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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:…
Spring is in the air
The last stretch of winter is here and spring is definitely in the air! The golden wattles are out. Lake Hume is filling up. We’ve been planning spring/summer plantings and are excited to start getting them in the ground. The final layers of mulch and manure are going down. Lots of bed preparation!
I must look like a plumber: Week 3 MMTC update
Wow, two plumbing questions in two minutes! These old pub toilets must be getting a more sustained workout than they’ve had for a while. And I must look like a plumber! Sorry, that’s a terrible way to entice you to read on. But I just want to demonstrate how interesting our life has become…
Week 2 MMTC highlights
What a wonderful challenge to try to narrow down moments for the Top Ten Highlights of the week! Like John West used to say, it’s the wonderful moments I’m leaving it out of this list that make it so good. Out-takes on the cutting floor include buying a van, students noticing the difference healthy…
Week 1 at Madison Missionary Training Centre
Take a sneak peek into week 1 at Madison Missionary Training Centre. God has given us an incredible start to our first course – a dream realised!
2026 missionary training school report (3 days in!)
Here we are, finding ample reasons to praise God as day 3 of the training school winding up early. A morning of canvassing training and practice filled students with anticipation, and an afternoon on the streets of Tallangatta wore them out, but left them smiling. It’s been a wonderful start. Seven students are braving…
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…
The Maker Heals – programs in July & November 2026 (VIC, SA)
Experience this 10 day health and gospel program – apply now over at makerheals.org.au ↗
