Let the Experience Begin Part 2

Somewhere I have always wanted to travel is New Zealand. A friend I served with at The Well, David Akina, was actually born there and when I told him what I was looking to do he mentioned the possibility of staying with some of his relatives. Several weeks went by and I had not heard anything from Akina and I knew that I had to figure something out quickly becuase my financial situation was on the decline. I found out that another friend, David Obwald, taught swimming in New Zealand for a year so I decided to give him a call. Immediately after I had told Dave what I was looking to do he told me he had someone in mind that I could stay with. It wasn't long after that David called me back with great news. David said he talked with Will Anderson, one of his swim students, and that he would be able to accomodate me. It turns out that Will is from Hawks Bay on the north island of New Zealand but is attending Otago Universtiy in Dunedin, which is on the south island. God had finally opened a door for me and so I immediately capitalized on the situation by selling off posessions, like my 2007 Honda Civic. After I sold my car, which was a miracle how it happened, I found myself with insufficient funds to purchace a plane ticket to New Zealand. Now I had a lot of friends who knew what was going on in my life and that I was planning to move to NZ. God began to provide in the most amazing ways the resources I needed to purchase my ticket. I was able to find work through friends and family which was a tremendous help. Suprisingly though, the majority of the money I received came not from the work I did but rather people wanting to support and bless me as God had laid it on their hearts. On Saturday June 14th after selling some rubbish at a yard sale I finally had enough money to purchase my ticket, so I did, around 3:30 that afternoon.