It is now six months since I came to Madagascar! May 1st to November 1st! After living in Kenya all my life, now I am in a different setting!
Do I want to return to Kenya now and forget Madagascar totally? That is enticing and tantalising! My family and the people that I came to know and treasure over the years live there. The language, food, culture etc. there are familiar unlike the situation here in Madagascar. Indeed, like today being the All Saints Day it is a national holiday here and people are streaming into cemeteries and tombs today to perform rites and celebrate over the tombs of their relatives throughout the country. Probably it is only me and Victor who do not have graves to visit. By the way I wonder if all those relatives are saints!
Yet this is the place I have come to love and I want to continue staying and serving here! While here, I try to keep myself updated with what is happening in Kenya through the internet and that helps me to know how to pray for Kenya. I also keep in touch with people back in Kenya through e-mail and telephone.
As for my ministry here, this Sunday I will be preaching in the Sunday service of the St. Luke's parish where am based. I will preach in English but there will be a translator. Also, I am working on an evangelism campaign near the parish that will run from December 4th to 6th. I continue to minister in the English service on Saturdays and on 16th November I will launch a weekly bible study of 7 people who we have been teaching English. I continue to learn the Malagasy language but I request for prayer that God may guide me on how to establish my ministry here. This Sunday I travel over 1,000kms away for one week of diocesan staff training. Thank you for your prayers and support! - Duncan
