Blogs from Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 2

Foods I Want to Load up in a Suitcase and Take back to the States! *Chilli Sauce over cream cheese with wedges -You can’t go back to ketchup after trying this. *HP Sauce --is like AW sauce except much more versatile. *Slices -there is such a plethora of flavours for these, should accompany all lunches! *Meat Pies -These are everywhere here! One of the more popular pie shops here in town is a place called Jesters which caters largely to the student crowd, but generally i find the best pies can be found at the local bakery. (Egg and Bacon is my favourite) *Pancakes with fried banana and bacon -defiantly a different type of breakfast, but enjoyable. *Clove seasoning on Chips (French fries) This is revolutionary. *Kebabs -not sure how but they are different here and ... read more

The past few days have taken some adjusting. But today when I finished up orientation, I could not help but let out a sigh of relief. It had soon become clear to me that I was not the only one who had noticed the lack of glamour in Palmy. People were tossing out questions like: What is the night life like? Can you walk to campus from the city? Where is the fashion? What is there to do here? All things I had wondered at some point. But what I figure is the people make the place. So, once the students come filling back from break, the city will come to life. Well as far as plans go for New Zealand, I have a few things on the table. A bunch of us Americans (most of ... read more

Tuesday, March 23rd Mom Corne forwarded an email to us which brought big smiles to our faces. It dealt with confusion and waiting for God to do something, but God says to "get up and go. Give legs to your faith. I move on those who are moving." What a great message and how perfectly aimed at our current situation. We are so worried about missing the Lord's will and plan for us that we are pretty much paralyzed a lot of the time. We're waiting on Him to open the doors while He's waiting for us to move in faith and walk through the doors He'd already opened for us, even though we can't see these doors yet. It amazing how easily we forget and how many times He has to remind us of His ... read more

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After all those flights not even tired .We are driven round the town of Parlmerston North and drop at the Aubyn court motel. Big surprise there in a Jaccuzzi Bath in the room!!!... read more