So yesterday I finished packing then travelled the 5 hour journey (thereabouts) to drive to Oxford, New Zealand (sorry to those of you who thought I was going to Oxford, England).
Saying goodbye to Dunedin was a little hard, but not as hard as it could have been. I guess it helps that most people I know had gone home for the holidays. I almost teared up driving out of Dunedin but instead focussed on how much I would grow on DTS and how much my relationship with God will grow.
I was picked up by the very lovely Sophie and Mandi who jokingly welcomed me to New Zealand. I was quite happy to learn that I am in fact the only kiwi on this DTS (hence the blog title). It's a bit weird to be surrounded by different accents almost continually in your home country.
This DTS is super small; nine students in total. We were all expecting around 30. Turns out 15-30 is the norm for here so this really is a tiny DTS. At least I should learn everyone's names. The greatest amount of students come from Canada (four), not America as I was expecting.
My hunger for more of God has been stirred over the last few days so I am encouraged for what is to occur over the next five months. Everyone's prophecies have been super accurate and encouraging. Whenever I may start to wonder what I am even doing here I remind myself of those. I'm so glad I took the time to write them down.
Please pray for more snow so we can go skiing. Porter's will be our regular ski field and has not yet opened.
Kaitlin x.
