A Light In the Darkness
Our headlady told us about the time the spirits which possess her forced her to run halfway across the island on swollen knees, running so fast that no one could catch her, then made her crawl around on all fours and start acting like a cow.
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VIDEO: On Distant Shores
This video is about our ongoing mission to reach the Antakarana people of Madagascar. It showcases the lifestyle of the Antakarana on Nosy Mitsio, their religious beliefs and rituals, and our team’s efforts at church-planting among them.
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Visiting the US Next Year!
That’s what our last few years have been like here on Nosy Mitsio: exciting! Challenging! Full of promise, hope, struggles, loss, and gain. In it all we see God at work. He’s maintained us, given us strength and perseverance when we’ve needed it most, and he’s opened our eyes to see…
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PHOTOS: Our Team Arrives on Nosy Mitsio! Nov 2014 – June 2015
In November 2014, our team finally arrived to join us on Nosy Mitsio, Madagascar! Here are photos of their first 8 months in Madagascar, activities and learning as a team, a Malagasy “rodeo”, a local funeral, a couple med-evac’s, and more. 110 photos
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Firm Foundations
As I was guiding our boat to shore, the passengers started pointing towards our village and shouting out, “what’s that?” “What happened!?” “Something looks wrong!” Rising from the ground next to our house was the peak of a roof…
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David Immanuel Willard is Here!
David Immanuel Willard has made his grand entrance! Born on Dec 6th at 3:17 am in Pretoria, South Africa (7:17 pm Dec 5th, CST), weighing 7.6 lbs. and 21 in. long, he’s a sight to behold!
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A short video introducing the Antakarana people, our team, and our work on Nosy Mitsio. All the footage is of the Antakarana people. This video was made by Tori Alverson, an AIM TIMO member from the nearby island of Nosy Be where she worked among the Sakalava people.
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As a Child
Can you imagine being born again? Everything you see is for the first time. The world is bright and the sights are strange. Everyone’s talking at you and they’re clearly excited to see you, but none of it makes sense: it all just sounds like gibberish…
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PHOTOS: Living Life on Nosy Mitsio, Dec 2013 – Nov 2014
These are all the photos since we found and purchased our team boat (Dec 2013), finished building and stocking all the homes of our team members, and went to Tana to pick them up in Nov 2014. During that whole time, we continued learning language, building relationships, getting used to life on Nosy Mitsio, and just getting ready for our team’s arrival. 153 photos
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Latest News
Thanks to the VBS at DeSoto Community Church of God for sending the great little gifts for Matimu's class at school here! The kids loved it!
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Happy third birthday to David! You're getting big so fast! It was so nice to celebrate with you and enjoy your special day today!
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Many people have already heard the news about American missionary, John Chau, who was recently killed while attempting to reach the people of North Sentinel Island. John was a friend of ours who we were in regular contact with for the last couple of years leading up to his recent first contact with the people there. We decided to share a bit about him and how his life and death have impacted us. Please read and let us know what you think.
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Our Friend, John Chau: "A Buried Seed" | Madagascar Missions
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What John Chau was attempting was likely the hardest task that any missionary has attempted for at least the last few decades. He knew the risk and yet...1 week ago
John’s story reminds me so much of Jim Elliot, Nate Saint and the others who laid down their lives to bring the love of Jesus to the Auca Indians. I pray that the seed John planted will have an impact on the Sentinelese and many around the world. You and your family are doing an amazing job loving the people of Madagascar w the love of Christ. Our daughter Cory just returned from Mada. She is drawn there over and over again to share. Thank you for your willingness to GO.
A great read! And it’ll definitely preach. Worth it! 🙌🏻 God bless you and the seed of John’s mission.
It's my favorite time of the year: litchi season! It only lasts about one month, or on lucky years, sometimes a little longer. They're a little red berry-ish (but not really) sort of fruit that grow abundantly on very large trees. They're my favorite fruit! During litchi season I usually eat a bit over one pound of litchi per day, for as long as I can keep buying them in the market! 😋😋😋
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Willards! We're thankful for a God who chooses to call his people to participate in his work. We're thankful also for a God who always takes care of us whatever obstacles or challenges we face - we know that where he's leading us is always good. We're thankful for a healthy family and our two awesome sons. And we're thankful that, this year at least, we get to have a mostly-American-like set of Thanksgiving food. We all enjoyed it!
Our main meal was fried chicken pieces, green bean casserole, and mashed potatoes and gravy - all entirely from scratch! (Because we had no choice otherwise, haha!) And our dessert options were pumpkin pie (also from scratch), litchi, and bananas. That's one thing I'm also thankful for right now: litchi season has just begun and they're my favorite fruit!
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