Letters from home 1.0

Hi Guys!

Had a fantastic idea - thought it might be a great idea for those from afar, to have a letter from home every once in a while - kinda like a catch up for all the randoms who decided to leave sunny Invercargill (Wallaces, you know I'm talking to you...)

Currently watching a lot of Flight of the Conchords, since they won a grammy, they must be quality right? Right? Absolutely! Check them out on you tube to see what I mean...

Other happenings this week:

• Had Faylene Sparks come, a really prophetic lady who comes from Clark Taylor's church. She was awesome... oh, and she can spot acting talent when she sees it...
  
• O Week was pretty awesome - may need a sign though so people may actually remember who we are...
• Recieved a huge shipment of games for the games cafe at church - currently loving Hamsterrolle and Pitchcar
• Op shop ball is coming up next week - Shannon will probably put pictures up once we've had it...

Other than that things are going pretty well - connect groups started again this week - still in a building phase really, but that's ok.

How's everyone else doing out there?

Weenie Roast Rules!

Hung out at the Otepuni river run yesterday where we handed out free sausages for the O Week students. Christine and the other organisers were stoked as it was the biggest turnout they've ever had (free food bribery was a big drawcard apparently).

Shannon took photos I think, but in the meantime, here is an artist's representation of the BBQ we were actually using (may or may not be accurate or to scale... in fact I know so little about engines, using this may have literally killed me...)

Hanging out for Op Shop ball now... how's everyone else in the other centres?

O Week 2008

Hey guys,

If you are new here (in Southland or on the blog), click to find out what we're all about! We've got some exciting activities planned for OWeek 2008 in Southland. Hopefully you saw us around @ the lifestyles expo (when you weren't busy watching guys and girls change clothes - seriously though, who does that???). On Thursday we'll be at the Otepuni cheering on the river runners, and providing a barbecue for potentially hypothermic people...

Also we've got some cool stuff happening soon... the first exciting thing is the Op Shop Ball! Here's a flyer:

Pretty cool eh? Contact me if you need any more info.

We also run some other pretty cool regular events, like cell groups, youth services, and some great outreach activities like games cafes:

as well as XBox and Lan parties, Student meals, and a whole heap of other awesome activities. If you're at SIT, TColl, or Community College down here, you'll see us around... we'll be the ones wearing badges with this on it:

We're Christian, almost 100% pureblood geeks, and unashamed.

Raydog.