Flying high

It's Sunday! And that means a sleep in….. Breakfast at 8 is actually quite civilised! Followed by your choice of activity until time for church.

     Anyone for a game of cards?             Brooklyn's choice of souvenirs has been marvellous!

PD time….

All eyes to Vicki…

It's still Sunday! And that means we had the blessing of attending church with the Poatina community. After breakfast we walked to the small community hall, where we were welcomed by Poatina villagers, and helped run the service. Students opened with singing that lifted the spirits of everyone present. Luke Graham, Nicholas Van Honk and Isabella K-M shared their story as a testimony of how God has been present and working in their lives. With a few teary eyes surrounding us, shortly all eyes would turn to the screen to watch the finished video of the work all of Year 9 put into yesterday's workshop. 

Meeting with the Poatina community at Church...

Isabella shares her story with the community

Time to sing!

Connecting with the environment in a performance video...

Making a difference

 Soccer in the sunshine

What a blessing little Amy is!

After church, meeting new people and enjoying morning tea

An hour later, nerves and excitement spread through the bus like wildfire as we headed for our next adventure… the HollyBank Treetops! After strapping in and going through a practise run, we were soaring through the air like birds at speeds making it almost impossible to breathe! As the climax that was flying through the trees for 400m at 70-80km/hr approached, our excitement heightened! At one point we were 50m above the ground over a creek. Adrenaline! Adrenaline! Adrenaline! We were like a cannon ball of awesomeness! The tall trees were beautiful, the air was crisp and clear and we had an amazing and exhilarating time. Surely an adventure that will not be forgotten any time soon!

Pumped...Let's do this!

Everything is awesome!

Flying through the trees on the Treetops adventure! Well… the practise run at least.

Gettin' pumped for the 400m 70km/hour ride to come :-) 

As long as we have ALL of the instructions sorted…

Check this out….!