Culture Shock

There really hasn't been that much different so far. The biggest things are less variety in most stores and the way everything slows down during the summer. Since school finished and the holidays, it feels really relaxed. I think that's just the way things are here. It's fun being able to get out and enjoy the, but I feel like I'm not doing enough because there's not as many people around. A lot of folks go on extended holidays. I'm still busy, but it still feels like I should be doing more.
Anyway, everything is actually going well. I've been doing a lot the the kids from the church and their friends. they say a picture is worth thousand words, so I'll let a few of them do the talking, and save you and me the time of reading and writing.

A couple of weeks ago I took some of the youth from Greerton and Otumoetai out to some of the waterfalls I had gone to before.

For my birthday, I gave myself a present and rented a sea kayak for the day and paddled all around Tauranga harbor.Some of the girls at a service project at a local primary school last week. The flower beds had gotten pretty over grown, so we cleared them out.