Christians,
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Evangelical Mission of the AFF in ANTANIMBARIBE - KANDREHO
In the North-West area of Madagascar
From 2018 July 18th till July 23rd

GOD thanks because if there were 18 listed persons to do the mission at the beginning, just 3 days before departure we were 31 listed persons. Plus 2 people from the Central AFF ( Fano Pastor and Miss Evà for the logistic support ). That means we were a total of 33 people to go there.

TIMING Tuesday July 17th : Most of us have slept at the Central office of the Central AFF, at FJKM Analakely building. PS : The pictures are taken by a FUJI FinePix S4300 camera ; and I've taken all the pictures ( except when my face is on the picture ; some of that are self-timer's pictures ). Wednesday July 18th : We've started at 4.30 a.m. instead of 3.00 a.m. as previously. We arrived in ANTAFIA around 10.30 a.m. ( 15 Km before Maevatanana town - see the map below- from ANTAFIA we have to change our bus into two 4WD vehicles -two Toyota Land Cruiser II- and before that we have to take a typical motorboat to cross Ikopa river ). From ANTAFIA to KANDREHO, the path is very bad ( one of the worst path in Madagascar ). We have started from ANTAFIA at 1.00 p.m. One of the car arrived in KANDREHO at ... 9.00 p.m. !! And the secund car, the car where I was ( me, my friend Augustine from the church FJKM Ankadifotsy, and all the high staff of the organization : Fano Pastor, Miss Evà, the Doctor who will take care or the poor people there, and the women who will prepare the food of the group ) ; our car arrived there at ... 2.00 a.m. !!! !!! !!! Why ? Because we have had light problem. And it was not easy to drive at night ( without any light except of the stars in the sky ) through a very bad path. Note that we've driven by night in a not safe area because of Dahalo. After that we have slept just for ... two hours and half.

Let's talk first about DAHALO

DAHALO
Are bandits people. They attack travelers and villages. Sometimes they attack towns and little towns and always by guns and by spears. Most of the areas far from big towns in Madagascar have Dahalo ; such as in Makay massif and Beroroha little town below. But GOD, The almighty GOD tells us :

« I, The Lord, will keep you from all harm. I will watch over your life ; I will will watch over your coming and going both now and for evermore [ Psalm 121 : 7 - 8 ] ».

I've experienced this God's words a lot of times. For example, a true story, November 2012, I was in Makay, a very isolated areas in the middle-south of Madagascar. But an area with a very wonderful landscapes. I was there with a woman German tourist ( because I am a Madagascar Professional Tour Guide ). Because of some reasons, we have had to travel by night, and ... by foot on going there and ... by zebus-cart on coming back. By foot -by walk- first during one full day walking with an arriving there ( in MAKAY ; at the village of Beronono ) around ... midnight. Because our 4WD vehicle was break down ( so we've left the car and its driver in Beroroha little town ) and because of the very high insecurity of this area, we've found no zebus-cart on going there. Zebu is an ox with a hump at its back. We have walked through savannah, through dry forest, through little but strong river in the dark with just only the stars in the sky ( there was no moon light when we were there ; so we have walked through a completely dark area during many hours ). When we back from MAKAY, we have had a lot of rains during our travel always by night ( that means on our zebus-cart ; because we've finally found zebus-cart on the way back, GOD thanks ). We've had just one little lamp and it was forbidden to use the lamp and to use any light because of the not safe area. But GOD has protected us during ALL our stay there. Below are some pictures about this true story before to talk again about my « Evangelical Mission in Antanimbaribe-Kandreho ». On the way ( by walk to go there and by zebus-cart to go back ), we were just few persons : my nephew as our cook, our local guide Pierre ( Sergent ), the German woman tourist, me and 4 or 5 porters. During my walk through MAKAY area, I've met a group of Dahalo with guns and spears and a lot of smoked meat, they were 9 persons. All of our porters were very afraid. I've seen it into their eyes. Pierre ( Sergent ) our local guide and me have spoken to them ( to the Dahalo ) less than one minute. Pierre ( Sergent ) was a soldier a long time ago. He is a Bara man ( from Bara tribe ; the tribe who lives in this area : MAKAY, Beroroha, Isalo, Ihosy, Ankazoabo Atsimo, Berenty-Betsileo, etc. ). And he is one of the body guard of one of our President of the Republic of Madagascar ( the admiral Didier Ratsiraka ; during the socialism-communism period ). Pierre was a member of the terrific RESEP body guard of 1980 ( RESEP means 'REgiment de la SEcurité Présidentielle ), a terror during the socialism-communism period. As for me, I am just a ... christian ( who believe in GOD's protection ).

Madagascar : Makay massif, an adventure trip, a wonderful hiking tour

Makay area : one of the zebus-cart that we have used
Makay area : one of the Bara-village in our way
Ravo.Madagascar 2012 pictures ©

Thursday July 19th :
Let's continue my Evangelical Mission above.
We've started our full day walking from KANDREHO till ANTANIMBARIBE after just 2 hours and half of sleeping.

