It'll all be alright; I'll be home tonight; I'm comin' back home...

Well tonight is my last night in Te Anau for 2 weeks. Tomorrow at 8 am I am leaving for Gore, which is almost 2 hours away - and then from there I am going to a Young Adults Camp for Friday and Saturday, where I will be leading worship, apparently. I got a call from one of the girls who is helping to plan and run it, and she said that the worship leader backed out and so therefore, would I be willing to do an acoustic worship set?

Hmm. Wow. I'm not cool with that but whatever...I said yes coz I knew they'd be pretty desperate I guess.

But anyways, tonight I had a meeting with the student volunteers who are helping with Belinda while I'm gone - and Belinda is the one who is taking over the centre for me. I "hired" two new volunteers tonight, and they seem pretty stoked about helping.

Anyways when we were done meeting, I kicked them all out...without even taking a second thought that I won't be seeing them for two weeks now. It's kinda sad because I already miss the little ratbags! Even the one who used to give me a lot of grief when he first started coming to youth!

But I made a mark on a few of the boys by spiking their hair really crazy before they went home to their father. hehe...I'm excited to get a reaction next time I talk to Iain about his boys' hair.

So yeah...I just finished cleaning up my office and making it suitable for Belinda to come take over...and now I"m about to head home for tea, to pack my suitcases and go watch McLeod's daughters with Bethany later on. I feel like I'm missing something but of course I can't think of it. Oh well. It's not like I'm leaving forever.

But it still is kinda sad. I know I'll miss these people, even if I won't miss the frustrating situations that are going down at the present moment. The kids are great, and every one of them had a slight devastation when I said "I'm leaving tomorrow" and purposely didn't follow it with "...for two weeks" haha. I wanted to see what reaction I got and they were all pretty gutted about it.

Anyways, I should probably be going. I will be in Pukerau for the next two nights, and then on a plane to Toronto on the following night. I'm pretty excited, to say the least. I miss my family and friends!

See you all soon!