New Year, New Beginnings

It has been a good year for us, our first year in New Zealand. There were challenges, trials, but there were lots of blessings as well. All throughout, the Lord has been with us (as He promised), carrying us when times get rough, inspiring us when everything seems hopeless, leading us when the road becomes confusing; but always with us, never leaving us.

This year, God led us to a church where we felt His presence as soon as we entered the door at Eastgate Christian Centre. In fact, today, we just came from a nice lunch fellowship with the Filipino families of Eastgate. Immediately we feel like we are in a family, especially with a Filipino Pastor to be a shepherd to all. Meeting new people, new friends, but with the same old faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

I have never been good in the kitchen (that being not one of my forte, if there is any at all), but it didn’t stop me from helping with the barbecue. The fellowship was so great that it is not difficult to be just yourself, without inhibitions, without any qualms at all. We might have done a good job with the barbecue because everybody survived (without having to call the paramedics).

I still don’t know where we are going, neither am I sure of what’s going to happen, but there is something I am very certain about - that the Lord is with us, and He will never leave us.