I met up with Murray & Joy Stevenson in Auckland. They are the New Zealand couple who i stayed with for 2 months in the Congo. It was great catching up with them before they head back to the Congo via Ireland. Then after rethinking my plans ive decided to go down to Fox Glacier to work instead of stay up in the Sunny north Coast. This will help me get the bills needed to get home in August & also to Indonesia to see Ross in June. So that means i had to hitch down & collect my bags and surf board from the hostel which i had stored everything. Then i got back to Auckland for 24 hours before i had a flight booked to christchurch. So i stayed with Cam & Jenny once more before i headed south. They had bought me a nice bottle of the Jameson as an early birthday gift. Then Steven & Rhoda Mulhall were doing a visa run through Auckland so i met up with them for a drink. It was great seeing them again and hearing all the plans for getting a Ywam Discipleship Training School in Dublin April 2004 which is super exciting.
So then on the 4th March i arrived into Christchurch where i was gonna be staying with James and his Family. James was one of my best mates on DTS and was in the same outreach team as me in Indonesia. We were staying in a suburb outside christchurch over the Port Hills and on the other side of the lake. We had the most extraordinary view and James had hooked us up with our own batch up the hill. So with our record player playing we would chill out looking over the bay. Perfect sunny days and clear nights. We got up to all sorts of stuff this week and i had the best fun ever. It was great meeting his family and seeing who brought up this odd chap called James who id come to know and love. We some great sessions aswell. Nestor who was our south american worship leader during dts came and lead us into worship at james house with his family and james family. It was a beautiful time for all of us there, with God showing up and even speaking through Nestor children in powerful ways.
Jake happened to be in town aswell, having a week off before work starts to save for his ireland trip. So we got to catch up with him loads aswell. PHIL’s in town too. The Phil has started his AW80 DTS in oxford and i finally got to see him. Having missed him by 6 hours in july i now get to see him cause he came back to me. I saw him in christchurch and then at Base aswell. Great stuff seeing one of the lads over here its about time.
Then Ian, Jonny, Jake, Mike, Matt, Mackenzie & mise met up in christchurch and then went to the airport. Ian was flying home so we thought we’d send him off with a good long night at the airport with the lads. And he’s was happy to see me with a big lumpy in my throat crying him off the next day.
Ian Maravalli 4th July 2008 - 12th March 2009
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