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Madagaskar: Lynette se nuusflits: Die WEEK – 6/08/2023

The man who does most of the foreigners’ visa applications, died earlier this week. Someone made the comment, ‘He was a good man, he did not steal so much.’ How about that as an epitaph on a grave stone? What makes it even more sad is the fact that he was a muslim. The muslim faith has grown on our island and the biggest expansion  occurred over the last five years.    Dries witnessed to a man who is helping him to find steam pipe to build the trailer to take Gabriel out of the water.  The saddest thing is that their works based religion is also mixed up with ancestral worship which makes it particularly challenging.  Please pray for Toto and that by sharing the Gospel with him, would bring him to salvation. 

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Madagaskar sending: Die Week 30 Julie 2023

We were invited to a celebration at the FJKM church on Saturday. It was very special, because we have through the years, shared in the trials and the victories with Pastor Jean-Charles and his family. They are originally from Tana and started here with seventy members and a church building which was blown over by cyclones more than once. He had built a permanent building in less than five years and that was what we commerated yesterday, the 20th anniversary and the fact that there are now 2 200 believers. Their four children are all grown up and serve the Lord. The celebration cake had been the biggest I think this island has ever seen and the children could not tear themselves away from it. We were blessed by beautiful praise and worship and uplifting fellowship. Dries said that I just had to assure you that he did not eat that huge bowl of rice…

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Madagaskar: Lynette se weeklikse nuusflits: Die WEEK – 23/07/2023

I can hardly believe that it has been almost a month since the end of the school year. I have been in ‘sorting out’ mode as Dries says. Last week we finally emptied our container which we had brought with us when we first came to Madagascar. Long overdue you might say. There was not much of worth in the container, but as we were not using it and wanted to give it to Pastor Jean-Charles of the FJKM church, we jumped in and got it done.

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Madagaskar se weeklikse nuusflits – THE WEEK – 9/07/2023

The cooler weather here is such a relief. We sleep better at night and don’t go around in the day wiping away the sweat from our faces. Unfortunately, it only lasts for about two months so we have to enjoy it while we can.

Dries is dividing his time between the building of the centre box of the boat and the school where Norbert and Antonin started to level the floors of two classrooms. They will then do cement floors and I think Francise and Vola, will be very happy after a year of mud floors. It was impossible to keep clean and the new floors will make all the difference.

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Sendingnuus: Madagaskar- Lynette – Post Camp

The Sea Explorers camp was an absolute blast and enjoyed by all. Dries and I thought that it was going to be very tiring, but we had everything prepared and the leaders all knew what their responsibilities were. A famous chef said, ‘Rather sweat in peace, than bleed in war.’ We were in full agreement with that as we had no crises at camp. Well, almost not. The 50kg bag of rice ran out and we still had one lunch to go. Fortunately, the market is just a short tuc-tuc ride away. I’ll tell you all about the camp later. Here are a couple of pictures to start off with.

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Madagaskar: Weeklikse nuus vanaf Lynette- Die week 7 Mei 2023

The highlight of the week was that after almost a year, Jirama finally connected the school to the municipal water supply. Don’t let the words ‘connect’ and ‘supply’ conjure up images of water gushing and buckets overflowing. So far, we had none of that. We were expecting to be limited to have ‘supply’ at night, due to the low water pressure, but a couple of liters a week, went even beyond our usual careful optimism. What to do next? No idea, but it adds to the list of frustrations. I felt sorry for Dries who was so excited by the prospect of a full water tank and not to have to rely on the unfriendly neighbour’s well anymore.

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Nuusflits vanaf Lynette van Madagaskar: Die WEEK – 30/04/2023

We were packed and ready to go to Ampamata on Thursday morning. Nazaire, the boat owner, gave us a bigger boat this time as we had to bring the panels to fix the walls, tables and benches and a new blackboard. We have been praying a lot for Ampamata. It felt lately as if there are constantly new challenges and sometimes we feel to simply leave them to carry on by themselves.

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Madagaskar: The week 23 April 2023

Oekraine watertenk

I always thought that it was who you knew around here that opened doors, but we discovered during the week that what you wear might play a role. We don’t get pulled over by the police often, but on our way to a Ranger meeting, a young officer made a big show with his whistle blowing and waved us off the road. We did not recognise him and assumed that he must have been new. When he came towards the Landrover from the back, he looked in at the driver’s side, suddenly jumped to attention, saluted and with what almost resembled a curtsy, waved us through.

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Madagaskar: Lynnette se Weeklikse nuus 9 April 2023

It’s been almost two years since we had PM, Thomas and Alice together at home. The boys are all grown up and Alice is not far behind. Like all young people, they have to make their way in life and we pray that they will continue to make good decisions. We will always be there for them though, but we are at peace that God has a fufure for them.

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Madagaskar: Nuusbrief 19 Maart 2023

Dries and I celebrated our 25 years wedding anniversary during the week. But for one of those years, all had been spent in Madagascar. We were basically newly weds when we set out for the mission field. Some might think this to have been a double stress ; getting used to married life as well as settling into a new country. I think that in the end, married life did not nearly present so many challenges as coping with full time missionary life.

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Madagaskar: Lynette se Weeklikse nuus 12 Maart 2023

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The last two weeks seemed to fly by in record time. Preparation for school exams, Ranger meetings and Dries spending a lot of time on one of the boat engines contributed. He had some help at the end, with Thomas lending a hand with starting the outboard. Yes, Thomas is here for a three week visit and it was evident that he has matured a lot. He will return to England and continue to work and save some money until he will be sure what he wants to do. Coming back to Nosy Be and starting a business seems to be an option, as he appears to be very homesick.

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Madagaskar: The week 26 February 2023

We usually don’t organise outdoor activities for the school and the Rangers during the rainy season, but we thought that it was time for a picnic with the Expedition and Adventure groups on Saturday. Dries transported all the stuff with the Land Rover and the rest of us walked. We had to trudge through the mud at some point, but it was a lovely walk and even the intermittent rain could not put a damper on the fun. We had the place to ourselves as it does not seem to ever have any tourists. A couple of cows and some guinea fowl were the only company we had.

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Nuusflits vanaf Lynette van Madagaskar: Die WEEK – 19/02/2023

Intense tropical cyclone Freddy passed over Madagascar in record time and ended up causing less death and destruction than anticipated. People had enough time to prepare, strengthen roofs and kept away from the sea. Here in the north, we did not experience much of its effects. We had very strong wind one night, but the ropes with which Dries had tied down the mast of the boat, held without problem.

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Madagaskar: The Week 12 Februarie 2023

Uprooted tree Madagaskar

Another cyclone is heading Madagascar’s way. At this time it looks like one of the worst cyclones to hit Madagascar with a rating of 7 on the Dvorak scale, 8 being the highest classification. Cyclone Freddy,(I think the name should also be upgraded to Fred considering its strength), will make landfall towards the south of the country after impacting Mauritius and Reunion, move across the country and at this stage appears to then head on to Mozambique. We won’t really experience the effect of this cyclone, being right up in the north, but please pray with us for the people who live in its path. If the predicted course will be followed, the outcome for Madagascar would be devastating.

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