Thursday, October 18, 2012

What a week!! Its all been a blur getting ready for the New Zealand tour and finishing up Glow, but now Im here in Auckland New Zealand, and its surreal for sure. God has definitely been taking care of me this week. When I needed a break, He hooked it up for me to go to Avondale for a while to see some friends and just relax. When I needed money, friends randomly decided to bless me! But today He used the team to bless me for sure. We were all given 30 kilograms to pack. I guess out of 8 people we were allowed to check a total of 240 kgs (about 525 pounds maybe?...rough estimate). So everyone was supposed to weigh their bags and if they had two they were to make sure they added up to no more than 30 kgs. I have a giant bag, so I packed 30kgs no problem in one bag. The first problem though was that we only bought one way tickets to NZL for now, and they wouldnt let me check my bags unless they had proof that I was coming back to Australia. So we had to buy my return ticket on the spot. While that was going on, everyone else was checking their bags right away and they were sent off down the conveyor belt to the plane. When it finally came down to the last bag (mine) they told us we were overweight already. All the other bags were gone already so we could go through them to make them lighter. We asked if there was a way we could pay for an extra bag, but the fee was 25$ per extra kg! My bag was 27 kgs. We dont have that kind of money in a faith based ministry (regardless of the ideas people get about us being a real rich and famous band) so we emptied my bag out right on the floor there and the whole group rallied around me and grabbed my clothes, chargers, toiletries and undies and stuffed them in their carryons. Now here I am, in New Zealand, with just my carry-on. I have a bible, and devotional book, laptop, ipod, chargers, Brookes shoes, my shoes, one of priscillas boots, a vikings sweatshirt and a sweater from H&M. All of my other clothes are in girls purses or guys duffel bags at their billets, so Ill have to get them tomorrow. :) No matter what obstacle has come up this week, God has been faithful to take care of me. Its pretty awesome. I promise to put pictures up and videos soon!! :) Maybe even tomorrow. But no promises.

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