Thursday, August 1, 2019

We Made It To New Zealand

After a two hours from Salt Lake City, UT to Los Angeles, CA and then another grueling 13 hours to Auckland we made it to New Zealand. By the time we made it to our beds it was 44 hours without sleep and we lost a calendar day in the process.

We were met at the airport by a wonderful senior missionary couple (The Taylor's from Orem, UT). They drove us to Hamilton, NZ where we had a shower and a change of clothing.

We next went to the mission office where we met the President Erekson the mission president and his wife and most of the office staff.

We were given a car and sent on our way south to our new home in Turangi.

Oh my! Driving on the left side of the road was nothing less that intense, especially since we were sleep-deprived.

We are in our new flat now and starting to meet people and get used to the metric system, high prices of everything, and re-adjusting to winter again. Note that it was in the 90's in Salt Lake when we left and the nights here are in the low 40's.

More to come ...
Auckland Airport

Lake Taupo

Steering wheel on the right

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Turangi
Our Flat in Turangi



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