my first overseas trip with friends! backpacked around the whole south island in 15 days. jam-packed full of experiences. the mountains, the low lying clouds, the braided rivers, the orange trees, the black sheep! the glaciers, a mini blizzard, the hosts of heaven, the glacier landforms, the playful seals and dolphins, the exhaustion from kayaking and trekking, the glowworms, the exceptionally good sunny clear weather, the heavy snow, my first snowman! paragliding, met new travel companions - the german and the mexican :) the rainbowsss, the waterfalls, the coollldddd alpine summit, the tropical-like abel tasman national park, pancake rocks, bumblebees and birds, noah's ark and old macdonald's farm and the hut in the middle of the national park, the mystical mountains, the snarling tired seals, staying overnight in the airport, winning bridge with jema... the pictures will take some time to compile so please be patient!
i cannot understand why God's children would not want to worship Him on His Sabbath day. i've learnt not to take the salvation of my friends for granted. it is hard to find likeminded brethren with the same love for the Lord and the things of God. i've learnt also to cherish the sound teaching of my church and not take these things for granted. indeed, 'where there is no vision, the people perish'. also learnt the meaning of how forgiveness is for the sake of the offender, what i learnt during the retreat in adelaide. still so many things i can't get my head ard. and how rebuking someone is really the most loving and courageous thing we as christians can do.
think i've gotten used to being up and going when the sun arise during the 15 days. the cloudy gloomy melbourne city was sill pretty much groggy and sleepy at 9am. hope to finish up my packing today (8jul. was zonked out on 5jul when i just got back fr nz so this post is actually late)!