lots and lots of sheep.

so much has happened.

i do have a bit of time to write, but i'm currently entertaining 13 year old david (so of farm owners at the same time!) at the same time. he's going on about feeding lambs.

first off...if you want to call me from outside of new zealand this is what you need to do:

dial the code to get out of the country (for the u.s. it's 011)
then dial 64 (new zealand's country code)
then dial 2102653080

this is my cell phone number

from within new zealand (if you happen to be passing through) it's 02102653080.

so there ya have it.

just quickly...

i've traveled from auckland to wellington (south tip of north island) on an 11 hour bus ride and met two older kiwi ladies who had done missionary work in india and bangledesh (sp?) and had met mother teresa. passed by mt. doom (lord of the rings) along the way. beauty everywhere. then i took a 3 hour ferry ride to picton (north tip of south island). took a bus to kaikoura where i've been for the past 4 days. went fishing and caught barracouda, pirch, and crayfish (delicious). saw some albatross (incredible!) and dolphins. also took a walk around the kaikoura penninsula along limestone bluffs and saw and smelled some big fat seals, got attacked by some oyster catchers, and spotted two yellow eyed penguins in a sea cave. the water is incredible and blue and i wish i could describe it to give you an accurate picture. i will try to upload some photos in the future (as i said before) when i get on a faster computer.

i'm in my second day on the sheep far. the farm is amazingly beautiful and about 1600 acres.

i'll write more soon. love to all.

i touched my first sheep today!