Hokitika Stories


Sub-Alpine Alps

After a day of cloud and cold, it was nice to wake up to sunshine, although this did mean it was a little too stuffy to stay in the truck for long. As was the case when I was in Stratford, I could now see the mountainous backdrop that had been shrouded the day before. This was the first chance I got to see first hand just how little snow I was going to...


Faith Week 3/27-31/05

Faith week 2 The next day was Easter Sunday. We went to the local Presbyterian church where we had met the pastor the day before. He had invited us to the sunrise service at the lookout and then to breakfast. Well, we missed the sunrise service but managed to make it to breakfast. Everyone welcomed us and they were very interested in what we were d...


Faith Week 3/26/05

Faith Week Myself and two other students (Stacy, 23, from Missouri and Anna, 19, from England) were dropped off about 20 minutes outside Oxford. Now, I have to be honest with you, I was so excited for faith week when I heard about it, but it never occurred to me that I may be with two younger girls. This changes everything. I thought that I would b...


Update 4

Hey guys, Just wanted to let you know God is totally providing for us. As you can tell I got the opportunity to email. We are in a small town on the west coast called Hokitika. So much has happened already. So, I cant mention everything, but one of the cool things is that we got a free place to stay last night. Well not completely free, we did f...