Car Shopping

We have spent most of our week car-shopping and looking for a place to live. We have finally moved forward and made some progress with the purchase of our new (to us) car...or should I say mini-van! Below is the 1999 Honda Odessey that we purchased!



The used car market is great here becuase cars are imported to New Zealand from Japan. The regulations for a car in Japan are more strict, so cars are not usually owned as long before they are shipped away. Our car is a new import and has never had an owner in New Zealand before us. We are very excited about the good deal we got on our car.

Back in the states we often wished for a van so that we could haul around youth group kids. We were blessed to have many people with vans in our church that we would swap cars with when we needed more room to transport kids. One of the reasons we got our van was to use it for youth group activities. We already have our first trip booked with the youth group for this Friday night. The youth group from Shore is going to a hot-springs water park and we were invited to go along...and drive!