2 C V

This last week I was blessed with the opportunity to purchase for my personal use a small and very compact 2 CV. It is a very common car here in Madagascar as it is mostly used as a taxi and painted some terrible off white/yellow color.

This particular car was purchased by a family that was working with the American Embassy here locally and they used it for fun outings as a family, they had bought it at a great price originally and then had it fixed up inside and out. They had allowed their two children to help paint it after they had it fixed up with their own hand prints all over the vehicle but in order to sell it they had painted over it in a nice brick red color.

It still needs a lot of work but being that it is all over the place here the parts are very reasonably priced and very attainable. The other plus is that most Malagasy know how to work on it so getting things fixed will not be an issue, I am assured of!

My challenge is learning how to drive it being that it is a manual transmission but the stick shift is located in the dash and is a pull out and push in type that I have not ever used before or even seen for that matter. I am looking forward to the challenge and praising GOD for finding the very affordable, under $700 (I bought with my own money), reliable transportation for around my local area.

For those of you confused the TRUCK that I had written about and prayed about and announced to the world is a WORLDVENTURE truck and is only used when going into town or dangerous areas, late night driving and long trips until I get more and more teams coming that I need to use it with. The Truck was paid for by many of the generous supporters in my life and for that I am truly blessed. It has already been used in numerous occasions to get me home safely at night and keep me out of danger as well as allowing me to use it to pick up other people for outings and opportunities to experience GOD.

WIth the small red 2 C V - I have been asked if I would consider giving it to a family so that they could register it and use it as a taxi for income in their family, they have two people that could drive it... I am going to pray over this and see where GOD leads... Seems like a great way to help start a business? If I can find supporters that are willing to help with this project then when I find another small car at a very reasonable price then WE can help these Malagasy by loaning them the start up money and creating a contract so that they have time in which to pay it back... I am very excited to see where this goes and who will be able to come alongside and help with this need.