Adventures In Madagascar

Praying For The Hamilton Family

It appears that I, Kristin, am not the only one with  technology problems these days. The Hamiltons also have had some problems (above and beyond the normal lack of internet and dependable electricity) and a bunch of folks received a bounce-back from their server. It was down for about a week, but they think everything is fixed now.

They were also very busy the last few months. That  busyness, coupled with technology problems, has made it difficult for Deborah to e-mail.

They are starting to close-down or put on hold some of their ministry in preparation for their trip to the States. The end of July will end sewing classes, language classes, and  church visits. They have 2 visits to do in August, one will be the clinic in Maventibao and the other is a church visit in Sambava. Maventibao is the village where an American man has started and personally funds 14 village clinics. Now he has asked the Hamiltons to plant a church. Once Deborah has finished her midwifery training, she may be serving in those clinics as midwife. Praise God for these opportunities to reach the precious people of Madagascar for Jesus!

If your church would like a visit this fall from the Hamiltons where they can share about their missionary adventures in Madagascar, let me know and I'll send them your contact information. They are currently scheduling
their time in the US, don't have firm dates yet, but expect to be in CA in mid-Sept. There are some churches and  family to visit on the way to the east coast, and they plan to be in AL in mid-Oct. Deborah says they would like to be in VA before the end of Oct, but "ya never know".

Hopefully we'll hear directly from Deborah next month.

Love,
Kristin

Missions Trip to Madagascar Reminder

Since the  Hamiltons  will  be  traveling back to the US this fall and winter,  we  have  changed our trip  date to July of 2008.   We  are  going  first  and  foremost  to  be  a blessing to  the Hamiltons.   While there,  we  hope  to  put on one or more "workshops" for the midwives     and    other    medical professionals  in  and around Diego.   In addition,  we would like to  bless  the  medical  professionals with a gift that will help   them   in   their   practice.    Please   pray   for  David, Deborah,  and  Kristin  as  they  seek  God's direction for the specific topics to address in the  workshop(s).   Also  pray  to see  whether or  not  God  would  have  you  join  us  on  this adventure.   It will, no doubt,  change your life as you go to serve  the  Hamiltons  and  the  Malagasy  people.    We will have the official  "sign-up"  at the beginning of 2008.   More details to come.

 David, Deborah, MarLee and Liam Hamilton

We  send  our  love  and prayers  to  the Hamilton family!
 

Tidbits from EBONY

A Child In Ebony

Lawangga

Dear Friends at Charis,

The following letter was sent to me this month from the non-American lady who will be my Project Partner when I move to Ebony. She has been deeply moved and burdened by this problem she has witnessed. Please pray for this child and also the many children born with conditions like this in Ebony.
Love, Elizabeth Carmichael

“Dear partners,
We do serve a miracle working God who loves every little child. Nothing happens by accident but according to His divine plan. He brings people to cross our path for a reason.
A certain mother brought her child to our dental clinic for tooth extraction. Seeing the child, I was deeply moved by her condition. She has multiple fresh wounds all over her body. I asked her mother what happened. She told me that it is because she married her first cousin. This child was born with a sore on her tongue and after 3 days it started to affect her whole mouth. Now the child is seven (7) years old and her whole body is infected. Fingers and toes were almost fused. Her mother brought her to India for treatment but the doctors there said it was impossible to treat her. Yesterday, I brought her to our co-worker’s clinic for check up. I hope and pray that the newly prescribed medicines will give her a little comfort from itchiness. Imagine the suffering this child is having right now because of the intense heat of the summer season here. Her mother said every morning she is cutting the dry cell from the wound which makes the child cry because of pain. Her 3 year old brother, Jalil, has also the same dilemma with her. One of her brother with the same case like her died already. Her two other sisters and one more brother are pretty well.

The child’s name is Lawangga. Please bend your knees for her miraculous physical healing as well as for her brother. She is such a lovely child with a smile on her lips each time she talks. Yesterday, I noticed how much she appreciates flowers. She bends her knees and smells the flowers while touching it very gently. It breaks my heart to see that a little girl like her with so much suffering can still treasures the beauty of small things around her.
Thank you all for bearing the burdens for these children, casting all our concerns for them down at the feet of *JC*, the great Healer.
On bended knees, 
Your "Sister"