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Mampivavaka (To Make Pray)

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Mampivavaka is the term that we use to describe to people who we are.   We tell them I am a missionary and they respond in different ways but many times they will say in question form; mampivavaka?   The term means to make pray.   As we are ready to move on to the next stage of our missionary journey in Madagascar we will be wearing that label with great joy and humility.   There are so many questions of how it will all work and how we will accomplish anything but one thing stands out.   We are there to teach people the good news of Jesus Christ.   We are in essence teaching people how to pray.   We are teaching people how to have a true relationship with God.   As we have been thinking about this term it seems to fit.   My job is to make people pray.   Now in English it sounds so harsh especially from an American culture where we don’t make anybody do anything much less force anyone to pray.   However, I wonder many times if we could have avoided many wrong choices if we just wo