Yes I know, I have been a bit slack with my blog for the last 10 days or so. I have had one of the worst tragedies that can hit a male happen to me in this time. My beloved vehicle died a over heated death and I have found it hard to think beyond this tragedy. Thankfully yesterday my local garage helped me snap out of this catatonic state by fixing it in exchange for extorting $2016.00 from my wallet. The most depresing thing was that my 7 year old son commented that the car looked exactly the same as before, I don't know what he was expecting, a new addition to the vehicle, tinted windows, rear spoilers?
So what have I been upto? Not a lot it feels. Caught up with a guy called Leo from Christchurch (pix below) visit, sharing about a group he is involved with that has seen several house churches planted in the Canturbury region in the last few months which is awesome.
We have had around 40 people through our home in the last week, eating, drinking, sharing God, arguing politics etc. Every person I know is basically a National party supporter and thinks our Prime Minister is the Anti Christ. I think this is because we live in a very affleunt area. I have to stay in the closet about my secret belief that she is the best Prime Minister we have had in my life time. The country is certainly going the best that I can ever remember. I remember when I left school in 1989 we had about 12% unemployment and about 17% interest rates. Now we have 4% unemployment (lower than Japan)etc etc.
Even though we are on the backside of the world, the organic church movement has been blesed with some awesome speakers coming through. The United States House Church conference in September has Wolfgang Simson, the Dales and Roland and Heidi Baker as the main speakers. Its been neat that we have already had the first two through NZ in the last year and now the Bakers will be coming to speak at a church conference in Auckland in the next week or so. I am interested in hearing them as they have such a powerful testimony to Gods grace but I am not so keen in wondering along to the church that is hosting it. It's a great church but it is very traditional pentecostal model and I just can't be bothered any more sitting in on Holy Spirit bless me times that you often get at these things. Its like someone running their finger nails down the black board to me.
In the end God is a good God and he is in control and I am waffling as it is now 2:30am in the morning so it might be good to head to bed check out the photos below
Kids enjoying the sun this morning (after they said it would rain all day!)
Leo
