The following is a list of recommended items for students to bring to the Missionary Training School.

• Passport and ticket
• Spending money for souvenir, food, etc. ~$50
• Small address book with important telephone numbers
• Pocket dictionary or phrasebook (Spanish)
• Toiletries (i.e. soap, razor, toothbrush & paste, shampoo, deodorant, sunscreen, etc...)
• Basic personal medicines in tablet form (i.e. Tylenol, Pepto, Dramamine)
• Sunglasses or a hat
• Rain poncho and/or umbrella
• Bible / 3 notebooks / 1 journal / pens & pencils
• Watch / alarm
• Polyester shorts / swimsuit / sleepwear
• Undergarments
• Camera / Twice as much film as you think you need
• Shirts / pants (hand washable) / skirts
• Flip-flops or sandals
• If you have big feet, you might want to bring some rain boots, otherwise, these can be purchased there for about $15.
• A flashlight with plenty of AA batteries. Larger ones are OK
• A pack of cigarette lighters (we use a lot of candles)
• collapsable chair (not a folding metal chair, but the kind that are common in camping stores that will fold up very small)
• LOTS of bug spray
• Bruchko and George Muller autobiographies plus any other books you might want to read during personal times.
• Items that are Not Required, but would be a huge blessing to the ministry:
• Guitar or other musical instruments
• Tools for misc tasks ranging from boat motor repair to carpentry
• Missionary biography videos
• Spanish ministry tools such as tracts, bibles, etc...
• oil lamps
• books and other resources for the training school library
• equipment for horseback riding (The school has 8 horses and 3 saddles)
  

Items Not To Bring:

• Blue jeans (heavy, hot, slow drying)
• Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and firearms
• Electric appliances (anything with a plug)
• Electronic games
• Secular music
• halter-top or spaghetti strap shirts (please nothing that shows your belly either)
• female earlobe piercings are OK, other area piercings are considered by the locals to be barbaric and would not be advised