Kiwi taste bud love....

Some kiwi joy for the taste-buds (and this is not a hint, just another trip down memory lane)

Marmite....better than the other stuff....hehehe

SCF nearly over

Here are some photos from the SCF:

Yan Yan (China), Ragnhild (Norway) and Karin (Germany)
Teaching with Matt Rawlins on Interpersonal Communication

Martin (Germany), JongYoung (S.Korea) and Jessica (USA) demonstrating some Swiss cooking.

Myself and Karin and famous Swiss cheese!

Swiss Culture night on the Burtigny Base

Latest photo of me. Note to blonds: If you dye your hair red......

do not expect you can just go back to blond when you feel like it!!

So I am now on that slow process to go back to my natural colour!

Kiwi Burger!

Thanks Tania for the trip down memory lane with the Kiwi Burger Song!

For those who don't know what it all means....well it's a kiwi thing.

Here is the link to the ad...

http://www.sealion.co.nz/view_video.php?viewkey=d451727aeff9082c29a5

Thinking of home.....

I have been thinking a lot about home lately.

About the people; those who are in NZ I have not seen for two years now...about the kids who are growing up fast and the ones who I have not met yet. About the people who are supporting me and my ministry and how incredibly humbling to be blessed in this way. About how I will only be home in December for one month....and how short that is....and already planning my visit after my next visit. About how negligent I have been about keeping in contact and how I want to but excuses and time seem to be against me.

About my nation; who are making choices if they want to be called a "Christian Nation" anymore and removing daily prayer from the government session, which use to be the #1 missionary sending country per population....now is had dropped considerably. About the growing violence and crime levels.

There is a burden on my heart to pray for NZ. A burden to again see many people go overseas in missions and to be Godly influences in every part of society they live and work in in New Zealand itself. To see the very unique giftings and blessings Kiwi's have, to be a blessing to their neighbours, areas and other countries. We are different...we do have gifts in areas others do not...we are sure not perfect, but nobody is....we carry a unique piece of God to bring to others.

I am glad I am a Kiwi.....I do not wish to be another.....and even though I am far away....my heart is always close. I miss home.

Nice to be a Tourist!

Hi!

Well I am having a great time with my parents! It has been very nice and a great blessing to do things I would not normally be able to do. My Dad and I had a great snow-machine safari in Finland. It was just the two of us with the guide and we were out for about 3 hours. We got some good fast rides on the frozen lake, including a chance to ice fish, and also a little up in the mountains. Dad managed to flip his machine on a little tricky area.....but i made it OK!!.

All of us went on a bus and boat trip this Friday. It was PERFECT weather, so still and clear. It was my first time on the Hurtigruten ferries which are basically cruise ships that travel up and down the Norwegian coast line...beautiful.

Tomorrow we drive down into Sweden to go to Kiruna and stay with friends of mine for two nights.

Good times!

Summer back to Spring

Well I left summery Switzerland to come up to snowy Norway! It is Spring up here but there are still batches of snow around...which is good because that is just what my Dad ordered as he wanted to see the snow. In Finland the snow is thicker so we will take a end of the season snowmoblie trip around Mount Saana! It should be fun becuase I love snowmobling!

It has been great to be with my parents, it doesn't not feel like it has been two years since I saw them last! So during the two weeks we are together now we will look around the area a little and also go into Kiruna (Sweden) for a few nights to stay with friends. Then on the 10 May I head back down to Switzerland to continue staffing the school and Mum and Dad will come and visit me there at some stage as well.

So all is good and happy!!!

Cow Village

It is a tough life being in Switzerland in the spring time...all the mountains, green grass, flowers and warm sun....emmmm. I will survive.

I arrived in Burtigny, Switzerland 12 days ago and it have been a busy start to the School of Communication. We have 17 students from 9 nations and already I can see it will be a very different school to my own last year. I am very much looking forward to getting to know everyone more. I can see it will be a very busy time as there is only 4 of us staff and a lot of work to do; but it is a good challenge and will be a growing stretching time.

Will try to update once in a while!