Hey,

Well sorry I haven't written for a while! I actually wrote a big group e-mail the other day saying everything we've been doing and I have no idea why it sent blank. Oh Well!

Anyway things are going well with me; although, I have been homesick the past couple days with lots of stress regarding flights and stuff. Right now we are in Paihia, Bay of Islands. It's in the Northland so right at the top of the North Island. It's right in a bay and there are 144 islands so it is really beautiful. We've actually been staying with Sarah and Ricky who are 2 girls that I lived with in Surfer's Paradise, Australia.

I got a job with the City of GP starting May 1 so when we went to change our flights, we found out that the airline was completely booked up and we were on a massive waitlist. There ended up being 1 day for all of March and April and it was April 30 getting home May 1 so I would have started my job on May 2. They ended up rescinding their offer of employment cause I was going to miss the 1st day of orientation and safety training.

Now I'm close to broke so we have to work for a while. We were going to go to Australia and work on the island resort Emma was at but I just got a big e-mail from her saying that they just got airlifted off the island in 120km/h winds. She’s down in Brisbane staying with a friend’s mom. They had to leave so quickly that they didn't get any time to pack so they have nothing with them. She might be coming to NZ sooner now which would be wicked.

I guess working on the island is definitely out of the question now so it looks like we are going to work here for a bit then travel the south island for probably 3 weeks then head home for around the end of May.

Other than that we just sold our van the other day to a young couple from Arizona travelling with their 5 year old daughter. They ended up buying it for $600 and we only paid $100 and travelled for over a month in it. Other than that not too much is new. Please give me a quick e-mail back letting me know how things are going back home as I really, really, really miss home!!. Take Care and Talk to you later!!