33 people plus many christians from KANDREHO FJKM church, including their Pastor : Mr Tsiry. Such as the true story above ( Makay massif and Beroroha ), because of very high insecurity, we've found no zebus-cart to carry our heavy and many luggages. In Antananarivo, they have promised us that we will have zebus-carts. So, finally, we have decided to leave the most of our luggages in KANDREHO. Instead of that bad situation, there was one little flat boat which can follow the Mahavavy river to carry some of our luggages. So we've started our walking at 9 a.m. For example, about our luggages ; about my luggage, I have decided to leave in KANDREHO my sleeping-bag ( I've taken just a simple sheet ), idem for my jacket ( I've taken just few tee-shirts ), idem for some New-Testament-s that I've planned to give there ( I've just taken my Holy Bible ), etc. … Everybody have to do the same because the way ( the walk ) is long, about 36 Km and it was not sure to find porters when we will come back to KANDREHO.

We have to cross Ikopa river : Augustine, Yolande, Ravo
Our 4WD vehicles : the green one and the grey one
'FJKM Kandreho Fihavaozana church'

LET'S TALK ABOUT ZEBUS-CART AND LITTLE FLAT BOAT :
As described above, the area was not safe, because of that, the owners of zebus-carts were afraid to use their zebus-carts. They have prefered to stay in KANDREHO. So we have decided to leave more than the half of our bags in KANDREHO. God thanks, we have found porters on our way back few days later. We can not use the same flat boat on the way back because of the river : it's very hard with a boat without motor to go against the direction of the river. It's impossible to use a motor boat on this river because it's not deep. We were 26 people to go walking and 7 of us have decided to take the flat boat because they were not strong for long and hard walk. All the 7 persons were women. We've thought that the boat will arrive in ANTANIMBARIBE before us. Everybody ( the 26 people and the 7 persons plus the christians from KANDREHO ) have started together at 9.00 a.m. For us, it was about 7 hours walking, that means we arrived there at 4.30 p.m. We've crossed Mahavavy river four times ( the same river four times because it's a curved river, not straight ). Because of that and because of the river was not deep, we arrived in ANTANIMBARIBE before the flat boat. We've waited the boat, we've waited the boat, but the boat did not arrive !

So we have decided to organize the Mission. 4 persons were chosen to be the chiefs. Tsiry Pastor ( Pastor of FJKM Kandreho church ), Fano Pastor ( from the Central AFF ), Mr Daniel ( from FJKM Andrainarivo church ) and me : Ravo ( from FJKM Ankadifotsy church ). There was another chief : Mrs Nivo ( from FJKM Ambohimalaza church ), but she was not there, she was still on the flat boat.

WE HAVE DECIDED TO DIVIDE US INTO 3 GROUPS
The chiefs of these 3 groups were Mr Daniel, me and Mr Roger ( from FJKM Imerintsiatosika church ). The 1st Group ( Roger was their chief ) will do the surroundings of ANTANIMBARIBE. And the 2nd Group ( their chief was me ) and the 3rd Group ( Daniel was their chief ) will do the fairly far and the far areas and villages. FJKM Ankadifotsy church was in the 2nd Group. And we have organized everythings such as the mass to worship GOD on next Sunday and all things before that date. We've put the 7 women on the boat into the 1st Group because they are not strong. We've organized who will do the mass to worship GOD every morning and who will do it every evening ? We've done the list of all villages which will be visited. It was finished when it was around 7.00 p.m. No news about the flat boat.

Even if there were gossiping and slanders as usual in Madagascar, OUR COMMUNITY WAS VERY GOOD ; it was better than two years ago ( in BENENITRA in 2016 ), and it was largely better than 3 years ago ( in BEROROHA in 2015 where there were big quarrel and deep disagreement because of no respect between every one ). I don't know how was last year in 2017 because I did'nt do the Evangelical Mission of 2017. But our experiences and test from The LORD in 2018 were harder and more numerous than those in Benenitra and than those in Beroroha. We've finished to eat our dinner at 9.00 p.m. No news about the flat boat. So we've decided to go to sleep. And because the flat boat didn't arrive till this time, no body had their luggages. That means no one had their Holy Bible, no one had their sheet and blanket, no one had their warm cloth, no one had their toilet paper, no one had their soap-and-towel, no one had their torch and light. ALL of these things were on the flat boat. So every one have gone to sleep in the dark and through the very cold night. Because in an area like ANTANIMBARIBE ( a very isolate area ), there is no mattress. No sheet, no blanket, no warm cloth !! The night was very very cold ( test from our LORD THE GOD ALMIGHTY ).

ABOUT ANTANIMBARIBE AREA :
Antanimbaribe has no grocery, no shop, no store. That means you can not find soap, no cigarette-lighter, no candle, no toilet paper, no cloth, no teeth-brush, no teeth-paste, no torch. It's rare in Madagascar that a whole area has no grocery. It's the first time that I've seen that situation ! No shop there, just peasants and farmers. No office too.

