Mayhem in March - Christchurch

Hello again everyone, Apologies again for the late March blog (to be honest i should stop apologising as all of my posts have been late and should really be expected now! :) ) but at the title suggests March has be a bit crazy. Again though God has been at work and continues to challenge me in a lot of aspects.


Work

So I am still working with City care at the moment. I have met some amazing people at work and in a few days time I will be finishing with City care and join a council run tree surgery crew called TreeTech. Like i said City care has been great fun and the people I have worked with have been fantastic. It's been great listening to peoples stories and the amazing thing people go through in life. One example is in fact my supervisor who when he was younger collapsed and had critical brain injuries, his had to have part of his skull removed and is now on medication for the rest of his life. Although like a lot of supervisor he can be a bit hard to handle he is also an incredible character and in fact has saved me in his contacts as "The Pom "as well as using one of his favour phrases " Don't be a Gumboot!". A real inspiration to people that work with him.

There are many reasons for the change of job the main one is simple to do something more along with my qualification. I have been praying about Treetech for a long while now and feel that God has set this up pretty nicely.

Lifestyle

So I have continued to played football on a Tuesday and would like add that i have played 10 game and scored 10 goals. Although I don't think I'll be playing headers and vollies with Messi just yet. The summer football has just finished so I am currently looking for another team to join. I have continued to keep my commitment to the Mountforts and have attend Mountfort Thursday very frequently for a meal once a week.
Also Miriam has now moved out her parents place Huntsbury (where i am) and into a new flat. Which is a bit nicer now that we both have our own space. Still I have no car, so I cycle everywhere which is keeping me fit although am hoping to get a car soon and have a New Zealand drivers licence.


Church

I am still going to Spreydon Baptist and am enjoying being a bit more involved in the Church. Recently I was part of the security team at Easter camp. I had a really amazing time and meet some really cool people. 4500 young people all worshipping God under the same tent was just incredible. I was more impressed that they let my immature self use an RT, for requesting cups of tea be brought and for listen to the Easter camp Bear Grills how to climb up a tree. All in all it was a good chance to meet some new faces and get to know some more familiar one.

As well with Easter camp i am still attending Focus group every Wednesday and even lead a bible study group which was British theme which was fun for teasing the kiwi's. They are all really relaxed and chilled out so it a lovely group to attend.

God Warrior is still all go and we have been looking at the Lord's Prayer with the kids and it been really good fun teaching the kids stuff and going with them on that journey to discover Jesus.

Also I have been building a good group of friends and have been spending some good time with them.

Travel

I have alright on the old travel front this month, I have managed to go through Arthur Pass with Miriam and recently I have travelled up to Auckland to get my US visa and even managed to go to Eden park to watch England play the Black Caps in Cricket, managed to stay with the knights and have now obtained a my visa.

Other News

So me and Miriam are still an item and are enjoying the start of the journey. Although during our trip through Arthur's pass Miriam got a phone call saying that her gran had die and so this has been a very hard time on Miriam and her family.

Answers to Prayer

If you've read my previous post you will remember that I felt God calling me to Christchurch and was praying for vision and clarity. Well the amazing thing about God is that he doesn't just answer prayer the way we expect them he does things his way and the generally better than we imagine. So I was sitting in a car and just had a moment of just silence and I realised that I spend a lot of time trying to do stuff instead of just taking the time just to be silent. Also I been trying to pray more about my situations and I have been praying about this TreeTech job and it was amazing at the interview as all the thing i went into that room concerned about just were solved. I really feel this is a good place for me to be.

More Prayers

Miriam and her family as they try to get over the death of her gran.

My work that I will leave City Care on a high note and go into TreeTech on a high note as well and I can really feel God's blessing in this job.

Anyway that's it for now catch you next month

Blitzy