Step Ahead Bowling

I spent this morning at Ten Pin Bowling with the EPlus Step Ahead team. Samantha, Aiden and Millie thought it was a good idea to give the clown a very good checking out.

Slave to Time

I have decided ... time is not going to control me anymore. I have already started in fact. Only yesterday I announced at work that I wouldn't be available in the afternoon as I had some preparation to do. This had to happen I'm not enjoying always being behind and on the back foot. One day after work I was still preparing for recovery church 1 hour before. So this is what I'm going to do is be very strict with my planning ahead and also make sure time is allowed for family and fresh air and exercise. There we go - now could someone please hold me accountable!

At last the photo works

Die and Let Live 007

This was my first Easter Camp and surprise, surprise I really did enjoy it. Even Teri-Anne enjoyed it so it must have been ok. It was a good time of getting to know each other better and great to see some old familiar faces from Alexandra again - Kay, Ash, Sabian and Sam. The option of rice day was taken up by a number of us - in return for us not eating the normal meals and just a bowl of rice at each meal, the cost of our normal meal was collected and donated to the people who live on the dump in Tonga. I was resigned to rice for the day but soon learnt from more seasoned campers that it wasn't apparently breaking the rules to accept chocolate or other goodies offered to you from other people as even very poor people get things offered to them. The die and let live theme of the camp was memorable as was the teaching from Malcolm Irwin who instilled in us the takeaway line - sexy carrots.

The Crin Hits Dunedin

It's been a great few days with Corryn visiting. We've been making the most of the good weather and sightseeing and checking out what The Salvation Army are doing in Dunedin - I'm sure Corryn will fill you in but don't believe her when she says I'm a terrible driver just because I had a bit of a ding and my left blinker now goes tick, tick tick instead of tick tock.

Baby Cousins

Big highlight of living in Dunedin - Joel on the left and Milly on the right - the newest grandchildren. Hard to believe how quickly they change but every week there is something new to enjoy.
It's hard to measure if what you're doing is effective when working with people but a couple of things have happened recently at work that just warm your heart like the lady that came into the foodbank and declared that she was about to shoplift some groceries but something reminded her that the team at the foodbank would rather she came for help than shoplift so she left her trolley, walked out of the shop and came straight to the foodbank - that's a courageous act for someone who's in the habit of shoplifting. And then there's this man on e-bail who is well known for his wayward ways and is trying to do the right thing but is dogged by the police at every turn and he's standing tall and refusing to prove them right. I have to say I really like being in the thick of people's lives and being inspired as they are being transformed by the hand of God