Posts from March 2024

Next Friday our Emma flies to France to begin a school exchange for a month. It’s so exciting for her. There are 5 students going from Burnside High School and then in July we will host 5 students from France. We’re in the busy phase of planning and preparing to pack. A few people have asked me how I’m doing with thinking about Emma being so far away. Mostly I’m excited for her but I do get a bit nervous…

Every so often a rare talented cricketer finds their way into the Blackcaps team.  A player who fields and maybe bowls a bit, but who also has the skill, endurance and tenacity to knock up 100 plus runs at critical times. In church youth worker world, Callum is that guy. He’s been an awesome team man, stayed at the crease for way longer than most church workers and made an enormous contribution to our young people and church life.  He’s…

Earlier this week I found myself on the sidelines of a riveting game of cricket, chatting with some older and wiser Ilamites.  I was telling them how I have recently started a new work role alongside my work with children and families at Ilam.  This role involves working one day a week for the wider family of NZ Baptist churches as the children’s coach for the Upper South region.  Later, I was reflecting on my conversation with them at the…