One Crazy Sunday

March 27, 2011

We went to the Fairy Springs Ward for church this morning, and I think we doubled the size of their ward. I am so grateful though to have the true gospel in my life and to be able to go to a ward anywhere in the ward and to know the doctrine and gospel is the same. It is on of the great blessings of being a member of the Church.Leaving church was the start of our adventure for the day. We all load up into Jim's big van and tried to back out but there was no room. There was maybe 3 meters behind us and then another car and a cars on both sides of us. Jim tried to get out and ended up after about 15 minutes getting out and turning towards the church within centimeters from the car behind us. We turn towards the church and there is still no way out. Jim tries to turn around by turning into another space but there wasn't another space so he went up onto the grass and with in centimeters of the church building. He tried to back up but then we almost hit a basketball pole. After about 40minutes in the parking lot, and trying to get out, we finally were able to back up all the way through the parking lot and that was just the start of our day.

After church we drove 90 minuted to Lake Taupo, which is the largest lake in New Zealand.It is 22 meters long by 20 meters wide. The view of the lake was gorgeous. Before stopping to walk around the lake, we went by this hole in one by the lake that Poppop would appreciate. What happens, is you start with a golf ball on the shore and hit it to a platform in the lake trying to get a hole in one. No one has been successful in the challenge yet.

Walking around the lake was a gorgeous sight. Katie and I walked and talked by the lake and then went over to this park that has a train running through it and a fun playground. We went on the pentagonal swings and swang with these kids towards the center of the pentagon trying not to hit each other, we also went on this fun spinning thing. They have such fun parks in New Zealand. We also walked by  cafe and coffee shop called friends just like the show Friends and over by a McDonalds that had a huge airplane for the the kids to play in. Why don't we have parks and play places like this in the states?

After about 40 minutes it started to rain pretty hard, so we walked back to the vans. We started to head back, but then James ran a stop sign and Jim slammed on his brakes so he wouldn't and our van went hydro planning and almost flipped over.So scary. I saw my life flash before my eyes. After recovering from that little adventure, we headed about 10 more minutes down the road and then got a flat tire. James came back to help and him and Jim changed the tire, but it took about an hour to do so because the van didn't have a good jack or spare tire. We only had a used spare tire, so we put that one on the van. It was quite a sight I am sure to see 16 girls on the side of the road with 2 guys changing the tire. Definitely a very eventful Sunday.

When we got back to the Bronze's, we introduced them to a baked potato bar and had those for dinner. It was really good. I have missed baked potatoes. After dinner we watched a walk to remember, but I more fell asleep on the couch. What a day.