August 13-15, 2019 in New Zealand
August 15, 2019th Year of Our Lord
Dear family, brethren, and friends,
I have been getting 8 hours of sleep the last couple of nights, plus on Tuesday I walked three times: an hour before lunch, 20 minutes in the late afternoon, and 30-40 minutes after the evening service. Therefore, my strength and stamina are good at this time by God’s grace. This helps to overcome the wear and tear of traveling and jet lag. The brethren are kind and hospitable in providing plenty of healthy food. The Cabrillas were at work today, so I spent the day preparing tonight’s lesson and working on a ton of email messages, important work which it seems is never caught up (apologies to those of you wondering why I have not responded to your message).
By the way, speaking of apologies, I need to correct this sentence from the previous report: “This is winter in New Zealand and temperatures are running mid-40’s to mid-50’s (7-13 centigrade).” Celsius, not centigrade – what was I thinking???
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