Wednesday, April 27, 2016

just a few photos from our Madagascar trip......

well we've arrived home and found some stable and reliable internet which has enabled us to upload some of the photos, we're sorry about the amount and there was probably a better way of sharing these, the way they are ordered is all over the place as well which is a shame but hey we hope they will enable you to capture the spirit of the trip!


tim getting to grips with driving 

tim teaching at love 'n care

tim sharing 'leadership for life' with huge church congregation



our flight via helicopter into the bush areas

we spot the remote village!

tim teaching in the village along the pangalanes
tim teaching

maz arrives in the remote village to literally crowds of
 hundreds of excited people


quad bike tour




our new home

simple street sellers

tim gets animated during prison training....



remote beaches



enjoying the heat!

shopping at the local street stalls

standard street scene

training the 'love'n care' teachers

traditional pirogue at the village along the pangalanes

the TV crew turned up to interview the prison admin staff
who had attended our 'leadership for life' sessions

night time temperatures didn't drop too much!

maz arrives with our three day
supplies as we stayed in the remote
village along the pangalanes

cooking facilities

our village location

maz found a happy place for some down time

the new bethel school with theo

life of a fisherman

with little to show after a hard mornings work!

now we need to find the five loaves!
maz and theo translating the training into malagasy
maz happy with her handiwork



lets go fly a kite

street children feeding programme prayer time!

our visit to the mercy ships

members of the ACAT network who attended our training


the school kitchen - anyone for dinner?
the school water supply

selfie with the street children at the overnight shelter

training with the 'love'n care' teachers
maz arrives via helicopter in the remote village



bush football pitch where the guys are using the
'village of hope' sports outreach material!
everyone going bananas

village life, sorting the stones from the rice!


 dear 'mama be' resting after her long
walk each morning to attend the training!
feeding of the 500...children at bethany school

tim gets a much needed hair cut!

maz sharing with over 70 church members 

maz leading training
our accommodation in sainte marie isle, not too shabby!

local fishing scene

training at mercy ministries

quad bike view

time off at the beach...hurrah!

traditional malagasy noddles 
training the prison admin staff


how many people can you fit into a tuk tuk...
with chris and claire

busy beaches

stunning sea!

key team of people that will help plan our return visit!






teaching in the prison
maz getting animated!
gonna miss these guys.
frances, pastor fidi, me, cho and young brother theo!

a colonial end to our trip, breakfast on the lawn!





the long trip home via the seychelles and abu dhabi