Since receiving the green light for Harvest School 25 there has been plenty of preparation from reading the comprehensive student manual (which Iris provides and is a wealth of information), booking of flights, filling in of forms and then getting started with the required reading. Sourcing some of the required books here in South Africa was a bit of a task but with the help of previous students, Kindle, family and Takealot we have most of them and fortunately we had read some before. The books have been so enlightening and encouraging like "Visions Beyond the Veil" by H.A. Baker (Rolland Baker's grandfather) which is the story of Chinese children in the 1920s experiencing incredible visions and amazing Holy Spirit encounters.
Heidi Baker's books are always inspiring and reading "Birthing the Miraculous" was another mindshifter - here is an example "Our God is the God of the Impossible. He can take a barren ministry and breathe His Spirit into it. Even in your old age, He can breathe over you and cause you to bear a ministry, a promise or a revelation - a beautiful gift that will carry His glory to the ends of the earth. He can take the most barren and broken life - even the kind of life that aborted it's own promises many times - and in it plant a glorious new promise, along with all the strength needed to carry it to full term." "Luke 1:36-37 And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing you see, is impossible with God." This inspired piece was such an encouragement for us as one of the recurring questions that keeps popping up is - Why would you go back to school in your fifties?
One of my colleagues at work asked what am I going to do there in Mozambique and I jokingly replied that I was going to Finishing school (could do with some etiquette and finesse!). What was said in jest actually was flipped on it's head as shortly after that I just felt God say that this will be a Beginning school. So yes we are looking forward to going back to school where we will be learning, absorbing, taking in and unlearning (unlearning the religious stuff that is so stifling)
Below is a picture of what's in our bags! (to be honest it's not everything) however here is a list:
Clothes, shoes, cutlery, plates, towels, dishcloths, clothes pegs, washing powder, borax, two beach chairs for lectures (used Solomon's wisdom and sawed them in half to fit into the bag), mosquito spray, mosquito net, mirror for my missus, pillows, torch, USB fans (trust they do cool us off), powerbanks, electrical extension, iphone, hangers, double sleeping bag, three man tent, foam mattresses, gifts of blue sheets and shirts, shower curtain, Mozitec -malarone generic -plenty of boxes, antibiotics, pain meds, decongestants and other meds. The challenge will be to get all of this and more into the bags however the biggest challenge still remains and that's what cameras to bring!
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| The majority of required reading material |
Heidi Baker's books are always inspiring and reading "Birthing the Miraculous" was another mindshifter - here is an example "Our God is the God of the Impossible. He can take a barren ministry and breathe His Spirit into it. Even in your old age, He can breathe over you and cause you to bear a ministry, a promise or a revelation - a beautiful gift that will carry His glory to the ends of the earth. He can take the most barren and broken life - even the kind of life that aborted it's own promises many times - and in it plant a glorious new promise, along with all the strength needed to carry it to full term." "Luke 1:36-37 And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing you see, is impossible with God." This inspired piece was such an encouragement for us as one of the recurring questions that keeps popping up is - Why would you go back to school in your fifties?
One of my colleagues at work asked what am I going to do there in Mozambique and I jokingly replied that I was going to Finishing school (could do with some etiquette and finesse!). What was said in jest actually was flipped on it's head as shortly after that I just felt God say that this will be a Beginning school. So yes we are looking forward to going back to school where we will be learning, absorbing, taking in and unlearning (unlearning the religious stuff that is so stifling)
Below is a picture of what's in our bags! (to be honest it's not everything) however here is a list:
Clothes, shoes, cutlery, plates, towels, dishcloths, clothes pegs, washing powder, borax, two beach chairs for lectures (used Solomon's wisdom and sawed them in half to fit into the bag), mosquito spray, mosquito net, mirror for my missus, pillows, torch, USB fans (trust they do cool us off), powerbanks, electrical extension, iphone, hangers, double sleeping bag, three man tent, foam mattresses, gifts of blue sheets and shirts, shower curtain, Mozitec -malarone generic -plenty of boxes, antibiotics, pain meds, decongestants and other meds. The challenge will be to get all of this and more into the bags however the biggest challenge still remains and that's what cameras to bring!
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| What's in our bags - well nearly |
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