It does sound auspicious, although we didn’t plan it to be, when Joshua booked the tickets. But we are leaving for New Zealand on 11-11-11. Interestingly, we arrive on 11-13-11, as we cross the international date line. I’ve never done that before.

 

We decided to take this trip because we’ve had a tough row to hoe the last year and a half. My mother had a rather mean form of tongue and throat cancer, and every vacation from school was spent tending to her to give my other siblings relief. I’ve never been away from Joshua for so long. Thanks to those who prayed for me.

 

Have you ever thought about that? In my prayers, I pray for others to find peace when the world seems difficult. One night in Cape Cod, I realized that people were praying for me, who didn’t even know me. I accepted their love gratefully.

 

So now we’re going to spend three weeks together “tramping”, as the Kiwis call it, in the vast national parks, and soaking in geothermally heated waters around Rotorua. There are also boiling mud pots and geysers. We’re thinking of swimming with the dolphins, but it might just be too chilly. But we plan on taking a tall ship sailing trip, and maybe a ferry ride. Then we’ll climb a glacier if possible, and will venture to Hobbiton, where the “Lord of the Rings” was filmed. We’d like to watch a game of Cricket, since the Rugby World Cup in Wellington has just passed. What are their stadiums like? Do they sing “Take Me out to the Ball Game?” Do they drink beer and eat hot dogs, or fish and chips? And we’ll catch some 3D movies, since there isn’t a 3D theater here.

 

We’ll study the Maori culture, and dine at one of their hangi feasts, which is their form of luau. I’ll learn what greenstone is, and we’ll go to all kinds of museums, and a zoo or two. Joshua’s goal is to get a lot of pictures. I’ll take some too. And who knows what else will be in store for us????

 

We’re allowing Spirit to guide us. We’ve contacted some "A Course in Miracles" groups, and will meet some new, but familiar friends, and then the day we arrive we will get a little tour of Auckland from a friend of my late uncle and mother. I’ll be beaming out a lot of love and happiness, and I expect you’ll feel it.