The center of God’s will is our only safety. – Betsie Ten Boom

Waipapakauri Beach

A trip from Kaitaia to Waipapakauri Beach

“The camera is a wonderful tool, but nine-tenth of people using it are simply button pushers, who let off their cameras as one lets off a firework.” –

D A Spencer

Waipapakauri Beach

Waipapakauri Beach

Waipapakauri Beach

Preferred access to Ninety Mile Beach

Speed limit on the beach is 100km/h

Near Lake Ngatu

Near Lake Ngatu

Near Lake Ngatu

Kauri Kingdom

Kauri Kingdom

A good place for a cup of coffeee (Tiger Mountain)

Faith is not shelter against difficulties but belief in the face of all contradictions. – Paul Tournier

If you find yourself loving

any pleasure better than your prayers,

any book better than the Bible,

any house better than the house of God,

any table better than the Lord’s table,

any person better than Christ,

any indulgence better than the hope of heaven —

take alarm. – Thomas Guthrie

What a surprise to see hairdressing in action on the market place in Kaitaia last Saturday. I think I saw hairdressing in the open air in Bombay in India.

No two persons see people and things alike.

What we see and how we see depend upon the nature of our light. – Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Holy Scriptures tell us what we could never learn any other way:

they tell us

what we are,

who we are,

how we got here,

why we are here

and what we are required to do while we remain here! – A. W. Tozer