Last Sabbath Down Under - Bunyip, Australia, November 4, 2023
On Sabbath, November 4, we gave three meetings at a local meeting hall in Bunyip, Australia. There were about 30+ people in attendance. The meetings were well-received. Today is our last day in Australia. The journey home begins tomorrow. It has been a wonderful trip. Thank you all so much for your...
Phillip Island Memories
On Thursday, November 2, our friends and hosts joined us for an unforgettable trip out to Phillip Island. Phillip Island is an amazing place and we thoroughly enjoyed this day! Our primary target in going was to see what they call the Penguin Parade. The Little Penguins (yes, we are far enough down...
With Valerie and Peter in Labertouche - November 1
Valerie and Peter Saunders, along with Maria and Adi (who are coming by to meet us this morning at 11 AM) have been joining us online for several years. They first discovered Lighted Way Ministries through their friendship with Jackie and Belinda (from New Zealand). In fact, Belinda has known Valeri...
Traveling to Australia - October 30
After a couple of weeks with the beautiful people of New Zealand, we said our goodbyes and flew from Tauranga to Auckland, New Zealand and from Auckland to Melbourne. Our friend and main trip coordinator, Belinda, came with us along with her mom, Jackie. It was a long travel day. We thanked Bernard...
Sabbath Meeting in Tauranga, New Zealand - October 28
On Friday, October 27, the local Lighted Way Tauranga group went with us to set up the rented Ohauiti Settler's Hall , located in Tauranga, New Zealand. We put up the materials table, set up the tables and chairs, for an expected 30 people, for the three meetings the next day. After setting up, we h...
Back in Tauranga
We are back in Tauranga, New Zealand. Today we're blessed to have a quiet day of sleeping and drinking lemon tea, trying to kick some sore throats we've picked up. Our next meeting appointment is Friday evening, when we'll be having fellowship and Questions and Answers at Sheri's home (a believer in...
Kaiwaka Meeting, Tuesday, October 24
Belinda, our friend and main hostess, drove us north to Kaiwaka on Tuesday, October 24. Fin and her daughter rode along, joining us for our northward trek, and the meeting there. The landscape is lush and green, making for many beautiful vistas, out the car window, on our journeys. We've certainly b...
Meetings in Manaia - Sabbath and Sunday - October 21-22
We arrived in Manaia on Friday, October 20. We are staying in the home of a local family of believers: Margaret, Karen and Tony. They have built a family compound with a garden. As a result, they have guest rooms to accommodate quite a few of us who came across from Tauranga. On Friday evening, we a...
Meeting Lionel and Jenny in Waverley - October 20
Bernard and Fin (who accompanied us on our cross-island journey) knew a couple who had moved from the Tauranga area to Waverley about 18 months previously. Neither Bernard nor Fin had been to Lionel and Jenny's new place. And they wanted to stop in for a visit. Fin made the arrangements via cellphon...
Traveling from Tauranga to Manaia - Friday, October 20
Bernard Dassler, one the believers in Tauranga, is our gracious host here in New Zealand. We are staying in his guest room, most of our time here in New Zealand. On Friday, October 20, Bernard drove us across the North Island of New Zealand, journeying south and west with the goal of reaching Manaia...
First Full Day in New Zealand - Tauranga at Bernard's
Today has been a lovely and restful day. The believers here in Lighted Way Tauranga are all very gracious and delightful! We are staying in the home of a precious fellow brother in the faith, Bernard. For those of you in Prophecy Club and in the Torah Class, these folks are part of those online clas...
We have arrived!
Our travel journey began on October 16, when we flew from Eugene, Oregon to San Francisco, California. From there, we caught a big plane packed with 285 passengers (including Mark and Shauna) which was flying to Melbourne, Australia. This was a 15 hour flight. It was hard to get sleep sitting up in...