Week 2 and 3 of Outreach

Week 2- We worked at a church called Elim Christian Centre and we ran a thing called a Holiday Programme which is pretty much a small VBS. The kids were amazing and we gave them the chance to hear God and God did some cool stuff in that time.

Week 3-Is what we are in right now. We worked at a music festival in Hamilton and we were on the programming team, so we evaluated bands and helped them backstage. So I met Switchfoot, Family Force 5, Underoath and heaps more bands. This week we are working at a youth centre in a small town. The youth group is like 95 kids. I am so excited. But thats life in New Zealand.

It's been hard to update you guys. Ask my Dad. But I am trying to do my best. Love you guys.

I'm New Zealand!!

So, we are here! We took the train to Sydney at 3 in the morning and then flew to Auckland, NZ in the North Island on Saturday morning. We stayed in Auckland overnight at the YWAM base there and then drove to Tauranga in the morning. Our amazing Toyota van died in a small town so we missed our first bit of the confrence we were supposed to be volunteering at. But we got there safe and sound. We are here in Tauranga for sure until Friday. We might stay here longer. We don't have any specific plans for this upcoming week yet. But while we are here in Tauranga we helped with the YWAM Jubilee confrence serving the founders and VIP's of YWAM. The Jubilee celebration led into a confrence called Call2All. Which is of missionaries. Within the Call2All we are stage security. This week we are camping at a bible college with some super cool people. People from all the Pacific Islands and a group of people called The World Race. They are sick as. I can't say much more because I'm at a backpackers place and time is extremely limited but I wanted to say I miss you guys and am praying for everyone. New Zealand is a beautiful and amazing place and I hope all of you can come down here sometime! You won't regret it!!

quite possibly my last blog in australia

So as you know, I am going to New Zealand. We are leaving on Friday evening or Saturday morning. While we are there we will be doing a lot of cool things. I got a few more details on it. We possibly will be doing prison ministry & high school ministry. We are working at a confrence called "Call To All" and a music festival called Parachute Festival. If you know bands such as; Switchfoot, Family Force 5, Underoath, Parachute Band, you will be stoked but slightly jealous to hear this. Our team is working in the programming section. Which means, we are working with the bands and hanging out and making them meals. How fricken awesome!

But lets back track a little bit. New Years Eve we went to fireworks in Stockton, which is across from Newcastle. They were on the shore of the ocean. It was pretty intense and cool. Then we went to a costume party hosted by a couple from our base.

We had 2 weeks of lectures. We had Calling and Vision and Missions. Calling and Vision was a really good week and I learnt quite a bit. Missions week was intense. We learned alot about poverty and unreached groups and being a missionary no matter what situation you are put in. One thing the speaker said that really stood out was "You are either the missionary that goes out into the world, or the millionaire who sends the missionary." Ponder that.

This weekend the January Summer Plus DTS arrived along with the new Sports DTS and the School of Evangelism. So our house gained about 40 people. Our school moved into new rooms and crammed into tiny rooms. There isn't enough room for the boys on our school so they moved to a church down the street. So we are busting at the seams.

But thats life in Newcastle, nothing too exciting. Talk to you guys soon!