Toamasina Visit

Sisters Robinson, Peterson and Bird dipping their toes in the Indian Ocean on the beach at Toamasina.

Toamasina is the largest seaport in Madagascar and is located on the East Central coast.


A soccer tournament was held as part of an open house celebration for the branches in Toamasina. The missionaries tried to stay with the much faster and better conditioned locals in the black and yellow. They held their own for a long time, but in the end, the Malagasy's prevailed. The missionaries should stick to tracting. The Mission President, President Gaya is on the back row (ball cap). He is an ex professional soccer player from New Caledonia. He did his best to coach the missionaries to victory, but it was just not to be.