Queenstown- South Island Trip Part III

The last leg of our trip was spent in Queenstown. Queenstown may sound familiar to you because it is known as the adventure capital of the world! Though there was much adventure to be had, we had other plans. We were in Queenstown to help out at a weekend of camp at Lakeland Park Christian Camp. The weekend was a family camp and it was sponsored by the Christian Church at Mataura, the church we had been with the previous weekend. The camp is a connecting point for many of the Christian church leaders on the south island of New Zealand. 

There were a little more than 50 people at the camp and it was a great weekend for it. 

Joe and I were busy at camp helping with the kids. Joe lead the high school age group. It was a great experience for him as two of the students in the group of four were not involved with a church. He taught a basic overview of how to read and study the Bible and the students really got into it. Their time in 'class' would be over and students would sit with him at lunch to ask more questions and to learn as much as they could. That was very encouraging! 

I helped out with the kids ages two to ten. It was such a great experience for me, I helped with lessons, crafts, songs, and hung out with the kids during free time. 

 

The rest of our team helped with activities at the camp as well. 

It was a great weekend for us to lead and work together in addition to spending time with different christian leaders and families. We learned how to play cricket, got to experience the chill of the south island (single digit temperatures...Celsius that is...so in the 40's-50's Fahrenheit, but no central heating!), and were able to enjoy camp-New Zealand style. 

Camp ended on Sunday night but our team stayed at the facilities for our last two nights. We spent all day Monday working on team things (planning for more survey, debriefing about Christchurch, discussing how our team works together, etc...) We were able to spend Tuesday morning in Queenstown before our flight left for Auckland. We decided that being as we were in the adventure capital, we should probably have some adventure so we decided to do the Queenstown Luge. We were also told that we couldn't visit Queenstown without trying Patagonia- we were glad we tried it! It was a fun way to end our busy trip south!