The Heart of Tulear

Can  you find Toliara?  On the coast of southwestern Madagascar, Toliara is an ocean town.  

Toliara (or Tulear) is often called "the White" as opposition to the “Red Tana". This nickname comes from the exceptional luminosity of the sky. In fact the town itself with approximately 60,000 inhabitants is relatively modern, just created in 1895 by a French architect, who laid a big importance in planting tress in the city, which offer now a welcome shady protection from the blazing sun. Today Toliara, the capital of the same named region, is a lively and young city with an important university, which is founded in 1970 as the second institution of tertiary education behind the University of Tana. 

Madagascar is made up of many different people groups

Originally the people of Toliara were Mahafaly

Yet, since it is a university town it draws people from all over Mada

The Scafflers are the missionaries on the ground in Toliara

Thankfully the church of Toliara is growing

The women are meeting together to study the Bible

And people are being baptised

I am excited about people's love of music and their culture of young college students

This is the Heart of Toliara!!! And this is where I will be soon!!!