Weekend with WorldVenture staff in Madagascar

Last weekend we had a retreat here in Madagascar. We currently have 4 missionaries here on the Island. 2 in Mahajunga Kathy and Crystal and two in Tana, Nicole and myself. Rich was here for a month and Glenn and Kathy Kendall the African directors were here for 10 days.

What a blessed time with everyone. We went to a hotel here in Tana that made us feel like we were out of the city with nothing to worry about. We spend the day on Friday with a day of prayer. God led us in amazing ways. Then on Saturday we had a day of business and planning. On Sunday we had a worship time then time to just play and enjoy fellowship. Some other missionaries we work closely with joined us for this retreat.

I just praise God for the things we accomplished during this retreat from prayer to business to play.

One month in my new house

Those of you who follow my blog might wonder what the last one was about. You see my Internet is on one minuet, off the next. I thought it was bad at the other house, but I was wrong. It could get worse. I am now looking into options to get another carrier. This time I am saving after each sentence to make sure I don't loose it all.

Last month I moved into my own place. I was blessed to have so many friends help me and the move went smoothly. We had everything at the new house by 10:30 in the morning. Praise God. I spent the rest of that day with friends helping setting things up. With
only about 4 boxes left to unpack I headed out to the hardware store
to get a few things. (a shower head and a new lock). This complete I headed back to my new home. What a wonderful day. However I did find my refrigerator was not working properly, so I had to get a repair man here to help. $$$$$

Now I have been here exactly one month and things are going smoothly. I got all my things up on the walls. (this is no easy task, because the walls are concrete). The only concrete nails I have found are about 4 inches long. So that done I contacted my friend to have window screens installed. Last Thursday they finally finished doing that. It just finished raining and I am glad to know I will not have any mosquitoes in the house. :-)

I will try to attach a few pictures of my new place. It is 3 bedrooms a large living/dinning room area and the biggest kitchen I have seen here in Madagascar (with few exceptions).

Here is my new address.
Sandra Horen
Lot 602 III
Ambohinambo, Talatamaty
Madagascar.

(the III is roman numeral 3, but it must be in the roman numeral format)

All moved in

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