From Kandreho to Antanimbaribe, you have to walk ... 36 Km
And you have to cross by foot the Mahavavy river four times

Friday July 20th :
Because of the very cold night, I wake up at 4.00 a.m. and I've decided to talk with the people of ANTANIMBARIBE near the fire ; they prepared our Malagasy breakfast ( always soft rice with green leaves or with white beans or with zebu meat or with eggs ). The other christians from Antananarivo wake up only at 6.00 a.m. It was still dark before 6.00 a.m. To take shower, you have to walk more than 15 mn go to the Mahavavy river and there was no WC ; you have to do it on the grass behind bushes ( or to do it in the sandy bank of the Mahavavy river that means after walking for 30 mn go and back too ). The name of this system is -Jangoany- a Sakalava word. That means you can walk on a very dirty poo every morning or every day. We have slept at the office of the village which has 2 rooms : one for the women and one for the men. There was a school a little bit far from this Antanimbaribe-Kandreho office. A poor school without door and without window. With door and windows but without wood and without glass on them. And between the office and the school there were some very small huts made by reeds. The christians from KANDREHO FJKM church and the people from ANTANIMBARIBE who have prepared our food have slept in these very simple huts. Tsiry Pastor has slept there and I've decided to sleep there too during all the nights I've spent in ANTANIMBARIBE. I've slept near Tsiry Pastor. My thin mattress was on the boat during this first night, my sheet too. One man from KANDREHO FJKM church have carried two sheets, so he decided to give to me one. And I've experienced that their sheets are very thin and very short. That means you can not turn left or turn right when you sleep because the sheet is very short ; and you have to fold up your knees when you sleep always because the sheet is very short. Because of that the night was very very cold. But I thank GOD and I thank this man for his love. I've put my handkerchief on my ear to protect my ear from cold night. GOD thanks, I had cloth-handkerchief and not tissues ! No sleep that night ! Just I've closed my eyes to wait the morning day ! No sleep for me and I am sure : no sleep for the other people from Antananarivo.

Then we've taken our breakfast and we've begun to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Lord and Saviour in the whole area. Always no news about the flat boat, no news about our 7 women colleagues. We have spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ in these following villages and areas : Andranogana, Bemololo, Tanandava-Ambalamanga ( for the first Group ). Mahavelo and Bemololo ( for the secund Group where I was ). And Antsatrabe which was the very far from where we stay for the third Group of Daniel ( 2h30 walking ; that means 5 hours walking go and back ). We have spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ for about 250 huts and houses or more.

The list of the 2nd GROUP ( 9 persons ) :
1- Ravo ( FJKM Ankadifotsy church ) – I was the chief of the 2nd Group
2- Mrs Augustine ( FJKM Ankadifotsy church )
3- Mr Simon ( FJKM Imerintsiatosika church )
4- Mrs Totoa Mé ( FJKM Imerintsiatosika church )
5- Mrs Totoa Lala ( FJKM Andrainarivo church ) – who was already with me in 2016 in Benenitra
6- Mrs Totoa Germaine ( FJKM Andrainarivo church )
7- Mrs Totoa Florentine ( FJKM Mahazoarivo church )
8- Mrs Totoa Lala ( FJKM Mahazoarivo church )

And the ninth person was our local guide : Mr Rapasy who lives in Ambalakida and who knows ALL the people in the whole area. Amazing. He knows ALL the people of the whole area. He has lost recently his zebus ( oxes ) ; the Dahalo have stolen his zebus it's why we have had no zebus-cart. Mr Rapasy our local guide was very gentle. We've loved him very much !!! And he and his family was the only family who continues to pray to The Almighty GOD in the whole area. Unfortunately he had no Holy Bible and he had no New Testament. I think at the end, one of us has given to him a Holy Bible. The FJKM Imerintsiatosika church has carried one box full of New Testament-s but they were on ... the flat boat. And till this time we've continue to wait the flat boat. The people there didn't know who is Jesus Christ before we arrived there. And there is no church in the whole and large area of ANTANIMBARIBE ; not only there is no protestant church, but no catholic church, no presbyterian church, no sect church, no mosque. The whole area is not safe because of the Dahalo ; and people like very much to drink strong alcohol and of course to do sexual immorality ; adultery is very high too.

The villages which we have visited was like this - Bara villages and Sakalava villages
During our walking back, we have taken porters - Here the sky is very dark, very cloudy

ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND THE ECONOMY IN ANTANIMBARIBE-KANDREHO :

There was no church. There was just one little school but not enough teachers. There was a basic hospital but no doctor and no nurse. There was no shop, no grocery, no store. That means you can buy nothing, you can find nothing ( no coca cola, no beer, no spring water, no juice, no tea, no coffee, no sugar, no salt, no oil, no soap, no toilet paper, ... THERE IS NOTHING THERE ). They have told us this situation before our departure from KANDREHO ( not when we were in Antananarivo ). And the whole area is not safe because of Dahalo. Some chiefs of villages and some officers in the army take a lot of money from the bandits ( from the Dahalo ; that means they practice corruption ). So the Dahalo continue their wicked acts to steal, to destroy, to rape and to kill. It's very dangerous to walk or to drive at night there, but unfortunately some of us arrived in KANDREHO at 9.00 p.m. on the first night and some of us ( like me and Mrs Augustine ) arrived there with our 4WD grey Toyota Land Cruiser II at ... 2.00 a.m. in the very early morning through not safe area !!! This is the life, an example of life at very isolate area far from big towns in Madagascar. All the areas, all the isolate villages are similar. This is ... MADAGASCAR !

