Thank you so much for your prayers!!! Just wanted to drop a quick note letting you know that God has directed and protected us. We definatly sensed your prayers because the trip was not near as long as we thought it might feel! The kids were absolutly wonderful and enjoyed every flight and even passed out on the overnight from LA to New Zealand without any help from our friends at Benadryl! They were thrilled with the bag of goodies from zion as did the children in the seats around us! :) When we landed in New Zealand, Kayleigh loudly stated that she was disapointed that the flight wasnt 5 hours longer. Heh-Heh!

We are currently staying with a dear Christian couple in their home in Christchurch overnight to catch our breath before our 5 hour drive today down to Dunedin. Becky met us at the airport with a rather large van knowing that we would not be traveling too lightly. We filled it up! She said that we will take our time driving today and then start with training tomorrow. Maybe a couple days till we get set up in the office. Maybe it the rain lifts we will be able to see the mountains on the drive. From the plane the landscape takes your breath away. Our God sure is creative in making this landscape! "Middle earth" is drop dead amazingly beautiful! I will catch up more later, just wanted to let you know that we've made it safely and are excited to learn and soak up our time here.
Love you all!
Julie for the family