Field Missionary

A school where many street kids goDepending on your hemisphere, it is winter! Here in the south, we are in the middle of winter, and that generally translates into gloriously sunny, warm days (jeans and t-shirt) and very cool nights (wooly pj’s). It’s a lovely time of the year here in Madagascar. It’s dry season, so the dirt and dust blows constantly on the constant wind (think Oklahoma wind), but the temperatures cannot be beat! It was a bit chilly about 2 weeks ago, but now it is truly glorious.We have been busy this winter. In mid-May we had a team from Point Loma Nazarene University here. They do LoveWorks teams to various parts of the world every summer. This year, we received a team. These teams are no strangers to Africa, but this is the first LoveWorks Team that we have had here in Madagascar. They were focusing heavily on the theme of human trafficking, helping us to identify ways we can help here in Madagascar and also visiting one of our high-traffic areas (Nosy Be). The team did a great job while they were here, and I think they had a rather life-altering experience, too :).Two girls at the CenterIn June, we had an audit, which the Church of the Nazarene regularly conducts. For 4 days we hosted Mr. David Allen, the CPA and gentleman who is our finance coordinator for the Africa Region. He has a terrible job–keeping tabs on money and bank accounts and all kinds…
Source: Our Winter Update from Ronald & Shelly Miller

Here we go!!!  I have another update for you.  This time it’s from a team we hosted in June.  They were from Pierpont, WV and served in two locations, Ojojona-Cofradia and Danli.  The team was small, only 5 members, but they worked like crazy and accomplished a lot.  Check out the video below to see just how much they accomplished.
Source: Pierpont, WV @ Ojojona-Cofradia from Courtneys

By Debbie Salter Goodwin Abridged from Holiness Today, Special Edition 2015 When pioneer missionary Harmon Schmelzenbach made his transoceanic voyage to take the gospel to Africa, he did not have multiple avenues of instant communication to send back prayer requests and family news. Some needs couldn’t wait for the time it would take for a letter to cross the miles. Instead, he had to depend
Source: When the Global Village Prays from Romania