We have finished our dinner, and we have finished the evening worship, and we have finished too the feedback of our day-evangelical-mission. Finally, the flat boat arrived at 8.00 p.m. We have to walk 3 Km go and back through the sand river bank to take the luggages of the group. Always in the dark, without light. Because you have no hand to hold our torch because the luggages were very heavy. Why ? Because all the women have stayed at the camp, only the men have walked in the night. So the men have to carry both the luggages of the men and the luggages of the women. It's why no hand to hold our torch. Except for those who had headlamp. All our luggages were there, but few of them, such as mine, were very wet because they have fall down from the boat into the river during the trip of the boat. I don't know why ? I never ask to them. So during my secund night in ANTANIMBARIBE, I could not to sleep well again ; my sheet was wet, all my clothes except those that I've weared at the moment were wet. ALL my things were wet : my headlamp, the mosquitos-coils, my toilet papers ( I have to put them in the rubbish after that ), and my ... ID card. But it was amazing : only my Holy Bible was intact ( only my Holy Bible was not wet ). And ALL of these things were not protected by a plastic bag. It's a true story without explanation. Just another miracle in my life. On Saturday morning ( see below ), I put ALL these things outside under the sun to dry them, except ... my Holy Bible that I have used immediately. My headlamp didn't work after that, it was completely break down. Idem for my cell phone ! Even if there was no service in ANTANIMBARIBE.

Saturday July 21st :
We had continue to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Lord and Saviour in the whole area.

We have done this in MAHAVELO village. First of all in AMBALAKAZAHA village. We had teach some evangelical-child-songs to the children ( such as the famous song : Jesus loves us ... etc. … ). Most of them were very interested about Jesus Christ The Son of GOD, especially the children. In MAHAVELO, there was a crowd because of a big event on that day. All the people in the whole area were there for the feast. Some zebus ( oxes ) were killed for that big event. And most of the men and some women were drunk ( it was in the morning, largely before midday ). Some young people were dancing. The old men and respected men of the village have given us the authorization to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ at the limit of the main village, under a big mango tree, not far from the place of the feast. WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OUR MISSION. Some of these young people are Dahalo, some believed in Jesus Christ, some not believed, some have heared us but it's sure that they will forgot all few times later. Our Group have had a little time ( about 10 mn ? ) of rest after to spread the Gospel, so I've visited the main village through the drunk men and through the drunk women ; and I've taken some pictures such as the picture below where you can see Dahalo men with their gun and with their alcohol drink. After that, my colleagues were very afraid so they have decided to leave this place ( MAHAVELO main village ) as soon as possible and to walk very quickly to run away. Why ? Perhaps the Holy Spirit of The Almighty GOD had told them to leave immediately the place ? I don't know. It's possible. Some have the Holy Spirit of GOD to feel the danger, some have the skill to take pictures through danger. As the Holy Scriptures say :

« There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served. There are different abilities to perform service, but the same GOD gives ability to all for their particular service » [ 1 Corinthians 12 : 4 - 5 - 6 ]

We have decided to cancel THE CAMP-FIRE with songs and praise at night because the area was not safe. To avoid that the people have to walk back to their home at night through unsafe area of Dahalo. Usually we do THE CAMP-FIRE the last night before the end o the mission ( that means before Sunday, the day of The LORD ). Instead of that, in the afternoon of Saturday 21st, we've given many instructions and many advice on how to pray, on how to maintain to praise The LORD in a family, on how to motivate children to pray, on how to motivate women to pray, and on how to motivate men including Dahalo to pray, etc. We have heard their problems. We have tried to propose them solutions. But Saturday too was for some of us the day to give to the people of ANTANIMBARIBE free medical consultations and to give them free medical drugs ( about 150 people have get these things ; about 150 ill people ). It was an usual 'good-community-action' that a special group of women, the Vehivavy Sakaizan'ny AFF ( that means THE WOMEN FRIENDS OF THE CENTRAL AFF ) do everytime they go with us.

So I invite you especially the churches and the FJKM churches ( but why not for each individual person too ? ) to give medical drugs to these VEHIVAVY SAKAIZAN NY AFF ( THE WOMEN FRIENDS OF THE CENTRAL AFF ) before an Evangelical Mission like this ( usually we go in July or in August every year -except in a year of Coronavirus such as in 2020- ). These medical drugs are very useful for poor and very poor people in these very isolated areas. Thanks a lot in advance for them. For that you can call Mrs Bako a member of these VEHIVAVY SAKAIZAN NY AFF, Tel. ++ 261 34 30 072 77 or ++ 261 32 57 970 24. And I invite you too especially the churches and the FJKM churches to give us A LOT OF MALAGASY HOLY BIBLE and 'Malagasy fihirana FFPM' to give it to them ( to poor and very poor people in these very isolated areas ). Thank you. For that you can contact the CENTRAL AFF or you can contact me : Ravo Tel. ++ 261 32 41 063 65 ( e-mail r_ravo@hotmail.com )

