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There are many things we want to achieve while we are here in New Zealand, and one of them is to connect with as many church home groups as we can. It’s much easier to connect with people in a smaller meeting than on a Sunday morning. We had a great time at Kevin & June’s last night. This is one of the groups at St. Davids in Hamilton that takes a particular interest in what we’re doing in France. We gave our usual “missionary presentation”, and we feel we’re getting a bit better at explaining some of the changes we’re going through in our work in France. But not surprisingly, we got out of the meeting much more than we put into it. It seems that God’s purpose in us visiting different groups is not just for us to inform them as to speak to us through them. We were really touched by their understanding and perceptive questions.

Met some interesting people too. We prayed for Barbara who is off to northern Spain in two days to walk part of the camino with her daughter– the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. We feel like we’re on a pilgrimage of sorts while here in NZ so could really identify. Then there was Alejandro, an Argentinian studying English here. We had an interesting chat about how we find God’s mission for our lives. Should we look for it in spiritual retreats and solitude, or out there on the street where people are suffering?

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