Well after being dropped off by my family at the airport Brogan and her mother came to hang out with me until my plane took off. It was a blast! And well needed since little did I know in LAX my phone would be stolen.. and I would barely sleep on the plane!
When I finally got to Tauranga, I was standing there, in the tiniest airport all by myself. I almost panicked, I had no phone, or any way to communicate to the family that was going to be picking me up. The more I thought about it the more I was like okay, let go and let God. This is and was his time, not mine. It turns out that Melanie was just running late so everything was fine, and there had been no reason to fret.
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| My tiny plane from Auckland to Tauranga |
A week later I was kicked out of the Starks. Just kidding! I was just transferred houses. The Browns and their 2 daughters had volunteered to host me over the summer, and all the sudden I was going to move when to their house that afternoon that I met them! All I can say is that God knew it was where I needed to be. The Browns are some if not the most, wonderful family I have met to date.
Now for the good stuff. HighLife. HighLife is the youth group that has on average at least 180 youth come to worship God on a Friday night. You read that right, a Friday night!!! I didn't believe it until I saw it myself and was in awe.
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a glimpse of Friday night worship
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We went to head to a conference in Cambridge, and God had other plans. When we were in Matamata, our tire decided to just fall apart! So we wound up having fellowship on the side of the road for 2 hours or so, which included looking at the most beautiful stars. And then we headed to McDonalds or Mackers as they call it. It was great to be able to finally start getting to know our students, and I wouldn't have had it any other way.
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| our poor tire.. |
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some side of the road fun with Brittney, Jemma and Jess
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