Note that just 3 women from the 7 women on the flat boat arrived on Friday July 20th at night ; the other 4 women arrived in ANTANIMBARIBE only in the morning of Saturday around 8.00 a.m. because they could not push the boat in the Mahavavy river so they didn't follow the river, they took little path through bush and through savannah and through hills and through valleys. And they were lost so they have to sleep in some villages at nights. Finally, they have walked more than us ( more than the main Group, the 26 persons who arrived there on Thursday July 19th ). The 3 women with the staff of the flat boat have to push the boat in not deep areas of the river. That means they have to push the boat a lot of times because the Mahavavy river was not straight too ( a lot of curves ). Most of times the flat boat have touched the sand. And every evening, they have to put all the luggages out of the boat in a village because of the unsafe area of Dahalo. And every morning again to put the luggages back on the flat boat. During one of these operations it was sure than some bags such as mine have fall down in the river.

I was the chief of the 2nd Group to spread the Gospel, here in Ambalakazaha
Then after that in Mahavelo where there were Dahalo ( picture in rollover )
The 3rd picture is the worship place on Sunday morning

Sunday July 22nd :
With the people in ANTANIMBARIBE, we've praised The LORD on the yard just in front of our camp site ( in front of the unique office where we have slept ). Then immediately after ( around 10.00 a.m. ) we've walked back to KANDREHO ; without zebus-cart and without ... flat boat ; but GOD thanks with some porters for those who could pay them. I've left our local guide Mr Rapasy with sadness. GOD bless him and his family and GOD bless the whole area of ANTANIMBARIBE and of KANDREHO including their Pastor ( Tsiry ).

Some of us ( those who have walked quickly ) arrived in KANDREHO FJKM church at 4.00 p.m. - Augustine and me ( because our colleagues have left us behind ) arrived there at 5.30 p.m. And the weak christians ( not physically strong, but strong in mind and spiritually strong ) arrived there at 7.30 p.m. that means at night !!! Tsiry Pastor ( Pastor of KANDREHO FJKM church ) was with them to support them and to help them in this fairly hard hiking. We've planned to leave KANDREHO in the very early morning of Monday at 3.00 a.m. but unfortunately we can leave this town only at 7.30 a.m. because of some reasons including some quarrels and disputes between us. Finally we have done the act of forgiveness before departure. Usually at the end of a Mission like this, there is similar situation because most of us are tired or very tired. And of course Satan use every opportunity to make trouble.

CONCLUSION

To help the people in ANTANIMBARIBE-KANDREHO if you can do that, thank you very much, is :

To give, to buy a MotorBike for the Pastor there ( Rabarijaona TSIRIniaina Pastor Tel. ++ 261 34 28 208 18 ) ; so he can visit and encourage the poor people in the whole area of ANTANIMBARIBE-KANDREHO. Then to give money or to give tools to build the church in ANTANIMBARIBE. To give money too to buy a lot of Holy Bible, or to give the Holy Bible ( Malagasy Holy Bible ) directly to them. Thanks a lot in advance ( you can be a church or just a person, thank you ).

The information above was written and put on line in 2020 by :
Ravo Ratsimbazafy Nomenjanahary, webmaster of Christian Thought and of Pensée Chrétienne.org
To GOD only the glory for ever and ever. Amen

Evangelical Mission of the AFF in ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA
At ( 50 + 6 ) Km from Ambositra in the middle-south
From 2019 July 16th till July 20th

The Central SA AFF has divided us into 3 Groups
That means 3 Groups which will preach The Gospel of Jesus Christ in 3 different areas as below, then we've chosen the Chief of each Group and they have designed the Responsibles from the Central SA AFF who will be in each Group.

1st GROUP : In Nosy Lava ( near Analalava – Antsohihy area ) : They have limited the people who will go there at 10 maximum persons. Mrs Bako ( a member of 'Vehivavy Sakaizan’ny AFF' that means a member of THE WOMEN FRIENDS OF THE CENTRAL AFF ) was their Chief – And the Responsibles from the Central AFF who will go there will be Dina Razaf Pastor and Miss Evà. 2nd GROUP : In Vohiposa ( near the main road RN7 - Between Ambositra and Fianarantsoa ) : Mr Toton Daniel ( from Andrainarivo FJKM church - he was already a chief of one Group too in 2018 in Antanimbaribe Kandreho ) was their Chief – And the Responsible from the Central AFF who will go there will be Fano Pastor ( he was too with us in 2018 in Antanimbaribe Kandreho ). 3rd GROUP : In Anjomà Nandihizana and in Camp Robin ( Ambositra area ) : I -Ravo- was their Chief ( from Ankadifotsy FJKM church - and such as Mr Tonton Daniel, I was already a chief of one Group too in 2018 in Antanimbaribe Kandreho ) – And the Responsible from the Central AFF who will go there will be Triomphe Pastor ( who is one of the High Chief of the Central AFF in Madagascar ).

