So my nose and ears decided to forgive me it seams as they have seen fit to stop glowing bright red and the pain they were delving out has all but subside. The pealing and shedding of dead skin however is well under way and in recent mornings I feel as if it would be among the simplest of tasks to trace my every step for the day.
Since we arrived in New Zealand we have been camping at the YWAM base (Youth With A Mission) at Chrystal Springs in Matamata. Today most of the teams started heading out to their perspective ministry assignments for the rest of the month at locations all over the North Island. My team and one other are hanging back for a few days to help out at the base as well as clean up and make sure we leave the place looking either as good or better looking than when we arrived.
It’s easy to get mesmerized by the country side around here. You can look in practically any direction and see beautiful mountains, rolling hillsides, trees of every variety (palms, furs, oaks, pines) all growing right next to each other creating one of the most beautiful landscapes you could possibly ask for. I think there is a sermon in there somewhere but I’ll get back to that latter. Oh, and there are no snakes! None! Someone call Indiana Jones for me and let him know cuz he and anyone else like me who really cant stand the slithery little rodents will love it here for that reason alone. Unfortunately they do still, like most places, have ants here and as much as I have been enjoying the shade of a nice tree as I write this and look up at the beautiful mountains the ants seem to have no respect for such things and are rather intent on driving me from my spot in the shade. I wonder if I can find a little bit of peanut butter or something to lure them away with?…
