
are in need of the Hope that is found in Jesus. I was able to attend a
Malagasy birth, and saw first hand the differences in what it means to
be born in America and what it means to be born into Africa. I had the
privilege of being a part of many deliveries in America, and there was
always so much hope, excitement,so much promise, and many great
opportunities that Lie ahead for that precious little newborn! The
birth I attended here was just as miraculous, but for that little
newborn, his life promise is very different, one of pain and struggle.
Again I was reminded of how blessed we are in America, and how glad I am
to be able to have something to offer the Malagasy, something that will
last, and something that may or may not change their circumstances, but
how they can look at those situations, and set them free from a life of
bondage. Through the life of
Jesus I can share with them His hope, his plan!
I
am thankful for your prayers, and I ask that you would pray for our
ability to understand the language and the culture here! That we would
understand the underlying issues that are the cause of the deep rooted
beliefs and traditions.
Love,
Holly
