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Field trip, mission trip, student growth – missionary training highlights
Time for another list of highlights: tis the easiest way to rummage through the busy brain and let you know we’re living the dream: A week at Rod and Desley Bailey’s Homegrown Organics Farm near Port Macquarie in NSW. This was 5 days of very welcome blue skies and 20+ degrees, but the real…
August newsletter & school update
Full is a word we’re using lately. It’s a full schedule; Lake Hume about 65% (aka full – at least compared to 18% in March); activities are full on; sometimes we’re full as a goog after lunch although we know we should stop at 80% full. Best of all the heart is often full:…
Blossoming Peach Trees?
Some of our peach trees are about to blossom! It’s been an unusually warm winter and some trees and plants are thinking it’s spring. We are finally getting frosts, which will damage these buds. “The farm is where patience grew, we cannot rush a seed or force a bloom or hurry a harvest. We…
Mid year reflections
Preparing my report for our AGM tonight has given me plenty of opportunity to reflect on what has been a huge and significant year. At some stage we sat down and filled a page with the names of visitors who have made a contribution to our plans for this place. So much work, so…
Madison Missions on 3ABN Now
Rosemary Malkiewycz and Kasey Vokurka interviewed Danny Brooks in May about Madison Missions and upcoming gospel health missionary training. Watch the full episode to find out:
40 Days
Forty days. That’s always a significant period of time in the Bible. Think of the incredible things that happened in a 40 day period: Noah, Moses, Elijah and of course Jesus could all testify that big things can happen in 40 days. I’m pondering this because of course we’re 40 days from commencing our…
Long weekend working bee report
Well, that was a working bee, and what a 4 day weekend it was. Bring it in close and let’s go over what’s been achieved: Thanks for reading. Let us know if you want to join us for the next working bee. They’re fabulous, especially if you can handle a few puns. Thanks to…
School starts in 100 days
Just when I thought I was getting used to it being 2026, now I have to get used to the fact that it’s already March – for another week. Then there’s getting used to carpooling or just not going somewhere, due to fuel prices: so many things to get my head around, but my…
Music Camp 2026 & Bushfire Update
It’s been a busy time for some of our team who just finished up at Music Camp a couple of days ago. Once again a very wonderful and successful time together, with a few highlights being: Here at Granya we’re continuing to watch this Walwa/Mt Lawson fire which remains closer to us than is…
Bushfire near Granya
A happy new year to you, I hope you’re getting used to writing 2026. We’re lying low surviving some very hot days and getting some rest here at Granya, but our usual peace is slightly disturbed by a growing bushfire about 12-15km away. The good news is that it hasn’t moved much in the…