Our adventures at Iris Madagascar

Today is already our fourth day in Madagascar. For the past three days we have been busy ministering at the Iris Ministries base praying for the staff and kids. Iris Madagascar is such an amazing ministry! It was planted in Antananarivo by Caroline Thomas and does absolutely astounding work rescuing and caring for orphaned and abandoned children. They currently have 133 kids at the center, many rescued from near death circumstances but now wearing infectious and bubbly smiles on their faces! The depth of the trauma many of these kids have already experienced in their short lives is almost too hard to describe, we have witnessed with our own eyes the fruit of the transforming power of the Father's love and grace in the faces of these children. We spent our first day just hanging out and playing with the kids and also reconnecting with Caroline and the Iris staff. The past two days have been spent praying for both staff and kids. We have seen God do amazing things as he has been pouring out his healing love! Our hearts are so burdened to bless the Iris missionaries and support them spiritually and pastorally. We will be praying for people all day again tomorrow. Early on Friday we fly down to Toliara. In the days ahead we'll post more about our specific experiences and share our reflections and thoughts about what we have seen and heard. In the meantime, here are some pictures from our time at Iris: