SINGAPORE 2012 - Mozambique to Micronesia DAY #2

Singapore City, Singapore

Thursday, August 16, 2012

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Mozambique to Micronesia DAY #2

On Em-ira-tes [airline] I got to watch some fun movies and watch where we are on a map. When we got to Singapore, justine and I had problems with our passports because ours expire before 6 months, so we got help. After we got that sorted out, things went pretty smoothly and we got onto our next flight, with Korean Air.

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Jonas Young

UN-ITED A-ARB EM-IRA-TES 2012 - Mozambique to Micronesia DAY #2

Du-bai, Un-ited A-rab Em-ira-tes

Thursday, August 16, 2012

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Mozambique to Micronesia DAY #2

When we first got off the plane a burst of heat just blasted my face and my eyes started to water. We immediately got onto a bus and went to our plane to Singapore. On that flight I got sick and threw up. But I was praying and now I'm completely better.

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Justine Young

SOUTH AFRICA 2012 - Mozambique to Micronesia DAY #1

Johannesburg, South Africa

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

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Mozambique to Micronesia DAY #1

We loaded all of our hiking packs into the back of the Harvest School's white truck. Tanya volunteered to take us to the airport. It has been a long week. I have been getting all of our extended outreach teams out. Some have gone to different nations such as Thailand, Nepal, Malawi, Sierra Leone and nations I cannot write about. Others have gone on ten-day bush bush outreaches to villages here in Mozambique. These three hundred laid-down lovers of Jesus are now taking all they have caught here at HS16 and carrying it to the darkest places of earth. We now set out for the island of Pohnpei in Federated States of Micronesia where we will be pioneering a new Iris base and Missionary Training Center. As we say goodbye to Mozambique for now, we know that the past two months of running really hard have been stretching, yet amazing.

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Our first stop in this journey is Johannesburg, South Africa. It is one of two flights that our family travel together. We boarded the South African Airlines plane. This plane is bigger and more comfortable that the one that took us to Pemba two months earlier. The flight is only a couple of hours. It was nice that we could all arrive together in South Africa because I was able to change dollars into rands and help arrange a hotel in Joberg. We all ate hotdogs together in the airport, held hands and prayed, then went our separate ways.

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Christian Young

MOZAMBIQUE 2012 - HS16 Graduation Day

Pemba, Mozambique

Friday, August 10, 2012

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HS16 Graduation Day

MOZAMBIQUE 2012 - First Outreach in New Iris Ship

Lom-Dom, Mozambique

Thursday, August 9, 2012

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First Outreach in New Iris Ship

Our new Iris ship named, "Iris Compassion" arrived a few days ago. Heidi Baker invited me to come on our first outreach using the ship to the islands across the channel in Pemba. Her heart was to worship all the way to the village of Lomdom, where she has amazing stories of reaching that once uncontacted village by boat a few years ago. The village has turned to Christ and has even built Heidi a mud hut of her own in the village. Iris has built a church, a school and a water tank to catch rain water as fresh water is inaccessible on the island.

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Heidi shares a great story of buying a kayak in New Zealand as she wanted to use it to reach the islands. It proved hard work for her to row that far, so all these years later, God gave Iris a ship that was once owned by the king of Spain but now belongs to the King of Kings! We worship together as a tribe all the way to the island. Heidi and I, with our Mozmabican brothers board a dingy that takes us from the new Iris ship that is anchored off the coast to the village of Lomdom. Shouts of joy come from the shoreline as we arrive. Heidi greets her friends and introduces us to them. We walk in the dark and greet the villagers. Heidi embraces them. We pray for a girl sick with Malaria. She is healed and gets up to join in the activities. Heidi shows us around the village. We see the church, school, water tank and Heidi's mud hut. With a small generator, sound system and light, the village is filled with praising Jesus. Heidi shares about the woman at the well. Others give testimonies. The children raise their hands and cry out for more of Holy Spirit in the Makhua language. We distribute two boxes of clothes and gifts to everyone. The Jesus film plays into the night. We say our goodbyes and head back to "Iris Compassion" where we spend the night. Most slept inside the beautiful rooms below deck. I spent the night up top and slept under the stars. How glorious!

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The next morning we share a meal together and continue on worshipping the Lord as we travel further towards uncontacted villages on the islands. We pray for favor with the chief of a village that God highlighted to us. Within moments of praying this, a boat with eight men approaches our new Iris ship. They ask for a gift of fuel and oil. We give it to them. Come to find out the chief of that village was one of the men on the boat. What amazing favor! What a quick answer to prayer! Heidi boards the boat with our Mozambican brothers and heads to their village. We stay back and worship. There is an anticipation that something great is going to happen. Hours later Heidi returns on the dingy. She had led the chief, the king and the entire villlage to Christ! She hadn't ever seen such openness. And that says a lot! Heidi dives into the Indian Ocean for a swim to celebrate this amazing victory in Jesus! We all jump in as well. I didn't bring swum trunks so I jumped in with my pants on. We continue to worship God and thank Him for such an amazing first outreach on "Iris Compassion." Stay posted for a video I am putting together!

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Christian Young

MOZAMBIQUE 2012 - First Outreach on New Iris Ship VIDEO

MOZAMBIQUE 2012 - Heidi Baker Dedicates the New Iris Ship VIDEO