NELSON!

Hello blog,
Long time no see.
Today is my first official day back home after my whirlwind visit to Nelson.
My goodness! That place is much bigger than I ever realised!!!!
I had such an amazing time though. God was really moving in that place.
I got to share the gospel with this girl I met called Daisy. She seemed really interested in knowing more about God and Christianity, I just hope she doesn't forget about it because its all too easy to do that these days.
I made heaps of new friends, which was so nice after my month of hermitting in Kaitaia.

Its only three weeks before I go back to Dunedin, my true home, so I'm looking forward to spending my last few days with the parents and dogs.
Spartacus got really massive while I was away! He also stopped peeing in the house, so thats pretty amazing in itself!!
Anyway back to Nelson, hehe. I spent New Years with a select few of the Nelson team as we waited to be picked up by the Student Life van and taken into town to do our Nightlife outreach.
Unfortunately we were still waiting when the clock struck twelve, but we did a bit of yelling and gave eachother hugs so I was pretty happy with it.
When we got into town everyone was really really drunk, and some people were on ecstacy, like this one girl we met who was in really bad shape. It was at that moment that my heart just totally broke for these people and I started crying. I don't think people in my team fully understood why, but I just felt really bad about what I was seeing.
I know that in my life I'm going to see things that are going to upset me, but I can't help but have a cry about it. I want everyone to feel the peace and hope that God has given me. That might sound crazy to some people, but He has really turned my life around.
I think what really got me was the fact that I used to be one of those people. I thought my life was fine and that drinking and partying was just what you did.
Its really hard for me to accept that some people don't want to know God. They refuse to acknowledge that He exists. Even people who have known Him before and experienced what it is to have Him in your life and then turning away from it.
I don't mean to go on about it, but thats really what going to Nelson showed me.
I am so grateful and appreciative of all the people who encouraged and supported me in my Nelson endevours, God bless all of you.
I just pray I can apply all the things I learnt in Nelson to my life in the coming weeks, months and years. Thanks for reading this blog, I shall write again soon :-)