Solar power for a hospital in rural northern Madagascar is what we might call something of a no-brainer. However, a significant storm in late 2017 resulted in water damage to the equipment with repeated attempts to make the necessary repairs meeting difficulties at every turn.

Thank you very much for praying for the Good News School. It's so encouraging for us to know that you are praying for us. For the majority of the last academic year, only the pupils who were going to take the official exams were in school, the rest of them were at home. Seven months without school has left many of them behind where they should be.

A sick woman was brought in by her mother from a distant village. She weighed less than 30kg and looked at once younger and older than her 35 years. The story was vague and the patient perhaps confused but she was so weak that she could not sit up and all her bones showed.

Beangezoka is a village about 13km North East of Mandritsara accessible by some challengingly muddy roads. A church was planted there some years ago now. Sadly, the pastor Rakotomalala passed away in December 2019, and so the church is now being led by a young man called John.

This week we'd like to introduce to Miora, who is a close friend of many of the missionaries and we'd love you to pray for her as she takes on a new role - I am originally from the capital, Tana, but moved with my family to Mandritsara 13 years ago. I have worked at the hospital for four years now.