The representatives of Ankadifotsy FJKM church at the 3rd GROUP were :

1- Miaramiangalinoro Augustine ( who was already with me in Antanimbaribe Kandreho in 2018 )
2- Raheliarisoa Hajarizoely ( who was already with me during the first exploration of the land in Berenty-Betsileo in 2018 )
3- Razafintsalama Irène Claudie ( who was already with me during the first exploration of the land in Berenty-Betsileo in 2018 )
4- Beninandiana Luciana ( Totoa - she is a new member of the Evangelical Mission AFF )
5- Ratsimbazafy Ravo Nomenjanahary ( the writer of this information and the photographer )

Evangelical Mission in Anjomà Nandihizana
All the pictures were taken by Ravo 2019 ©

The Responsible(s) from the Central AFF are there only as supervisor(s), it belongs to each chief(s) to organize EVERYTHINGS. So because most of times organisations and corporations have problem or have big problem about money management, I've asked to our colleague Mrs Luciana ( see the list above ) to manage our budget. I've ask too to our colleague Mrs Claudie ( see the list above ) to manage our supplies ( the food, the salt, the sugar, the charcoal, the rice, the oil, the candles, the soap, etc. ). My colleagues and me from Ankadifotsy FJKM church, we have hoped to go to « Nosy Lava Analalava - see above » but GOD has decided to send us in « Anjomà Nandihizana ». The sharing of the 3 Groups was done via drawing lots.

Then there was a secund reunion of all people who plan to do the 2019 Evangelical Mission. Many people who were present during the first reunion were not present at this secund reunion. That means many persons have desisted to not participate to this 2019 Evangelical Mission. But few new persons have come such as those from Toamasina-Betela FJKM church, from Ilanivato FJKM church and from Ambatonakanga FJKM church. All these new persons have joined the 3rd GROUP where I was : the Group of ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA. During this secund reunion, the whole assembly have decided to cancel « Nosy Lava Analalava » because of some reasons such as only men ( no women ) can go to this area ; such as those who will go there must know to speak Sakalava tribe ; such as probably those who will go there will have no room to sleep so they could sleep on the beach under the stars in the sky. So the whole assembly have decided that the Group of NOSY LAVA ( the 1st GROUP ) will go in « Camp Robin ». The representatives of Imerintsiatosika FJKM church ( some persons ) will add them ( will add the 1st GROUP which became the 3rd GROUP ). So this is the new organisation of the Groups :

1st GROUP : In Vohiposa
Always Mr Toton Daniel as their Chief – And the Responsible from the Central AFF who will go there will be Fano Pastor.

2nd GROUP : In Anjomà Nandihizana
Always me -Ravo- as their Chief and always the representatives of Ankadifotsy FJKM church inside. And the Responsible from the Central AFF who will go there will be Triomphe Pastor - unfortunately he was not available just the night before departure. He was replaced by Mrs Hanta ( who is too one of the High Chief of the Central AFF in Madagascar ). We were 16 persons at the 2nd GROUP with 14 women and just ... two men ( Mr Rija from Antsampandrano FJKM church and me ).

3rd GROUP : In Camp Robin
Mrs Bako ( a member of 'Vehivavy Sakaizan’ny AFF' that means a member of THE WOMEN FRIENDS OF THE CENTRAL AFF ) was their Chief – No Responsible from the Central AFF ! ( Mrs Hanta of the 2nd GROUP has previously planned to go with the 3rd GROUP but Triomphe Pastor of the 2nd GROUP was suddenly not available ). So finally, they have decided to send as Responsible in the 3rd GROUP a Pastor who lives in Ambositra and who is the Pastor in Ambositra town ( a town not so far from Camp Robin ) : Joséphine Pastor who is the main Chief of SA AFF in the whole area ( Ambositra + Camp Robin + Anjomà Nandihizana + Vohiposa ).

Walking through ricefields and fields and high bush and little rivers
3rd picture : Ravo, Tolotra, Augustine, Rija - a self-timer picture

Evangelical Mission with the Central AFF in
« Anjomà Nandihizana - Ambositra area »

Tuesday 2019 July 16th :

Mamitiana Pastor, a Pastor in this area of Ambositra has shown there the movies of the life of « Jesus ». From 7.00 p.m. till 9.00 p.m. A lot of people have seen that in spite of a very cold night with a lot of drizzle which has falling during all this time and till the early morning on Wednesday 17th. There was no electricity in Anjomà Nandihizana so they have to use a fuel-generator. Just before we arrived there, the person responsible of our welcome was suddenly died. So we had to sleep at the main office of the town and because of that, it was very difficult to find WC, to borrow large and very large pots and pans ( for cooking rice and for cooking food ), it was very difficult too to find shower ( for shower, finally, women and men have to walk about 20 mn go to find a natural spring outside the little town ).

Wednesday July 17th and Thursday July 18th :

14 christians from Antananarivo.
01 woman christian from Toamasina.
01 woman Responsible from the Central AFF ( Mrs Hanta ) and
24 christians from Ambositra and from Ambositra area.

