Laura In New Zealand: Weekends

A couple weekends ago me and another staff took two van loads of people over to the West Coast. The weather wasn't all that great, but I had a really fun time hanging out with the students. We stayed at a nice Beach Hostel and saw some cool sites. If you want to see more pictures when it's sunny go to my archives and find June of 2006. We saw the pancake rocks at Punakaiki and did a short trek that led us to an amazing ocean bay. On the drive home we went to a cave, but we didn't have the right gear to fully explore it. We will go back in 2 weeks with lights and clothes that can get wet. Last weekend I decided to trade my snowboard boots for ski boots and I had a great time re-learning to ski. It was amazing how scary black runs are on skis when they are cake on a snowboard.

To update those of you who may not have gotten the e-mail, God did a miracle with finances and provided through a few VERY generous people ALL the money Joy needs for outreach. Thanks so much to those of you who have been praying, God is answering your prayers.

This week we have an amazing couple speaking named Jay and Erin. The main revelation I have received is that the whole point of Christianity is being in relationship with the Trinity. They are perfect love because God IS love. It never says in the Bible that God IS wrath or anger, but His character and nature is in fact love. Pretty profound, if you think about it for a bit.