Last Day of Christchurch

Went to mass today at the cathedral. I didn’t know what to expect, but people had told me that is was a lot of standing and sitting, reciting, and listening. Very ritualistic. And that is exactly what it was. I don’t have much of an inclination to go to another really, but it was interesting to go to one and see what it’s like

And it was a beautiful sunny day today!! :) I loved it – such a nice change from the day before where it was freezing cold and cloudy. The people are right when they said that the weather changes fast in NZ – felt like a winter day then a nice spring one right after. So we went to the botanical gardens. And Anela and I had some serious photo shoots lol. It was so much fun. And her camera is amazing. We got some great pics. She’s gonna teach me how to use her camera on manual and stuff because I think it’s be awesome to learn. Compared to my digital camera, her pics are so much better. And my digital camera is pretty decent. I’d love to get a more professional one – I would just have to get into the habit of taking more pictures thought lol. I have been taking tons of pics on this trip so far though, so if that trend continues I might start to get into the habit of taking more pics. Maybe lol.

We had to leave around 2:30 in order to get back in time for dinner at the convent. Halfway back home thought our bus broke down! Something about not enough air pressure in the brakes – I don’t know, I’m no mechanic guru. But our bus driver was a newby and didn’t really know what he was doing lol. Our group was over ½ the people on the bus though, so we didn’t mind. Took about 45 min to fix, so we barely made it back on time for dinner.

We were soo excited for Jess’s dinner though – free food!! And so good! Love it. Then we had another Samoa briefing, and learned that we’ll only be taking classes there for 1 week! A couple days of orientation, one week of classes, then one week of just homestays. Sweet. :)

Classes start tomorrow. Kind of nervous about that, since everyone’s saying they’ll be pretty rigorous. Gotta just hope for the best I guess.

Leah