MADVENTURE '09

Day 4   Hello everyone!   It is day four of being in Madagascar and already I am feeling very at home. At the moment we are staying in Antananarivo which I think might be the capital. We are staying in a Scripture Union camp and have been decorating two rooms, painting, plastering, sanding, varnishing, the works! I myself have restored a door. We have also been to a Christian youth group where we had Bible studies and sang worship songs (some Malagasy and some English). It is quite hard learning the local language but they speak French too so I am just about getting by. Have been getting on really well with the team and built up some good friendships. Also made some good Malagasy friend called Nahrinda and Mamy. Have had some bad side-effects to the Malerone tablets. The other night I woke up from some horrid nightmares and started seeing people in our room in the shadows. Also got swollen gums but hopefully it will get better. Have lead worship a few times which has been great! Also went to a Lemur reserve today which was awesome and saw loads of different types of Lemur really close up. I got a few photos of King Julian too! We are going to Mantasoa either tomorrow or Tuesday depending on if Martin (one of the people we are staying with) gets better as he has been really ill! Please pray for him that he will get better. My friend Dan lost his passport on the first day but we found it today in my bag which is good although now I have been accused of trying to leave him here!   Hope all is well at home and hopefully you will be hearing from me again soon!   Thank you for all prayers and everything, God has already answered many prayers with people feeling unwell, the passport, the malerone side effects and changes in plans.