Palmerston North is my new destination for the next two weeks. Here I'm currently being thrown in head first into ministry at the university. It's a happy change of pace from the last week I spent in Hamilton, though it was much needed rest. And it helped me pace myself while I recovered from initial culture shock and the time difference. I was starting to get little anxious to get to work, but these upcoming weeks seem like they are going to be packed with people, places, ministry styles and philosophies that I have yet to experience.
Pacing is something that I definitely got a dose of from the week I spent living in Sione's house with his family. Sione is a ministry director with the Missions org. that I'm going to be interning at. He's probably going to be the main person that I'm going to report to on a regular basis. After spending a week with his family, I'm glad about it. The way he leads his home along side his wife Janice is inspiring. I was there for a solid week, and from what I can tell there is relatively little conflict, and a great amount of harmony and communication within the household.
It was staggering how wholesome it was, like, in a non-american-middle-class-suburban way.
Well that's it for a quick update. I'll be back later this week for more.
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