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Collection of 283 travel stories from Oxford, New Zealand. Written by your friends on the road.

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Traveler isaiah68

outstanding october
2009-11-02, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

surprise! it's time for another update. this is a look at the month on October: Like a whirlwind, the students blew in from Canada, the USA, Holland, England and New Zealand. We have 22 students fr...

 
Traveler isaiah68

Hunger for Holiness
2009-09-29, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

It's been an interesting experience these last few weeks. I moved out from the house I was living in with a great kiwi family and I moved back onto the YWAM base. I also ended my work at the old folks...

 
Traveler isaiah68

the old people I love
2009-08-21, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

I can't believe it, but I am down to my last week of work at my old folks home. After next Friday (28th)- two exciting things happen. One, I celebrate a year of being in New Zealand. Unbelievable and ...

 
Traveler isaiah68

my work
2009-08-01, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

Joys of working with the elderly. Anyone with a job working with kids almost always come home with funny stories they want to share. I know parents and teachers who love retelling a funny or endearin...

 
Traveler isaiah68

FREEDOM and JOY
2009-06-29, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

I had no idea when I left the US last August what God had planned for me. Well, do we really ever know? He is a far greater planner than I could ever be. I have been back in Oxford for three months no...

 
Traveler isaiah68

WINTER
2009-06-04, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

I never knew it was possible to love old people so much. Yes, I mean this with complete sincerity as my heart oozes with kind thoughts of my residents that I take care of. I started a job, working wit...

 
Traveler isaiah68

God surprised me today
2009-05-18, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

A whole day of blessings! Here at the YWAM base, there is a a room called the "FREE BOX" with used clothes, shoes, etc from the students. It's set up as a give and take box. When students get here...

 
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A Really Ridiculously good Looking Team
2009-05-17, Oxford, New Zealand. By: SurAmerica

Today May 18, 2009, eight really ridiculously good looking people our setting off to Chile, South America. Who are these really ridiculously good looking people? Joshua Cho 17 from South Korea, Kadi...

 
Traveler isaiah68

April Update
2009-05-11, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

The month of April proved to be interesting time- I spent many weeks looking for permanent work and in the mean time working random temp jobs. It's been great to live near the YWAM base and not be an ...

 
Traveler isaiah68

Trusting in God
2009-04-28, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

Today at 3pm, my flight home from Christchurch, New Zealand to Oregon, USA will be leaving without me. Yup- that's what I said, WITHOUT ME!!! I guess this is what it's like to fully trust in God and b...

 
Traveler isaiah68

Luke 13:6-9
2009-04-20, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

"And he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now I have come seeking...

 
Traveler isaiah68

end of the school, start of something new
2009-02-24, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

Last update! All the teams returned to base this last week! We spent a wonderful week together debriefing what God has been doing in their teams and in our lives. We spent a lot of time discussing ho...

 
Traveler kimgolden

life is getting exciting...........
2009-02-21, Oxford, New Zealand. By: kimgolden

Life updates are hard to come by when you have a lot going on. Today was our first free day in three weeks and I slept in until 11am because I was so stinking tired. It's good. It's about to get reall...

 
Traveler isaiah68

Christmas is coming
2008-12-19, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

Merry Christmas [yes, I know this is a little early]!! Tomorrow morning at 10am, our New Zealand backpacking team heads out for our two month outreach. We only have two definite plans- Christmas in W...

 
Traveler isaiah68

ministry news
2008-12-06, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

Every Friday night our school goes into Christchurch to do ministry. Last Friday was an awesome and encouraging night. One of our students brought a large piece of paper and painted the words "let's b...

 
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Transition to December
2008-11-27, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

Here are some thoughts on the month of November as I prepare to move on to our last month here on base. My outreach team meets every week to prepare for the two month backpacker ministry. Each stud...

 
Traveler isaiah68

November Update
2008-11-04, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

Oh my, is it really November? And has it really been a month since I've last written? Yep... unbelievable. Well, I will try to express everything from the past month as best I can. The students arr...

 
Traveler isaiah68

Praying
2008-10-21, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

The Lordship of Jesus...the truth that Jesus is the lord of our lives and wants to heal, change and direct our lives. That's the topic this week and that's the intensity of the Spirit. I'm spending m...

