New Zealand

We just heard word from New Zealand.....here are their words...

We're Here! Kia Ora! Which means hello in the native Maori language. We just wanted to let you all know that we made it here safely! We got in to Auckland around 5am yesterday. We were all very tired and you will not believe that we made it until 8pm (which would be around 4am US time) that night without falling asleep!..crazy right?! :)We started with breakfast at the Fussner's, settled into our host homes and then explored downtown Auckland. We were challenged to walk up to complete strangers in the city with questions to ask them to better understand New Zealand people and their culture. The people that opened up to us were very friendly and were very willing to talk about anything. There are different nationalities here...we love the diversity. It was a very neat experience!We were able to go to One Tree Hill, the park not the show, and it had an amazing view! But it was really cold there so we didn't stay long. After we ate New Zealand hamburgers at BurgerFuel, we crawled to bed and slept for almost 11 wonderful hours.Today we worked with Habitat For Humanity clearing up a site where a house used to be. It was fun getting down and dirty in all the mud! Fortunately they lent us some gum boots.We are heading to dinner now so we will talk with you later. Sorry for the delay in the first post. :) ~Team New Zealand