by Global Impact | May 19, 2016 | Madagascar, Nosy Mitsio, Trips
-Chuck Rapp Life on Nosy Mitsio has many challenges. Here’s my Top Ten list. 10. Outhouse and bucket showers 9. Poor nutrition and strange foods 8. Very little electricity (solar) and no AC 7. 400 square foot home 6. Lots of dirt 5. Missions study and...
by Global Impact | May 19, 2016 | Madagascar, Nosy Mitsio, Trips
-Chuck Rapp I’m convinced that Madagascar has the worst roads in the world! In order to beat the traffic and also travel during the coolest part of the day, we left Ambilobe at 2:30 AM Wednesday. The distance to Diego Suarez is a bit less than 100 miles, and the...
by Global Impact | May 18, 2016 | Madagascar, Nosy Mitsio, Trips
-Chuck Rapp By the last two days on Nosy Mitsio my body clock was pretty well adjusted. Bedtimes were early (no 10:00 news), and I awoke rested shortly after 5 AM. Here’s a shot of Tuesday’s sunrise taken from the front porch. Pretty nice way to start the...
by Global Impact | May 17, 2016 | Madagascar, Nosy Mitsio
-Chuck Rapp We were the honored guests Sunday night at a village party hosted by the Mayles. About 25 – 30 people from the village and the village headman came. We were joined by AIM teammates Steve and Becka Orner and their three children. We experienced...
by Global Impact | May 17, 2016 | Madagascar, Nosy Mitsio, Trips
-Chuck Rapp Saturday our village went to help another village process the rice harvest. Here you see the before and after pictures. In between is a lot of hard work! The first step is to cut and bundle all the rice stalks by hand. All the bundles are combined into a...
by Global Impact | May 12, 2016 | Madagascar, Nosy Mitsio, Trips
-Chuck Rapp It was another challenging day, one rewarded by reunion with Angie, Liam, Kailin and Gwen. One of the axioms of mission’s trip travel is “be flexible”. This morning “flexible” arrived at 2:15 when our driver showed up 45...
