We're here!

Wow we made it! What a crazy whirlwind the last 2 months has been. From moving out of our house on the 13th/14th December,finishing our jobs, then leaving England on the 29th December, and then finally getting to New Zealand on 10th January and finishing our final leg of the journey and arriving at the YWAM base/our 'home' for the next 5 months yesterday afternoon! 

We feel hugely blessed,grateful and excited (if a little daunted at the same time!) to be here and want to say a huge thank you for your love, support, and prayers. Thanks for journeying with us in this all. We are so thankful! 

Today we had our first day of our Justice DTS (discipleship training school). It's so exciting to be starting, after quite a journey (spiritually and physically!) to get to this point. We're excited to find out all that God has in store for these next 5 months we get to spend together with Him! 

There are 20 of us on this DTS and we have 7 people staffing it, with speakers from lots of different places that will be coming in each week to share on different topics. We are all staying in a house together down the road from the main Tauranga YWAM base. 

Tomorrow we have an official Maori 'Welcoming to the land' called a 'Powhiri'. The local Maori tribe will be welcoming us with a whole amazing ceremony which will include a warrior challenge, exchanging of speeches,songs and we get to do the 'Hongi' (google it! great way to get to know people!) and we will share food together. We are really excited about this really cultural experience...look forward to showing you pics! 

Till next time...