New Zealand

Finding a Church Abroad

My dad asked me the other day how we find Lutheran congregations to worship at around the world, and I thought the answer might be useful to other Christian travelers. In my dad’s day it would have probably involved asking his…

New Zealand | April 12, 2026

Chrissy

Nomadic Life - So what's it like?

As a someone who never traveled as a kid, I mean, I’d never left my home state before flying away to college at 17 years old. I never really thought much about travel but I was always fascinated by the incredible things that I’d…

New Zealand | April 10, 2026

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On My Kiwi Bookshelf

Everywhere we went in New Zealand, and we went all over the place, there were bookshelves galore. Almost every hotel and cabin we stopped at had piles of books for guests to read, and we spotted quite a few take a book/leave a…

New Zealand | April 8, 2026

Chrissy

New Zealand - Part 2

We’re at the beginning of week 4, our last week here in NZ. I’m sitting at the dinner table of our *fantastic* airbnb here on the north island in a little beach town called Kūaotunu on the Pacific Ocean. The back of the property…

New Zealand | April 5, 2026

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New Zealand Post ... Office

New Zealand seems to have a very streamlined postal system in place. I don’t know if it has operated this way forever, or if it is the result of cutbacks away from a system more like I’ve encountered in the U.S. and everywhere…

New Zealand | March 26, 2026

Chrissy

First Week in New Zealand

So everything anyone has told you about New Zealand, it’s all of that and so much more. We’ve had the great bit of luck of being here under some perfect weather. We’ve gotten perfectly clear views of Aoraki / Mount Cook for…

New Zealand | March 22, 2026

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