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Music Speaks Truth in Madagascar (VIDEO)

By Tom Mills, May 9, 2019
MTW missionaries Bryan and Rebe McReynolds befriended a band of five locals on the island of Nosy Be, Madagascar. This friendship led to the creation of songs with Scripture in the Sakalava language set to Sakalava music. The band members, not believers at the time, were impacted by the words of the Bible they were putting to music. In the process, they have all become believers. Now their musical efforts are put to work composing songs for worship and revealing the nature of God.

Watch and listen to a taste of a powerful move of God's Spirit in these Sakalava men.
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Give thanks for the maturing of the Sakalava church in Madagascar. Pray for the Sakalava believers who are now leading a congregation of people once steeped in ancestor worship and spirit possession.

Pray for the Sakalava in Nosy Be, Madagascar. Islanders have been hard hit by the shutdown of the tourisim industry. Many are new to faith. 

Pray for a band of young Sakalava men in Madagascar who have come to faith and are writing and recording songs from Scripture.

Pray today for Alexi and Mbotizara, new Sakalava believers in Madagascar. Pray they will grow in their faith and lead others to faith in Christ. 

Pray for women of the Mama Vao Vao sewing business in Madagascar. It's helping keep Sakalava women out of prostitution and introducing them to Christ. 

Pray for the Sakalava people of Nosy Be, Madagascar as they deal with harsh realities of death and poverty, and give thanks that many are coming to faith. 

Pray for the Church in Africa to deepen and for African believers to live holy lives in accordance with God's Word.  

Pray for a sewing ministry in Madagascar as it transforms into a business providing resources to a community plagued with sexual oppression.

Pray for missionaries adjusting to new cultures and new norms, forcing them to surrender the comforts they once considered non-negotiable. 

Pray that we would become more proficient at ministering to oral learners—those in cultures that learn best through the spoken word and storytelling.

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