Simon and Miriam are serving in Antananarivo, Madagascar, encouraging and equipping the Malagasy church for mission and reaching out to vulnerable women. Praise God that one of the women has started a new course with Miriam’s team and is making good progress.  Please pray that she will know the transforming power of God’s love during this time in their care. On the other hand, things with their other women have been incredibly difficult, which has left the staff feeling rather discouraged. It can be easy to be taken advantage of, and hard to know who is in greatest need of their time and resources.  To this end, they are moving forward with plans for a central business in which to employ the women. They have found a local lady to teach them how to make natural soap so they can begin trialling recipes together. Ask the Lord to provide the funds and the people to help, and that Miriam will be able to trust these plans into His care.