Mariko’s Farewell Party. Good food, fun games, good food, Japanese conversation, good food, great association, good food.
Nicola’s Farewell Party. A good friend headed over to the Dominican Republic(opens new window)
for 6 months to teach the Bible. The evening was a formal affair and
consisted of an assortment of yummy dishes, ballroom/latin/rock'n'roll
dancing, and some chinwag(opens new window).
Kaikoura Trip.
Miho, Margaret Stace, and I headed up to Kaikoura for 4 days’ camping.
A friend who was camping with us, Barry MacHarper, had a boat so we
headed out on that a few times and got a good haul of , kina(opens new window), ling(opens new window), blue cod(opens new window), and perch(opens new window). We all enjoyed the abundance of seafood and I got in a lot of fishing while we were there.
New Congregation. January 1, 2006 was a new start for us in Hallswell(opens new window)congregation(opens new window). We’ve been supporting the Chinese group there for some months now so thought it was about time for us to move in.
Kaikoura Trip. Miho, Margaret Stace, and I headed up to Kaikoura for 4 days’ camping. A friend who was camping with us, Barry MacHarper, had a boat so we headed out on that a few times and got a good haul of , kina (opens new window), ling (opens new window), blue cod (opens new window), and perch (opens new window). We all enjoyed the abundance of seafood and I got in a lot of fishing while we were there.