Thirty years in Madagascar

A vivid memoir unfolds from a missionary’s thirty‑year sojourn in central Madagascar, offering a rare blend of sincerity and light‑heartedness. The author recounts the stark contrast between “darkness” and “dawn” as he witnesses the island’s turbulent history, from early persecutions to the hopeful rise of new congregations. His plain, graphic storytelling is enriched by fresh native sources and sixty‑two photographs and sketches that bring the landscape and its people to life.

Beyond the solemn duties of preaching and school‑building, the narrative shares moments of unexpected humor—a clumsy language lesson, a lively village dance, a hidden Bible guarded in a cave. These anecdotes soften the hardships of travel, illness, and the endless administrative grind of supervising distant districts. Listeners will feel both the weight of the missionary’s responsibilities and the bright, human connections that sustained him through decades of change.