Fortnightly, New Life staff gather in the morning for worship and teaching. They are good times. This morning I counted 95 people there (roughly roughly) including maybe 20 pastors from provincial churches in the big smoke for two days of leadership training. Also in the group - the 10 'Growing Trees' internship students - a lovely bunch of young people whom I get to spend an hour and a half with each Friday.
Anyway, one of the fun things about our humble facility here is the number of uses it has. By night, the church is a garage for church vehicles and a real lot of motor scooters - as the women's dorm is nearby and resident parking they have not. I had a giggle today to see Donnie's legendry Nissan Patrol still tucked up in bed during our staff gathering.
A few of the gathering - up front right is Pastor Samdy, our admin pastor. The lucky bloke got to translate for me first service last Sunday - the subject was 'Eight Common Mistakes in Marriage'. The team rightly felt that, with 33.5 years of marriage to date, I was way the best qualified on that subject!!
Enjoying the anointed garage, Donnie's wet-season-no-problem machine was personally inspected and recommended by Mr Marty McKone, world famous in New Plymouth diesel mechanic, prior to purchase.
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