3 more weeks

it has been a good trip, i've grown, i've changed, i've made friends here, but i can't wait to get home and worship at my own church. work is going well, we are almost into end of term cleaning. fun fun. pray that i won't get nervous about flying home. i sometimes get worried about finding my gates and checking in, and getting lost. lol. i'm sure i'll be fine.

-chahoocharlie

Light-switch

There is really only one difference between New Zealand and america, by wich i mean, all the differences fall under this one. and that is: the lights turn on when the switch is down, and off when the switch is up.

New Zealand really is beautiful. i'd like to come back, but not to marton. And yes mom, i finally got my hair cut...

Sam fulfills her lifelong dream of lying on a hedge after we finished weeding.

Peter Elder roasting a marshmellow.

From left to right: Peter Alexander, Josh Bryan and Ben Pratt

Peter Atama

Time for a haircut.

friends come, friends go

so you spend a couple months with people, all day every day. work, play, vacation, worship, pray, everything is done together for months. and then people leave. and it feels like your guts got ripped out. people you've known for 2 weeks become deep friends because you work alongside them, pray for them, worship with them, se them grow and change, and then they have to leave.

i think i can finnally begin to understand what its like to live at a training center for 5 years, or how my mom feels when we have to give away the foster babies we care for. now its time to learn how to trust God with everything.

-The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

-Charlie