I’m sorry this post has been long in comming. They do like to keep us busy here. Plus, I’ve been practicing a lot to be in worship band next Monday. More on this latter, bur I think practice has been going well.
Last Saturday started our first weekend activities. I’m not sure how exactly it happened but Angela and I signed up to help with a river planting project. Jenny took us into Christchurch in the morning. She had lost her voice, so I had to repeat everything for Angela in the back seat. We got there and planted maybe four little grass pants each when morning tea was called. As per New Zealand custom, we socialized for twenty minutes while drinking coffee and “bickys.” Because more community members had showwn up than was expected, we only had to work for another hour or so. Most of which was spent meeting friends and family of Rob and Jenny. My favorite was Pete. A “cheeky” older gentleman who showed us the harpsichord he was building from scratch while making sarcastic remarks about everything.
After the river planting was done we spent the rest of the afternoon running erands and getting to know Rob and Jenny a little bit more. The last erand we had to run was bringing a little lamb back to Oxford so the Blakley family could take care of it.
