Back to the US for the Holidays

Well, Tonight I begin my long journey back to the states. I spoke to my father this morning and was told my Mom came home from the hospital today. Praise God. You could just hear how happy my Dad was to have her back home. He loves her so much I just pray all of my married friends can have that kind of love. They have been married 62 years. What a faithful witness to what God has in mind for marriage. My Mom is still having a lot of problems, so please continue to keep her in your prayers. My time in the U.S will be from the 14 Nov to 18 Jan. I will have the same phone number I had last summer. If you want you can contact me. I will be without a computer for the next couple of weeks because my lap top died. It slowly went until now you can not even turn it on. Oh well, I guess that will be my Christmas present to myself. I will watch for the day after thanksgiving sales. Thanks for all your prayers.
Love Sandi

Hi everyone, Well, here is the latest news from Madagascar. We had a volunteer arrive 3 weeks ago. Her name is Alison Fowler. She will be here until the end of January. She is a college student with a major in Missions. We have another volunteer that arrived this week. She was here previously for 2 years teaching at Fitiavana school in Mahajunga. She and Alison will go there after she recovers from the long trip.

I will be returning to the States for 2 months beginning November 13 until January 17th. As you know my mother has recently had a very hard time. She is in a nursing home at the present time and hopefully will return home within the next month or so. My Dad really misses her and wants her back home with him. I pray God will use me when I am home to help prepare for her return and help my Dad get things ready. Mom is now in a wheel chair so Dad is having a ramp put on the front of the house. I really feel God led me to believe this is the right time to be back there. Please keep us in your prayers. I will try to find tickets that I can afford back to Tucson for 10 days, this might mean arriving and leaving from Phx. If I do that I will probably rent a car for the short stay and just drive down. If anyone has a discount on rental cars please let me know.

Now on a lighter note. 6 ladies went to the rain forest this weekend. We had such a good time. We played with the lemurs, feed them, petted them, and even had them climb on our shoulders. It was a lot of fun. I will try to attach a picture.

I started a bible study on Thursday nights. The group is all Malagasy except me. We have had an average of 8 people in attendence. The group is presented in English with my Malagasy teacher in attendance if someone doesn't understand and needs it translated. One very intersting topic we discussed and I did some research on is 1John 5:17. This is the verse that says there is a sin that does not lead to death. If anyone has insite on this verse please send it to me. I looked on the internet and saw there are many theories on this topic. I will miss the group when I am back in the states, but will resume upon my return.

Well I must get ready for my Malagasy lesson now, so Veloma vetivety (good bye for now)

October 15, 2008

I'm still praying for the health of my mother. I am seriously looking into getting a ticket back to America. I really need all the prayer support I can get at this time. I was planning to start a bible study this Thursday, but am not sure if I should postpone it for now. I am praying for God's timing on this. I think this may be the time. If I return now it will probably be for a couple of months at least through the holidays. Thanks for praying