A couple weekends ago, I went away with a few other students to the Coromandel Pennisula. It was a long weekend because of Labor Day so we wanted to head to the beaches.
The first beach we went to was Cathedral Cove. It was about a half hour walk down to the cove but it was definitely worth it. Here is a view from where we parked at.
Here is the path down. It was not as fun coming back up.
Cathedral Cove. The water was pretty cold but there was another island, bigger than this rock, a little out in the ocean, that we all swam to and jumped off of, which was really fun!
Laying out is one of my top five favorite activities :)
After a day at the beach... heading to our campsite.
One of the students said we could stay on his family's land for the weekend but he stressed it was just land with no facilities and wasn't anything fancy. We didn't care as long as we didn't have to pay to stay somewhere. When we got there we realized it was on the top of this hill and had an incredible view! It was such an amazing blessing to get to stay there!
Me on the campsite hill in the morning.
My tent is the blue and orange one. I bought it on 2 week break and then didn't end up using it so it was nice to get it and it worked really well. (and got a really good deal on it)
We went to a church on Sunday that was super sweet in Whitianga.
Classic beach necessities... Blublockers (thank you Mike), journal and water bottle :)
The second day we went to Hot Water Beach. Here's how they have hot water :"Some volcanos develop huge underground reservoirs of superheated water. Over time, this water will escape to the surface — cooling on the way." - Mercurybay.co.nz
So everyone brings a shovel and you dig in the sand and bam you have a hot water pool. It's only in the one area on the beach so it's funny to see all the people gathered in this one spot.
That night, when Leah and I went for a walk, she heard something and it ended up being a hedgehog and of course Leah had a pet hedgehog so she picked the little guy right up.
The last beach we went to on Monday was Whangamata Beach which was also lovely. It's hard to go wrong with beaches in NZ, especially when there were basically no clouds in the sky that weekend. It was really nice to just relax. We have lots of projects this semester so it can get overwhelming but then you go to the beach and listen to the waves and remember how big God is and how silly my problems are and sigh, all is good in the world.
Prayer Request:
- Praise for an awesome roommate this term
- Praise for me getting up early everyday and going to prayer meeting
- Praise for being able to run and warm weather so we can now go in the pool
- Prayer for my 6 week summer break coming up in about a month
- Prayer for time management with assignments and hanging out with friends
- Prayer against worry for what I'll do after Bible School
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