That means we were 40 christians who have preach The Gospel of Jesus Christ there . We had no local guide there !!! It was the first time that an Evangelical Mission has NO LOCAL GUIDE !!! We always have local guides ( that means people who live in the area where we go ) during an Evangelical Mission. But at this time GOD has decided that we will not have local guide. So we have to go and to find our paths by ourselves with walking and hiking through ricefields and fields and high wild bush and little rivers.

Friday 2019 July 19th :

Mrs Clara Pastor who was our main Chief had to leave us in the early morning of Friday. I became the main Chief of all the Group. And I've decided to modify the whole Group because it was Friday, the market-day in ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA. So we have modified the Group into 5 little Groups. Only the Group of cooking on Friday was not modified ( because this Group of cooking was already planned on the first day : on Tuesday July 16th ). Each person has choosen the Group that she-he loves. This is below this new 5 little Groups :

1st Group : those who have preached by a « mechanical megaphone » in the town ( market-day )
2nd Group : those who have preached directly by personal contact the people in town ( market-day )
3rd Group : those who have prayed for all the Groups and for the Mission ( only 4 persons in that Group )
4th Group : those who have continued to go far to far villages to preach Jesus and
5th Group : those who have prepared our breakfast-lunch-and-dinner for the day

Saturday July 20th and Sunday July 21st :

Early in the morning of Saturday, all the christians from Antananarivo ( we were 16 persons ) have come back by our bus from Anjomà Nandihizana to Ambositra and to Antananarivo . The Team of Ambositra and Ambositra area have continued to do the Evangelical Mission on Saturday and on Sunday ( the day of The LORD ).

These are the main Chiefs in ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA :

- Ravo : Chief of the Team from Antananarivo ( from Ankadifotsy FJKM church )
- Mrs Totoa Luciana : who has managed our budget - ( from Ankadifotsy FJKM church )
- Mrs Totoa Claudie : who has managed the food etc. ( from Ankadifotsy FJKM church )
- Mrs Clara Pastor : Chief of the Team from Ambositra and area ( from Ambalafeno Firaisana FJKM church )
- Mrs Hanta ( our designed Responsible from the Central SA AFF )

All pictures are taken by a Panasonic DMC-FZ72 camera of my brother Ramy
2nd picture : the Group N° 4 on Friday : Rosalée, Ravo, Rija

Timing details

Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th :

Anjomà Nandihizana is 6 Km from the main road RN7, after 50 Km from Ambositra town. And 10 Km from there if you continue the path you arrive in Manandriana. We were divided into 4 little Groups and each Group has to cook our food following its turn. Each Group has to do the morning-worship following its turn. Each Group has to do too the evening-worship following its turn. There were about 9 persons or 10 persons inside each Group.

GROUP N° 1 :

3 persons from Ankadifotsy FJKM church were at this Group : Mrs Hajarizoely, Mrs Totoa Claudie and Mrs Totoa Luciana ( who has managed the budget of the ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA TEAM ). Plus the Team of Ambositra and of Ambositra area such as Mr RaPierre ( who was the 2nd Chief of Ambositra Team ).

GROUP N° 2 :

One person from Ankadifotsy FJKM church was at this Group : Mrs Augustine, Mrs Tolotra ( who is the Chief of SA AFF Alasora Betesda ), Mr Rija ( the only man from Antananarivo Team with me – he is from Antsampandrano FJKM church ), Mrs Totoa Bernadette ( from Toamasina – Betela FJKM church ) and me ( on Thursday July 18th ). Plus the persons from Ambositra Team such as Mrs Totoa Balisama, Mrs Totoa Rosalée, Mr Tovo. We were divided into 2 little Groups of 4 persons each. Ravo, Augustine, Totoa Rosalée, Rija /// Totoa Bernadette, Tovo, Totoa Balisama, Tolotra. We have preached The Gospel of Jesus Christ in IANATSONGA area and villages which was a very large area. That means we have preached The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the following villages : Antsinjo, Ambalafeno, Ampany Atsimo, Ampany Avaratra, Mahaimaso, Betela ( which has a FLM church ), Ambany lalan-drano, Ankazotokana, Ambodiharana, Soalafy, Maro Omby. Plus many villages of the 2nd little Group of Totoa Bernadette ( Toamasina FJKM church ) ; I don't have the list of these villages.

GROUP N° 3 :

Where were Mrs Totoa Lisa ( from Ilanivato FJKM church ), Mrs Aurélie ( from Ilanivato FJKM church too ), Mrs Tômine ( from Andravoahangy Fivavahana FJKM church ) and Mrs Totoa Lala ( from Mahazoarivo FJKM church - who was already with Mrs Augustine and me in 2018 in Antanimbaribe Kandreho ). Plus the Team of Ambositra and of Ambositra area.

