Easter Weekend

The Cadets and BCM staff were in charge of running Easter services at Wellington South Salvation Army.

We were split into 2 groups, 1 group in charge of Friday and 1 group in charge of Sunday... I was in the Friday group with Rob, Sammy & Lusi.

We decided to make the service like a funeral - we carried in two pieces of a cross at the beginning to the Passion of the Christ soundtrack and nailed it together up the front of the church - it was very powerful (see above picture)

All the cadets also did a powerful creative performance to an Easter song on the Friday.

At the end of the Easter Friday service, I led the procession (cross bearers) out the door and on a public street march - that was great.

Easter Sunday was a cool service too, with Dale & Philippa dressing up as the women from Israel declaring that the tomb was empty - it was funny - they came running in during a congregational song and interrupted it by yelling "Come and see, the tomb is empty!" and all of the cadets ran out of church after them. The congregation was left wondering what the heck is going on - it was fun. On Monday, I went back to Karori Wildlife sanctury for the day and had a great day exploring and finding all sorts of endangered creatures - as you see the tuatara up above - completely wild just sitting there when I walked past.
This little fella is the rare North Island Robin and they are lovely and not shy at all - I had a lot of encounters with these guys because they like to follow you on the track so they can get the bugs from the path we disturb - except this little guy above who was very interested in my drink bottle as he had a little poke at it.
And yes, these are ducks - the rare brown teal - and they are thriving in Karori
And this is a beautiful black shag who decided to put on a glorious display just for me or maybe he was telling me to go away - anyway I enjoyed his display.
I am always amazed everytime I visit Karori - it's like stepping back into NZ bush 200 years ago - the sounds and sights of the birds are fantastic - you will never see or hear anything like this in the native bush nowadays.

Anyway, I had a great Easter and I hope you all had a great Easter too.