Crickets & travels....

Off to see Will Henson today, down in Ashburton. One of his roles is that of Lincoln Uni CF president this year, and I haven't seen him since the end of term. He's been spending the summer working on a farm as practical work for his degree, so it'll be great to spend some time with him today. I hope to read a Psalm with him (like in SLC), pray and chat about next year; specifically Orientation, Wed meetings and cell groups. He's such an encouragement to me, the way he 'gets' that CF is a mission team. I hope I'm some encouragement to him too.

Heh - even more exciting than seeing Will in Ashburton is the cricket! Yah! NZ beat Aus for the first time in 8 attempts! What a run-fest. Great to be at Jade on Saturday for the day/nighter, even managed to convince Hamish it was time for him to see his first cricket match. What a great atmosphere. Aus set 331/8 - huge score. For NZ to win it'd mean the highest run chase in a ODI - EVER! And they did it! Some huge hitting from Styris, Oram, McCullum (50 of just 25 balls) and the solid Vettori. Always love seeing Aus loose.... felt a bit bad at getting caught up in it all and cheering when Johnson, Aussie fielder, fumbled the ball. But felt better seeing a Chch pastor doing the same. Surely, it can't be that bad if he's doing it too?!?! There's a lesson in there eh......