Rob's Rave and Silvina's Stories Living life at the end of the world
Lifeway
I am leaving…
To my wonderful friends, good mates, and whanau. Greetings. I have some news to tell you all… it is now time to leave New Zealand. That’s right. I am leaving Lifeway, FTN, and New Zealand. All at once really. And not too far away. I will be back in Australia (from whence I came originally) [...]
History of NZ – TNaT
At the beginning of 2000 I formed my own business – TNaT (Thiesfield Networking and Troubleshooting). I had just got a job contracting to the Wellsford Medical Centre and needed a company to keep my finances separate. TNaT did this very nicely. It also allowed me to provide computer assistance to local companies around the [...]
Moving On…
To all my friends, I trust this finds you in good health. As you all know, I am leaving New Zealand in 2wks to go to South America, with a stop in Australia on the way. It would be great to keep in touch and let you know how things are going with the journey. [...]
History of NZ – 2000
After the dawn of the new millenium, and nothing the doomsayers claimed actually happened, life returned to normal. It was during 2000 that our Evangelism team thought up a new course for youth leaders. After much deliberation on names, we all settled on “R18″. Something that points at youth and makes a visual impact. My [...]
History of NZ – 1999
In 1999 I arrived in New Zealand on the 21st of January 1999 believing that God had directed me to join Lifeway, based in Snells Beach. The details of this are a story in themselves so I won’t go into that here. When I arrived my first six months were enjoyed as a student on [...]
History of NZ – 2002
Near the beginning of 2002 I was moved to FTN. This is our regional television station, now known as Family TV. It seems that the transformation I brought about to the computers throughout the college was noticed, and now it was hoped that I would bring a similar change to the desperate state of computers [...]
History of NZ – 2001
Once the new R18 course started this year things were in full swing. I found that I was starting to do a lot more computer work. Supporting people with computer problems was the main area, but there was also some competition between the technical guy, Matt, in FTN and me. This resulted in a competition [...]