I started this blog post in January… Yup, that’s more than 2.5 months ago! Well, better late than never. I had several lovely weeks of holiday over December and early January. First, I went on a brief trip to Tekapo and Aoraki National Park with Kara and Jackie! Now to share some of my holiday…

I want to share about my long visit back to the homeland! I kicked off my visit with a trip to Arkansas and Mississippi. It was a huge blessing to spend a weekend with five of my closest friends from university in Jackson, Mississippi. We wandered around campus and other favorite spots. These girls mean…

I’ve been back in Kaikōura for almost a month now! It’s been a challenge to get back into the routine of blogging again… My five week visit to the States turned into five months. It worked out that CCSP was taking a semester off and my brother was getting married (plus I needed a new…

I thought I wouldn’t be posting anything else until my return to NZ, but I had such a good visit to the North Island that I wanted to share it with y’all! I visited my dear friend brenda, at her home Ngatiawa River Monestary. I also had the chance to see my friend Mary in…

It’s been a month since we ended the semester and our 2022-2023 academic year! I find it hard to believe I’ve been back in Kaikōura, NZ (and working with CCSP) for about 10 months now. In many ways, it feels natural and easy to be in this place, with these people, enjoying this part of…

The past two weeks have been devoted to the God and Nature course. I was the TA for the first week then Stephen did the second. I have been looking forward to being the TA for Steven Bouma-Prediger ever since I read his book “For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation…

Well, it’s been a month since I last updated this blog. Whoops! I’ll blame it on being at the point mid semester where I start falling behind on things. Anyways, here’s an entry on the two weeks of Marine Ecology. I will post one on the two weeks of God and Nature shortly! We started…

Hello! We’ve been back from Wellington for a week now, which means its time for a recap. It feels like we were just up there for the previous semester! We did have some some trouble getting across the Cook Strait this time but thankfully we made it there safely. I’m really grateful for friends who…

The past two weeks have been sweet! It’s fun to see the students begin to really settle into this place and the rhythms of community at CCSP. Of course, it’s not always easy to learn how to live with others so I don’t mean to oversimplify. Overall, we’re well on our way to becoming a…

The new semester has begun and it seems to be off to a good start! It’s always exciting and nerve-wracking the first few days of living together. I love witnessing their first impressions of this beautiful place and of each other. It’s also a period of big adjustment to live with a whole new group…