Made it to Madagascar

Well, after seemingly endless delays and diversions, I finally made it to Madagascar yesterday afternoon, about seventeen hours later than originally scheduled. Unfortunately, my suitcase had not made it to Madagascar; they told me that it had been sitting in Paris for the past thirty hours! This meant that I had no clothes - other than the ones I'd been wearing during the two days of flights and sitting around in airports!!

Reni (a Swiss friend) came to the rescue, and lent me some of her clothes for my teaching in the PCYM. I'm pleased to report that my voice is almost back to normal, and I was sufficiently able to speak to the students this morning. It didn't matter too much that my voice was still a bit croaky, as half of the group were listening to the Malagasy translation, rather than to my English version, anyway. I've almost finished my antibiotics now, but my throat and chest are still quite sore. (They had seemed much better before I began my trip, but hanging around in cold, air conditioned departure halls for two days probably didn't help them much.) So I would still be really grateful for your prayers for complete healing.

We switched the schedule around a little, so that I'll teach tomorrow afternoon instead of this afternoon. This allows my throat just a bit more time to recover, and also allowed me (yeah, fanfare!) to go back to the airport this afternoon to recover my lost suitcase which had just arrived from Paris.

So now, both I and my suitcase have finally made it safely to Madagascar. Thanks for your prayers as I teach, and as Tahiry translates, over the coming days.