Recently I was priviledged enough to lead a group of 11 youth from the division on a trip to New Zealand. Once we arrived in New Zealand we joined a group from Northern Victoria Division and spent some time touring around the north island. Over the time I had the opportunity to really get to know these awesome young people.
While we were in Auckalnd we were hosted by the Manukau Salvos who kindly fed, cared for and even allowed us to sleep on thier corps floor, couches, chairs etc only asking us to bless them with our leadership/participation in Worship on Sunday morning.
During the first few days we were accompanied by one or two of the youth from Manukau, but on Sunday the Manukau youth group as a whole joined us. what a blessing this turned out to be. after the initial 'get to know you' phase we quickly became a very tight group with people from all groups blending easily. It really wouldn't have been the same if the Manukau crew hadn't joined us!!
During this trip I watched as these young people made new friendships, learnt and experienced new things, and gained new insights. I know that some of them had some awesome God moments while actually at the MakeChange conference, but from talking with many of the young people since getting back, some of the most profound or lifechanging moments they experienced were as part of the large western/northern Vic./Manukau group
I praise God for the work He has done in their lives, and pray that He will continue this work.
I just want to say a huge thanks to all of the group for making the trip so great, and a special thanks to Stu and Nari for the organisation stuff they did to make this trip truly awesome.
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