Sheep, sheep, and more sheep

For all of you who wanted my address, here it is:

The Old Convent
278 Mt. Fyffe Road
Kaikoura 7300
New Zealand

Aside from being introduced to some of the academic material today, a main highlight was going to watch a sheep sheering show. It was fun. It was just our group who went today, and the man who was running everything was really relaxed with us. I can tell a lot of people on this trip are from the middle of cities because feeding a sheep and taking pictures with one just made their day lol. A baby lamb had just been born the day before, and we were able to hold it and feed it – that was really cute. Apparently the sheep population is about 35 million down here (whole NZ area), and the sheep:people ratio is about 40:1. Kaikoura is only about 3,500 people, so you can imagine how many sheep are around these parts lol.

I don’t know if I can even start to write some of the things I’ve been thinking about on this trip. It blows my mind away every time I look at the mountains, at how incredible everything is. I feel so small and insignificant when I look at the sites here, and then I just appreciate that much more how great our God is and how awesome and creative he must be to create everything on this earth. I’ve been thinking a lot about what God wants for my life, what my purpose is. That’s been a question that’s been looming over my head for a couple years now, slowly creeping into my thoughts more and more as I fly through my college experience. What am I going to do with this major? What is my future going to be like once I graduate? I’ve been thinking about questions like these and the future a lot lately. I’m really hoping I’ll find some answers while down here. College is a changing process for everyone, especially oversees programs. And I think I’m in a part of my life where I’m ready for change in my life. I want to change. I want to grow.

Leah