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Here are answers from a real missionary on the field about the country of Madagascar.
Country name: Madagascar
Question: What are the Church buildings like in the cities in Madagascar?
Answer: In the cities the church buildings are usually brick. The people sit on wooden pew-type seats
Question: What is children's Sunday School like?
Answer: In Madagascar we have Sunday School for the children on Saturday.
Question: What is the common food eaten in Madagascar?
Answer: Rice is the common local food. It is eaten three times a day. As a soft cereal in the morning, then at lunch and dinner with vegetables and meat sauces.
Question: What is the money called in Madagascar?
Answer: The money that we use in Madagascar is called Francs
Question: What is it like to go to the store or do your shopping?
Answer: Well the major city shopping is very busy, but most things can be bought in tiny shops along the road. Some people set up shops in the front room of their homes.
Question: Are there outdoor markets?
Answer: Oh yes we have many markets. You can buy many things in the markets from spare car parts to flowers!
Question: What can't you get in Madagascar that you have to make yourself or do without?
Answer: There are some things that we can't get here, one is syrup, like for pancakes. We make our own with flavoring we bring from the States. Also there is no shortening substitute here. So when we bake we have to use butter. It makes things quite fattening.
Question: How about the language you use, what is the name of it and can you give us some words?
Answer: The name of the language we use is Malagasy. This is the local, common language. However we also use French because that is the official, government language.
Here are some words in Malagasy.
Hello Mana ona
Goodbye Veloma
How are you? Salaama Tumpko?
Church Fiangonona
Bible Biboly