Violence

There must be lots of violence going on. I picked up three leaflets dealing with the subject. One is especially concerned for children. It says,” If you are in an abusive relationship, teach your child/dren to get out, get help, and call the police on 111 if things boil over.” -The next says that, “Violence [...]

Stickers (GERMAN)

Auf der Innenseite vom Deckel meines Logbuchs (Diary) habe ich einige stickers, die alle den Namen ‘Jesus’ enthalten. Hier habe ich sie ein bisschen geordnet.
1. JESUS liebt Dich! 2. JESUS hat die Macht, Suenden zu vergeben (Matthew 9:1-8). 3. Wir glauben an JESUS CHRISTUS. 4. Nur JESUS bringt Frieden. 5. JESUS macht frei. 6. Wer [...]

Special Occasion

Special Occasion!

Is Education the key to Harmony?

I guess it is a letter to the editor of the Northern News where the writer says that “Education is the key to Harmony.”
I believe that the key to Harmony is the Gospel!

Ministry for the Environment

Yesterday I picked up a little booklet printed by the Ministry for the Environment. On the front page was written: “Preparing for and adapting to climate change. LOOK AHEAD TO THE FUTURE.”-Also a campervan comes to mind which I saw a couple of days ago. On the van was written one word:”FUTURE.”
Of course I am [...]

19.02.2008

Yesterday was our last class of the course: FIRST STEPS TO BUSINESS (FSB) For the last 24 weeks we worked every Monday Evening through 4 Modules.
I enjoyed the course and learned a lot!

Foundations

Yesterday I was reminded again of a good foundation. The floor of the shed behind our house was rotten and we got it fixed. The old floor was made of triboard and did not last long. ( Water made it into weetbix, if you know what I mean.)
The new floor is properly made and we [...]

Spelling!

At pmirray scohol the taechres are taeinchg crorcet slpelnig. But I tnhik tehy are wtasnig tehir tmie dnoig it, bcuseae slpeling is not ipmoratnt. If it wluod be iprmoatnt you wulod not be albe to raed tihs.

New Zealand

Ahipara/ Kaitaia/New Zealand

Messages and the most important message

Only yesterday I picked up a leaflet at McDonalds on which it says,” Save Lives- Give Blood.” And at the end of the first page is written,” The management and staff of McDonalds, Kaitaia, are just “STARS” for helping us reach YOU with this message!!”
I take it that ‘STARS’ means very eager? Please correct [...]