Honored Guests
-Chuck Rapp We were the honored guests Sunday night at a village party hosted by the Mayles. About 25 – 30 people from the village and the village headman came. We were joined by AIM teammates Steve and Becka Orner and their three children. We experienced watching a goat and two chickens get butchered and prepared for the meal. It’s 6:15 AM as I’m writing this and three women from the village are back here washing all the dinner dishes in our front yard. The front yard was...
Read More3,000 year old process brings communities together…
-Chuck Rapp Saturday our village went to help another village process the rice harvest. Here you see the before and after pictures. In between is a lot of hard work! The first step is to cut and bundle all the rice stalks by hand. All the bundles are combined into a few large piles. A 30 foot by 30 foot area was then cleared and swept clean. A handmade fence with a gate was erected around the clearing. The rice was then carried into the fenced in area and spread evenly around. You may...
Read MoreSnapshots of life & work in Nosy Mitsio
-Chuck Rapp There’s one thing I’ve learned that children all over the world have in common–they all love to have their pictures taken. The second thing they share is they all love to see themselves in pictures! This morning we had the opportunity to visit Liam’s school. Below are pictures of classmates and Francoise, one of the teachers. It’s amazing to hear all three children carry on conversations with their Malagasy friends. In their conversations with us they...
Read MorePays to be on the right “path”…
-Chuck Rapp It was another challenging day, one rewarded by reunion with Angie, Liam, Kailin and Gwen. One of the axioms of mission’s trip travel is “be flexible”. This morning “flexible” arrived at 2:15 when our driver showed up 45 minutes early. Not that it mattered tremendously as Pam and I were already awake! Shawn told us that our 75 minute trip to the port was record time … Most likely because we had no one to share the path with. “Path” is...
Read MoreCapacity has a new meaning!
Update from Chuck Rapp… We have reached Ambilobe. So, about that four hour ride over bumpy roads? Seemed like it was more like 6 hours over continuously BUMPY roads! Here are a couple of photos of our ride. Somewhere in that pile are three pieces of our luggage. Top capacity today (I say “top” as I don’t think there’s any maximum) was 19 adults and 4 children! Shawn (son-in-law) is here to greet us and make the rest of the journey with us. It’s impressive to...
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