Im Offically and Old Man Now!

Well it finally happened! Today I spent the better part my early afternoon waiting in a small glass-walled room for Mackenzie Cheryl Nichol. Mackenzie is the youngest of three beautiful daughters all born on the same day, September 11th! I sat with several other parents all waiting with baited breath, (including one that could easily have been Jennifer Aniston’s twin sister just a few years older) for the soon expected return of our children from the examination room. At various intervals throughout the allowed 30 minute test a drama was being played out. It was communicated with sighs of relief, smiles of delight, smiles of proud parents, smiles from the happy clerk behind her massive desk, and even a few smiles from the other expecting parents. That's when the page waving, skipping, smiling MacKenzie came zipping around the corner with an "I-just-past-my-learners-test-for-driving-kind-of-smile" stretching from ear to ear. And it hit me right at that moment, it hit me like a ton of bricks and I felt old. Very old! Like where did the time go kind of old. Two weeks ago I was handing over the keys to the car to Danae and watched from the end of the driveway as she zipped away to her friends place for a birthday party all on her own. I shot a prayer up to the Lord to protect her! And felt old! What do you do when you feel old? You tell yourself you're really not that old yet! There are plenty of people older than me, right? I still seems like I’m in my twenties so I can't be that old! Any way, congratulations to Mackenzie on the passing of your learners test I'm proud really proud of you and congratulations to you Danae on getting your drivers license on the first crack. Way to Go! So all that’s left is Paige, she still has to go for her drivers examination. Hopefully it will take her a while to get it done… I need to recover from the last two! Here's a couple of shots from these recent events…enjoy!

School, Soccer & such

This week i spent most of my time nose deep in my books over at the Bible College of New Zealand library. The paper this time is a 5000 word essay in commentary format on a parable of my choice. I chose the Good Samaritan and have I ever enjoyed my in-depth study of this well known story. I am almost finished and should have the final touches done by next Wednesday Sept 12th.
I’m not bloging as much because of over use of face book. It seems to have taken over my life. I have way to many contacts and I can’t possibly keep track of them all. Oh well. Once in a while I get a poke or a note from some of my old bible school friends or somebody from the Okanogan. I like that very much.
One of the best things that has happened to me since we got here was spending 7 full days and nights with 2 teachers, 3 moms and 16 teenage girls all kiwi folks. I finally got a good look at the inner workings of the kiwi world. Not to mention I had a lot of fun too. It was full immersion baptism and I loved pretty much every second of it! My roommate Tony, the physics/science teacher is a great guy and we led the team on and off the field together. Much fun and even a few slender chances to engage in a couple of light hearted conversations regarding faith, morals and other religious type conversations.
I have decided to just upload a few pics for you to enjoy of our weekend in Taupo. It really did remind both paige and I of peachland. Situated on a lake, homes going up the hill, long beach along the main drag; Only difference was the two massive volcanoes in the distance. (Which we got a peak of on the way into town and on the last day because the weather was nasty!) Anywho, here are some photos of our experience.