How does a twenty-something year-old lass from the Land Down Under end up in Northern Madagascar to teach missionary children? Good question! The short answer is by just a few aeroplane flights!
A Lass from Down Under - by Jennifer Langford
A patient’s journey to Mandritsara
Mananara is a town on the coast, there is no road and the journey takes 4 days on foot in the dry season. The walk began before sunrise after finishing last minute packing late the night before.
COPING WITH DEATH AT THE GOOD NEWS HOSPITAL
Death is an ever-present adversary in Mandritsara... Life is precious. Life is beautiful. It’s worth the fight. We don’t give up...
Seeing – the way forward in Mandritsara
Around 500 people have had their sight restored each year… there are only 25 eye surgeons in the whole of Madagascar, which has a population of 30 million.
GOOD NEWS FOR MANDRITSARA - A new 4x4 vehicle for the Community Health Team
The Mandritsara district covers about 10,500 sq kms. That is about three times as big as the county of Kent in SE England, or half the size of Wales. Over 90% of these people live…
An update from the FoMT Treasurer
The walls are now complete and the roof is being installed. It is still expected that the expanded maternity unit will be fully operational by…
Reaching Ladies in Need in Mandritsara
“If I hadn’t been put in prison, I might never have heard the Good News about Jesus!” …. We have been amazed at the access we have been given and how the Lord has opened this door for us. We have seen many ladies accept Christ and…
Faith comes by Hearing - Luke’s Gospel in Tsimihety on an SD card
The main thrust of my sermon was of about all peoples hearing the gospel in their own native language. This is what happened when God poured out his Spirit on the Day of Pentecost and many people, speaking many different languages, heard the gospel so that they might call on the name of the Lord and be saved.
My Personal Testimony
For a long time, God has put in my heart a thirst for a job that is directly linked to the expansion of His Kingdom. One day, our pastor said that praying is good, but you must also have the willingness of heart to respond to God’s call to action.
A Baby with a Bulge
I am in Bananaville, I have come by Helimission helicopter to this remote village on the edge of the rainforest and two days’ walk from Mandritsara as part of the regular outreach of the Good News Hospital community health team. My task is to see those who are sick…