No, you don't want to fall in there.
Or there.
Awesome artists palatte at Wai-O-Tapu.
And from ground level. How awesome is the sulfur spewing out of the ground?!Wednesday, February 16, 2011
NZ Trip #3 - The Volcanic Stuff
Or there.Awesome artists palatte at Wai-O-Tapu.And from ground level. How awesome is the sulfur spewing out of the ground?!
Monday, January 10, 2011
NZ Trip #2
Some highlights...
The flight over on Emirates... steak for breakfast... first time out of Australia!
Beach walk at Waimarama...
Grandpa on the Mancastle. Yes, that is a sandcastle in the shape of a man symbol with beer, cricket and soccer equipment.
Waimarama Sunset
View up Te Mata Peak from winery...
View from Te Mata Peak to the Winery!
Good being a physio when you roll your ankle badly... No fracture - all good!
Awesome ocean spa at Napier - those pools are super hot!
My beautiful wife at the amazing maze in maize at Hastings.
Lunch for Granny's 80th at the Mission Estate
My wife with her favourite course :)
Dan the Man.
What do you think? Chocolate factory somewhere.
Grant, Lady Nadine and Lady Knox Geyser
The Geyser again. Goes up to 12m high, they set it off with surfactant!
The flight over on Emirates... steak for breakfast... first time out of Australia!
Beach walk at Waimarama...
Grandpa on the Mancastle. Yes, that is a sandcastle in the shape of a man symbol with beer, cricket and soccer equipment.
Waimarama Sunset
View up Te Mata Peak from winery...
View from Te Mata Peak to the Winery!
Good being a physio when you roll your ankle badly... No fracture - all good!
Awesome ocean spa at Napier - those pools are super hot!
My beautiful wife at the amazing maze in maize at Hastings.
Lunch for Granny's 80th at the Mission Estate
My wife with her favourite course :)
Dan the Man.
What do you think? Chocolate factory somewhere.
Grant, Lady Nadine and Lady Knox Geyser
The Geyser again. Goes up to 12m high, they set it off with surfactant!Sunday, January 9, 2011
NZ Trip #1
In a word, New Zealand was awesome. Fantastic and amazing part of God's creation that reminded you more of hell while you were there, but more of that later!
This is me at a Mulligan Cafe! Pretty cool since Brian Mulligan is a kiwi (although this was the golfing mulligan where you take another shot)
More posts to follow, may even upload some volcanic videos...
This is me at a Mulligan Cafe! Pretty cool since Brian Mulligan is a kiwi (although this was the golfing mulligan where you take another shot)More posts to follow, may even upload some volcanic videos...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Teaching Children About God
Why should we bother teaching our children about God? Should we just “let them decide what religion to follow when they’re old enough” as is currently fashionable to say?
The Bible has plenty to say about teaching children.
The pattern is clear. God wants children to know about him. He wants future generations to serve him and fear him as God. Raising children in the instruction of the Lord is part of our obedience to scripture, and is one of the ways God chooses to preserve a people on earth who serve him.
Taking children to church, teaching them Sunday School, talking about God with them or reading them their bedtime bible stories, is doing God’s will for their lives, and your lives.
The Bible has plenty to say about teaching children.
- God chose Abraham to “direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just” (Genesis 18:19)
- Moses was keen to see generation after generation continue to fear the Lord as long as they lived (Deuteronomy 6:1-3), and he instructed the Israelites to impress God’s commands on their children, and to talk about them all the time (Deuteronomy 6:4-7)
- Joshua set up a memorial so that future generations would know God’s power and that they would always fear him (Joshua 4:20-24)
- Significantly, Jesus wanted the little children to come to him without hindrance (Mark 10:13-16)
- Paul wanted fathers to “bring them (their children) up in the training and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4)
The pattern is clear. God wants children to know about him. He wants future generations to serve him and fear him as God. Raising children in the instruction of the Lord is part of our obedience to scripture, and is one of the ways God chooses to preserve a people on earth who serve him.
Taking children to church, teaching them Sunday School, talking about God with them or reading them their bedtime bible stories, is doing God’s will for their lives, and your lives.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Mt Keira #2
My earlier goal of 27 minutes may have been a little unrealistic.
I did it this afternoon in 31 minutes and 35 seconds. It was a big improvement on the 34 and a half I was doing last post, but still a long way to go.
Maybe I'll try for 29 minutes by the end of the year instead!
I did it this afternoon in 31 minutes and 35 seconds. It was a big improvement on the 34 and a half I was doing last post, but still a long way to go.
Maybe I'll try for 29 minutes by the end of the year instead!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Mt Keira
I'm trying to get fitter, not fatter. Nadine is a very good cook!
There just happens to be a fabulous hill nearby called Mt Keira nearby. Here's a view from below looking up (that's the big thing on the horizon at the back!)
And from above looking down! (As an aside, how awesome is this part of God's creation with the mountains and the sea so close!)
In other words, it's 466 metres altitude above our house, and takes a lot of climbing on the bike!
The record for the ascent set by a Norwegian friend was around 24 minutes, my best time was 28 minutes and 37 seconds. Currently I'm doing it in 34 minutes and 23 seconds.
I've set a goal of 27 minutes by the end of the year.
Can I pull it off? We will see!
There just happens to be a fabulous hill nearby called Mt Keira nearby. Here's a view from below looking up (that's the big thing on the horizon at the back!)
And from above looking down! (As an aside, how awesome is this part of God's creation with the mountains and the sea so close!)
In other words, it's 466 metres altitude above our house, and takes a lot of climbing on the bike!
The record for the ascent set by a Norwegian friend was around 24 minutes, my best time was 28 minutes and 37 seconds. Currently I'm doing it in 34 minutes and 23 seconds.
I've set a goal of 27 minutes by the end of the year.
Can I pull it off? We will see!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
The Man Mulligan
Brian Mulligan is a physiotherapy guru. Here he is some time ago performing an elbow technique on a man with a moustache almost as good as his!
Brian has invented all sorts of physio techniques that work on tennis elbow, headaches, dizziness, knee pain, hip pain, back pain, neck pain, toe pain - almost any pain you can think of - the list goes on!
And this is what he looks like now!
It was an honour to learn from him and pass an exam in his concept to become a Certified Mulligan Practitioner last week. It's not every day you get to spend time with a guru in any field. Big thanks goes to my boss here who prepared me very well for the exam - couldn't have passed it without him.
Brian has invented all sorts of physio techniques that work on tennis elbow, headaches, dizziness, knee pain, hip pain, back pain, neck pain, toe pain - almost any pain you can think of - the list goes on!
And this is what he looks like now!
It was an honour to learn from him and pass an exam in his concept to become a Certified Mulligan Practitioner last week. It's not every day you get to spend time with a guru in any field. Big thanks goes to my boss here who prepared me very well for the exam - couldn't have passed it without him.
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