Touch Down

Well I made it to New Zealand, and its a beautiful day here in Oxford... But lets start from the beginning...
On September 30th at 10:00 my mom, sister and I arrived at the airport. We put my lougage through and found out that was the last that I'd see of it until Christchurch which was a huge relife! Taryn showed up shortly after that and we all had breakfast and coffee and hung out until I had to leave. With a few tough goodbyes I was on my way, and at 12:20pm my plane took off. It was probably the hardest goodbyes I've ever had to do. With a short two hour trip I was in Vancouver. As easy as the Vancouver airport some how I managed to get lost while trying to find Ashlynn. Finally I found her, and we spend the whole afternoon talking and cathching up. at 6:00pm I went through customs which was surprisingly quick, then went and waited until 7:30 to board my plane. Still however quite emotional I wasn't the most chattest person on my flights. at 8:30 we finally took off and we were New Zealand bound. It was a long 13 hour flight to Auckland... I watch a few movies, listened to some music, and slept pretty little. My seat was 3 rows behind the wing so it was quite loud which made it hard to sleep. at 5:55am We touched down in Auckland, we weren't in Auckland very long, we were off the plane through security then back on the next plane and off to Christchurch.. Oh! For those who don't know I'm not the hugest fan of airports, I get quite nervous and stressed if I'm under a time limite. So off to Christchurch which was another hour and a bit. Finally we landed at 8:30, and I was more than anxious to get off the plane and to be done with Airports. But the fun didn't stop there. going through customs in Christchurch was quite the time consuming event. I had to wait in line for quite awhile to get my passport and visa cleared, then pick up my bagage(my  duffle bage is ripped all along the top and is usless, my backpack is fine though) and wait in yet another long slow moving line up to get my bags checked, then finally I was out. I was so exhausted by this point that when I came out I forgot to look for my team picking me up! Good thing Matt was there though cuz he called my name and started to run towards me and with a huge sigh of relife i dropped my bags gave Matt a hug, and of course started to cry. Finally the long journey was over. So Matt and Rebecca picked up me and another Rebecca and we set out to find us some food. They gave us a short tour of Christchurch and found us a muffin, then we were off headed to our new home in Oxford. We got to the base where the rest of the team was to meet us at about 11:00am which to me felt like 3 in the afternoon. Matt gave me a quick tour I changed into some fresh close brushed my teeth and unpacked a bit. At 1:00 we had a delicous lunch, and now we are all just haning out and relaxing. I've played a bit of volleyball and have slack lined a bit and now i'm feeling even more exhausted.

I have no idea what the plans are for the rest of the day or even the weekend, but the next time I have some free time to sit down I'll definitely keep you all updated. Thanks for all the prayers everyone!!

April