October 2007
18 posts
Homeward bound...
Wow… what a week on the other side of the world!
For the weekend 14,300 came to the arena
1,510 watched online
and most importantly… 1,790 made professions of faith to follow Jesus Christ!
Woke up today and really wanted to go mountain biking, but I settled for tramping around the hills of wellington (free always wins out over $50 activities). Now we’re hanging out in the...
Thoughts on NZ
Home is where your loved ones are. Wellington is a great city. Kebabs are nearly as good as burritos. In fact, they are the NZ burrito. NZ is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Wham! is overlooked as the best soft pop-rock band. Ever. Soft pop-rock is either overrated or underrated depending on what song is playing at any given moment. NZ plays soft pop-rock as ambiance music EVERYWHERE. ...
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his...
– Judges 21:25
Friday was fruitful
Thurs
on Thurs we…
worked
worked
worked
ate at the only non-mcdonalds restaurant we could find at 10:30pm
abra-kebabra (and it was awesome!)
slept
and there WILL be a live webcast!
Wed
On Wednesday we…
Walked around the docks by the TSB Arena and took pictures
checked out the visitor welcome center
ate lunch on Cuba St
drank flat whites
went on a Lord of the Rings tour
ate Kebabs for dinner
had gelato for dessert
saw The Kingdom
watched Man vs Wild while uploading
Tomorrow the real work starts!
Tuesday recap
today we… woke up ate breakfast at a little french bakery (flat white!) went to Te Papa had meat pie for lunch went to the beach to check out the waves drove to the area where they filmed the Rivendell scenes of LOTR and went tramping (hiking) ate kebab for dinner, gelato for dessert watched man vs wild while uploading pictures next up: sleep
Monday recap
On Monday: We arrived in Wellington checked into the hotel unpacked took showers got internet set up in hotel walked around and ate lunch at a pub/restaurant with Belgium-inspired food (had lamb which was really good) had gloria jeans (flat-white!) and cookies for dessert took pictures went back to hotel posted blog for greg got internet setup in lobby (cheaper and faster) walked to cuba street...
In Wellington
Well, we made it none the worse for wear. The hotel is nice (very European feeling) and I’m showered and ready to find some food. Apparently it’s Labour Day here, so most of the shops are closed. We might also go hiking later in the day with some locals. I started a picassa photo page (because I didn’t want to pay $15 for a program to upload to Flickr from iPhoto), so enjoy!
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lax
they’re preboarding as I type. Its pretty sad when lisa can drive home to riverside in the time it takes to check in and get to the gate . Our computer cases made it though tsa, so were on our way to putting on a webcast.
Radiohead is still awesome →
Get In Rainbows for as much as you’re willing to pay… just get it!
Joshua through chapter 24
… continued.
So the Israelites [mostly] finshed driving out the Canaanites from the promised land, then divided up the land. The methods were harsh. By today’s standards, it would probably be labeled genocide.
So why did God use such methods for fulfilling his promise? Here’s my view.
Joshua 24: “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers...
this is just insane. these guys must get a rush, but so do a lot of foolish people right before they die.
podcast delight
1. Podcasting is fun. Check out www.livingroomstudy.org for the latest fruits of my labor. It’s almost ready for iTunes. 2. The new Crowder album is really good. 3. Thank you Apple/NBC for making me revert to criminal activity for my Office fix. Lamers. Only one more hour to go…