Category: Ministry

PioPio and Inglewood

PioPio and Inglewood

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 […]
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Burnetts

Burnetts

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 […]
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Veronica is 8 years old

Veronica is 8 years old

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 […]
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Angelina

Angelina

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 […]
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Off we go again – on our way to Christchurch

Off we go again – on our way to Christchurch

From On our way to Christchurch, posted by Tuti Hess on 7/08/2012 (14 items) Kaikoura mountains and coastline. IMG_3720 IMG_3721 IMG_3722 IMG_3723 Going inland – more mountains. IMG_3725 Big waves. Going to see the baby seals at Ohau point. They hang out at the waterfall. Levi and Veronica looking down at the baby seals in […]
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Crossing over from north to south

Crossing over from north to south

The day started out OK but it ended up quite cold in the end. The boat was delayed 2 hours so when we left there was only about an hour of daylight. Thankfully the crossing was smooth and there was a playground and TV on the boat to help keep the kids occupied. Woke up […]
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Ange & Sara

Ange & Sara

It was great to catch up with Ange, Sara & the boys. It was too bad that we didn’t have a little bit more time with them. We were so impressed with Ange and how well he is communicating in English now. Well done Ange & Sara you have come such a long way from […]
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The beginning of our trip down to the south island.

The beginning of our trip down to the south island.

It was a really wet, cold day when we left. The desert road was treacherous, it actually snowed and everything was shrouded in mist. We were in the path of a squall all the way to Masterton. These photos are all that I remembered to take of our time in Masterton. We felt an earthquake […]
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My Dad and our trip to Te Kuiti to see the Bell whanau.

My Dad and our trip to Te Kuiti to see the Bell whanau.

From Dad and trip to Te Kuiti, posted by Tuti Hess on 6/25/2012 (24 items) Really great to listen to my Dad talk about his life growing up on the farm and his w… Dad on a mission to see if he can get down to the creek and find some watercress. No way down […]
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Trip to visit my mothers grave-Ngatira

Trip to visit my mothers grave-Ngatira

From Trip to Ngatira, posted by Tuti Hess on 6/25/2012 (27 items) IMG_3474 IMG_3475 IMG_3476 IMG_3477 IMG_3478 IMG_3479 IMG_3480 IMG_3482 IMG_3483 IMG_3484 IMG_3485 IMG_3486 IMG_3487 IMG_3488 IMG_3489 IMG_3490 IMG_3491 IMG_3493 IMG_3495 IMG_3496 IMG_3497 IMG_3498 IMG_3499 IMG_3500 IMG_3501 IMG_3502 IMG_3503 Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher
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