Author: Tuti Hess

It was sad to say goodbye but we were grateful for the special time we had together with my dad, and my sister and brother. It was also a joy to spend a little more time with my sister and her family in California before we returned to Florida. After a 3 hour delay we […]

Dad and I visited the Waikato museum. A highlight for me was witnessing a group of Asian students with a local museum guide as he explained maori protocol for going onto a marae. They sang a beautiful waiata and were so respectful in their interaction. I wish Dad and I had more time as there […]

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We were so proud of Carissa for her willing participation in this play that was performed by the children of Hukanui Bible church. The children traveled around the world via a time/space travel machine. Their mission was to find Bible verses from each country that would give them a special message for the world. You […]

Photos of Dean and Peter working on the portable sawmill were taken out in the wop wops back behind Te Kuiti somewhere. Dean was thrilled to spend time with Pete, to see the New Zealand native bush and also to experience some kiwi forestry ingenuity. The photo of the family with the guy with the […]

Christchurch was cold! It was reverse culture shock having to use an electric blanket again but at the same time we sure were glad to have them to keep warm at night. A shock of another kind occurred when Dean and I were settling into bed one night. Dean had hurt his shoulder and was […]

Another exciting event that occured when we were in Christchurch was Veronicas birthday. We took her out to Macdonalds then went shopping in the mall for her presents and then back to Burnetts for supper, ice cream and birthday cake. From Veronica is 8 years old, posted by Tuti Hess on 8/01/2012 (5 items) Birthday […]

I had not seen my cousin since 1997 when my mom passed away. I remember her bringing flowers to put on my moms grave. We used to play together as children and then as we grew up we hung out together. I was at the birth of her first child when she was just 16 […]