 
Traveler isaiah68

news of the week
2008-10-14, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

Well, the latest news involves one of our students. It was our first weekend trip and it was a day trip to a place called Castle Hill. This is the same place as my profile picture. Well, a group of st...

 
Traveler kimgolden

and then i turned 21. (some reflections on life. or something.)
2008-10-10, Oxford, New Zealand. By: kimgolden

At the risk of sounding like an old woman, I'm going to attempt to share with you guys where I'm at right now and just a little bit of my heart. This week I turned the big 21, which isn't old, I k...

 
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so much to do
2008-10-01, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

As I mentioned before, Matt gave us our outreach options a few days ago. I prayed about it and wrote out my top three choices. I'm not sure when I'll hear which team I'm leading, but I'm excited to be...

 
Traveler isaiah68

one more day
2008-09-29, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

On sunday, our school leader Matt gave the staff the outreach options (the two month missions/evangelism to backpackers). We were given a day to pray about which team we should lead and now we are awa...

 
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JOY... so much joy
2008-09-26, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68

I set up this travel journal with the intent of writing more...ha! Well, it's been a month and I haven't written once. Time to make a change. I arrived here in Oxford about one month ago, how the time...

 
Traveler saradekker

Moving on...
2008-09-12, Oxford, New Zealand. By: saradekker

Questions! Many people have lots of questions for me lately! So here is a general update for those who are wondering. After graduation in Israel, I visited a few friends in the UK and Switzerland...

 
Traveler rochellep

Lecture Phase - The last few days
2008-06-24, Oxford, New Zealand. By: rochellep

Today is the last day that everyone in our school will be together until me meet in Israel. We have come to the end of lecture phase and outreach is just ahead. The past days have been crazy with pa...

 
Traveler sloughj1

New Zealand Recap! 2008 AW80 lecture phase and school leading
2008-06-07, Oxford, New Zealand. By: sloughj1

My Arrival date in Oxford, New Zealand: Nov 19, 2007 School start date: Jan 14, 2008 My departure date to visit teams on outreach: April 11, 2008 Graduation Date at Mt of Olives, Jerusa...

 
Traveler Isaiah68

How long have you known this
2007-12-25, Oxford, New Zealand. By: Isaiah68

One of our school leaders shared an experience of a friend of hers. Suzie, a photographer, travels around the world to different cultures and people groups. She not only takes photos of the people she...

 
Traveler Isaiah68

A burden on my heart
2007-12-09, Oxford, New Zealand. By: Isaiah68

I just want to share a burden that God put on my heart. We had worship this morning and God showed me the nations of the earth. I had compassion as he showed me all the hurting, lost, and spiritually ...

 
Traveler Isaiah68

Church serving and the Holy Spirit...
2007-12-06, Oxford, New Zealand. By: Isaiah68

Last week was the first chance for our outreach team to work and serve together. Last week was Church Serving Week. Basically, what this means is that all the students are split into our outreach team...

 
Traveler Isaiah68

Happy Thanksgiving
2007-11-21, Oxford, New Zealand. By: Isaiah68

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family! I hope you have safe travels and eat lots of yummy food!!! We had a Thanksgiving celebration here last thursday. It was called the Love Fest! We had ...

 
Traveler Isaiah68

WAM Night (World Awareness and Missions)
2007-11-20, Oxford, New Zealand. By: Isaiah68

There is an album on my ipod called the "hunger meal" that I got two years at Glacier Pres. Camp. I was working at the summer camp and we hosted a hunger meal for the high schoolers. There was a drama...

 
Traveler Isaiah68

Mirror of God
2007-11-03, Oxford, New Zealand. By: Isaiah68

I feel like my time here at DTS has been a chance for God to place a mirror up to my face and asking me to open my eyes...to see myself, really see myself. It's not a condenming mirror, it's a loving ...

 
Traveler Isaiah68

A day in the life of Nicki
2007-10-29, Oxford, New Zealand. By: Isaiah68

What am I doing New Zealand? Since I've been here for almost a month (weird ), I thought I'd share what a daily schedule is like here in Oxford, New Zealand. From the day I arrived, October 8 until a ...

 

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