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