A Few of the Prevalent Things

Papa Tony, one of the leaders of the school, with the help of a few guys sang this song to us the last week of school. I was amazed at how much information about the school it conveyed! So I decided to share it with you all. Sing this to tune of "These are a few of my favorite things..."


Beans and rice, rice and beans, so sorry no noodles
Sometimes small bits of meat, how we hope it’s not poodles
No water, no power, so we run to latrines
These are a few of the prevalent things

Malaria, diarrhea, and sick little babies
Head lice, long worms, and people with scabies
Ricoffy, not Starbucks, no buffalo wings
These are a few of the prevalent things

Wind and red dirt, how it fills up our houses
It clogs up our ears and even our noses
It gets in our shorts and seasons our beans
These are a few of the prevalent things

Liters of Germ-X, we apply it in large swipes
If the shower’s not working, we scrub down with wet wipes
Perfume, we use bunches, until our eyes sting
These are a few of the prevalent things

The top bunk, it swings and sways, will it remain standing
Or will the bed upon my head make an unscheduled landing
I lay there in fright, pretend I’m soaking
These are a few of the prevalent things

Sometimes my roomies, they don’t flush the toilet
The ambience of the throne room, you that just spoils it
And eight girls and one mirror, that’s hugely annoying
These are a few of the prevalent things

Our kitchen’s so small when everyone is in it
To fix a meal, now that’s a thrill, hey wait a minute
Isn’t that my stuff in the stew you’re cooking
These are a few of the prevalent things

To live above with the saints in love, oh that would be glory
To live below with the saints I know, now that’s another story
But I’m dying to self as I’m sanctifying
These are a few of the prevalent things

Can’t ever sleep late ‘cause the roosters start crowing
If I make it through that, then the breakfast bell’s going
They beat it to death, ‘til we’re hard of hearing
These are a few of the prevalent things

Sometimes in the school hut, Holy Spirit makes a landing
That’s so fun and when He’s done there’s no one left standing
Snockeroodled folks on the mats, crying and laughing
These are a few of the prevalent things

Long truck rides on Thursday, we’re off to the bush-bush
The big bumps and hard seats, they’re so hard on the tush-tush
Eat tuna spaghetti, get tangled up in tent strings
These are a few of the prevalent things

We peed in the weeds, please don’t tell my mother
Boys all on one side, girls on the other
Behind capulana walls so there’s no one peeking
These are a few of the prevalent things

Show the Jesus Film, then we preach, then we start praying
The crowd pushes forward, they don’t what we’re saying
But God understands, so we witness healings
These are a few of the prevalent things

The blind see, the deaf hear, the lame take off running
Just like in the Bible, it’s really quite stunning
Can’t wait for tomorrow, to see what it brings
These are a few of the prevalent things

Lower still, poor in Spirit, that’s what Heidi taught us
Be humble, show mercy, that’s always a big plus
In the dirt with the poor, sharing your things
These are a few of the prevalent things

So soon the school’s over, wow, it seems it just started
Knew nothing in June, now I’m fully imparted
No longer a slave, but a son of the King
These are a few of the prevalent things!!!

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Praise the Lord! I've been asked to staff the next Iris Harvest Mission School, which means being back in Pemba October 5th. I really feel the Holy Spirit on this! I'm excited about the group that is being gathered for staff, and working with our wonderful and gifted directors, Nathan and Sarah Kotzur. My heart is to provide opportunities for students who come in with a desire to learn how to play guitar and sing and lead worship to grow and develop those skills (because there were like 30-40 people at the last school!), as well as organize the 24/7 prayer week and teach on 24/7 prayer, connecting intercessory prayer and worship, and the power of worship warfare, especially in connection with the mission field.

I had kind of became the "outreach girl" in the last school, going on the 2 weekend trips with my group and then jumping on 3 more weekends with other groups. The last weekend trip was during the 24/7 prayer week back at base, and our team ministered in a village with prayer and worship groups on a rotation back at our camp from 7:30am-5:30pm. That day was the sweetest day of communion with Jesus I've experienced in a very long time, and the night evangelism was so easy! The whole village received Jesus including two Muslims I got to pray with, and there were many healings. The medical tent also reported an amazing grace all day for salvations, deliverances, and healings. It was truly fruitfulness which flowed out of intimacy, and it is this connection between worship and evangelism which I would like to explore more in the next school.

I will be coming back to Missouri August 31. My initial thought was, why leave Africa in between? However, I believe God is leading me home for some divine appointments, to take every opportunity to "tell of His wondrous deeds" to my friends and family and co-workers and churches back home.

Thank you all for your support!!! Please call me or e-mail me if you want to get together during the five weeks I will be back in the states!

Angie "Ajira" Schachner

Harvest Graduate!

Last Friday marked the end of an era in the lives of 90 Iris Harvest School of Missions students. Maybe 10 weeks doesn't exactly qualify as an era, but a day in the mission school feels like three days on the outside, and if you're on bush outreach, a day can feel like a week.

This school has been the most accellerated, concentrated period of spiritual grow in my life. I am so grateful to have been a part, and I know I am sooo blessed to have made it here. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for me. I have definately been blessed with divine health. People have been down with mild level malaria, food related sickness, diarrhea...been touching and playing with kids who have scabbies, lice, conjunctivitis, AIDS...the worst I've had is a head cold.

Also, thank you to all those who contributed finanially to this endeavor. You are truly a critical part to bringing the good news of the Kingdom to the unreached, and absolutely essential to send laborers into the harvest, because THE FIELDS ARE READY!

Tomorrow, my roommates and I clean out my house here and Wednesday they head back to America, Canada, and Australia, as I set off with nine other members, or should I say, agents, of Bondfire into the bush bush. I have been looking forward to this for over four months. We're going to get some dirt under our fingernails, get a little saddleworn, and hopefully reach the end of ourselves and learn greater dependence on Holy Spirit.

Please pray for safe travels, divine health, team unity w the Mozambicans, divine appointments and feel free to ask for the gift of tongues in Sena (the tribe and language where we are going). Love you all!