last sunday

Today was our last Sunday in New Zealand. It's kind of weird how things are winding down to a close here. I preached at Providence Presbyterian Church this morning. This was a great experience since Providence is very different from most of the other churches I've spoken at while here. The members of Providence are mainly polynesian. Samoan, Maori, Tongan, Rarotongan as well as some other ethnicities. Pacific Islander's are some of the warmest and friendliest people you will ever meet and we have have enjoyed getting to know a few polynesian families.

We went straight from church back to the house we've been staying in where most of the folks from Redeemer (the church we've prinarily been working with) were throwing us a farewell lunch. We had a great time hanging out with these people who have become our friends over the last few months. We had a chance to say goodbye and to discuss our thougts about the future.

After a nice Sunday afternoon nap we went to our last worship service at Redeemer. Then we decided to head back out to Piha beach one last time before we left. Several of the Redeemer folks joined us and we had a great time jumping around in the waves. That might not sound too exciting but this sign should explain why jumping around in the waves is the highest level of aquatic activity I want to engage in at this particular beach.


This was a great way to end our last Sunday in the land of the long white cloud.