GROUP N° 4 :

Where I was ( on Wednesday July 17th ), Mrs Totoa Elise ( from Andravoahangy Fivavahana FJKM church ), Mrs Hasina ( from Andravoahangy Fivavahana FJKM church ), and Mrs Simone ( from Ambatonakanga FJKM church ). Plus the Team of Ambositra and of Ambositra area such as Mrs Totoa Honorine, Mrs Totoa Lisy and Mrs Totoa Albine, Mrs Rivo and Mr Donné. We were divided into 3 little Groups of 3 persons each. Ravo, Totoa Honorine, Totoa Lisy /// Totoa Elise, Hasina, Rivo /// Simone, Donné, Totoa Albine ( who was the N° 3 at Ambositra Team because she was the responsible of their budget ). We have preached The Gospel of Jesus Christ in ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA which was very large too. That means we have preached The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the following villages : Vondrombe, Ambalavato, Fon’Ala, Ankemoa, Soafiana, Nanalofana, Ambalamahasoa. Plus many villages of the 2nd little Group and of the 3rd little Group ; I don't have the list of these villages.

To preach The Gospel of Jesus Christ as The Lord and The Saviour in the fields and on the paths
Made by the 4th Group on Friday 2019 July 19th

NB 1 :

As I've told you above, it was very difficult to find WC, to find large and very large pots and pans ( for cooking rice and for cooking food ) in the little town of ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA. It was very very difficult too to find food ( such as vegetables, meat, beans and white beans, tomatoes, fruits, chicken, fish, egg, etc. EXCEPT on Fridays which is the market-day there ; PS ANJOMA means FRIDAY - from Anjomà Nandihizana ). That means fairly no food except on Fridays. We have already bought the rice ( a lot of rice ) in Ambositra before to arrive in ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA ( we have already bought zebu-meat too in Ambositra ). One of us to buy our food have gone to Manandriana by his bike on Thursday July 18th ( 20 Km go and back from ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA ; GOD thanks, he has taken his bike, he is a christian man from AMBOSITRA AND AREA TEAM, not from Antananarivo Team ). But on Fridays you can find all the food mentioned above, no problem on Fridays. And in this little town, THERE IS NO BROOM ( it's very rare in Madagascar a village or a little town WITHOUT BROOM ; NO BROOM, NO BRUSH !! ). ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA and the whole area is an unsafe area ( because of Dahalo-bandits ) ; it's why most of the pens there have no cattle because the Dahalo-bandits have stolen the zebus -the oxes-.

NB 2 :

We've preached Jesus Christ there, but we've done too some SOCIAL ACTS, such as to give them a lot of money so the little town can buy pine table and 32 pine chairs for the main office there ( for example when they have a wedding ; because till we arrived there if they have a wedding, all the people have no seat so all the people have to stand up ). We have clean and sweep up too the area around the main office where we've slept, this area was ... very dirty when we arrived there ! And we've dug a very big hole near the main office to put rubbish inside. Then we have given some money to two christians there ( one christian lives there and the another christian is Mr RaPierre from Ambositra. These money have given to them to continue and to maintain an assembly of Sundays-worship ( VOMM ) there after our departure. Because there is no FJKM christian church in the whole area of ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA.

Thanks a lot to GOD and thanks a lot to the christians at Ankadifotsy FJKM church who have given us a lot of Holy Bibles and a lot of evangelical-songs-books ( 'Fihirana FFPM' ). We have given some of them directly to the people there. And we have given some of them to the two christians who will be Responsibles of the assembly of Sundays-worship ( VOMM ) there ; that means we have given some Holy Bibles to Mr Dada Ramanana and to Mr RaPierre ( KD ). As I've told you above, Mr RaPierre was the 2nd Chief of AMBOSITRA AND AREA TEAM ( the first Chief of AMBOSITRA AND AREA TEAM and our main Chief was Mrs Clara Pastor ).

First pictures are pictures of the high Responsibles in Anjomà-Nandihizana evangelical mission
The 2 last pictures are exactly the same picture as the picture above, but just I've enlarge it
We were 16 christians from Antananarivo : 14 women and only ... two men !!!

CONCLUSION :

The people in ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA and in the whole large area were very interested about Jesus Christ. Some of them were happy to welcome us and some of them have a weep of joy to hear us. GOD thanks. GOD will bless them and will keep and will grow their faith in GOD's love and in Jesus Christ. Amen ! Some people there or many people there are already christians ( from Catholic church and from Lutherian-Presbyterian church ) ; especially those who live in the little town of ANJOMA NANDIHIZANA and those who live in the village of BETELA.

This information was written by Ravo ( from Ankadifotsy FJKM church ) Tél. ++ 261 32 41 063 65.
( who was the Chief of the evangelical mission in Anjomà Nandihizana 2019 ).
( and who is the webmaster of this web site : Christian Thought & Pensée Chrétienne.org ).
Only to GOD the glory for ever and ever. Amen

Ravo in Makay massif in November 2012

I was made to praise You
I was made to glorify
Your name
In every circumstance
To find a chance to thank You

I was made to love You
I was made to worship at your feet
And to obey You, Lord
I was made for You

Sing Alleluia

1- Sing alleluia to The Lord (2)
Sing alleluia (2)
Sing alleluia to The Lord

2- Jesus is risen from the dead (2)
Jesus is risen (2)
Jesus is risen from the dead

3- Jesus is Lord of heaven and earth (2)
Jesus is Lord (2)
Jesus is Lord of heaven and earth

4- Jesus is coming for His own (2)
Jesus is coming (2)
Jesus is coming for His own