Madeline’s family

Madeline and her husband Franklyn Woleg shared a deep love and friendship and a marriage filled with respect and admiration. Madeline was not born on Mota Lava but Mere Lava. Because of her deep love for Mota Lava you would never know the difference and if you did not know you would think she was born and raised in Mota Lava. Mota Lava was a place where Madeline married her husband Franklyn and resided later in life.

Franklyn and Madeline first met when he was renting a flat in Port Vila amongst Mota Lava people. One day a friend who was an evangelist by the name of Renold Boric, a good friend of Franklyn’s at the time, visited him at his flat. That night Franklyn received a Bible and prayed for his future wife to come. In the area that he lived there were about eight girls. One day Franklyn’s friend visited to tell him about one of the girls whom Franklyn had noticed. Franklyn told his friend “She will be my friend and will also be my future wife.” Franklyn and his friend continued praying for Madeline to become Franklyn’s wife. One weekend Madeline’s brother went to the centre which opened the way for Franklyn to talk to Madeline. Franklyn then went to Madeline’s Aunty and asked, “can I take her to church?” Madeline’s Aunty answered “yes, those girls never go to church,” so Franklyn took Madeline to church and afterwards they went to Franklyn’s Uncle’s house for lunch. They had lunch together and Franklyn told Madeline that he wanted to be her friend and then for her to be his wife.

Franklyn explained to Madeline he was an evangelist who loved Jesus and had been praying for a wife. Franklyn told Madeline that he would like to be her friend, “Is that ok for you?” he asked. Madeline responded with “I was praying for a husband that loves Jesus.” Franklyn did not know if Madeline was telling the truth or not but thought that at the time, he was very handsome and that is what led to her response. Madeline told Franklyn that she was praying for a guy who loved Jesus and would be her future husband. Franklyn responded, “thank you very much.” That is where their relationship began to blossom.