Tommy, the One-Eyed Horse

Woah.

What a wonderful couple of days.

Sunday.

Sunday was our last Sunday here – and the last service we ran! Sunday afternoon, we drove out to Houhora for an open-air concert on the beach where we had a 30 minutes slot. It was pretty chill, mostly church people showed up and then some tween girls after they heard me and Jacob jammin’ to Taylor Swift. #noshame

And then we spent some time on the beach – I always have to kick and remind myself of how beautiful of a place I am in. sometimes I forget, with all the beautiful beaches I’ve seen since arriving in New Zealand, how gorgeous this place actually is. I must be so spoilt.

 

Then Monday! Oh my goodness, what an incredible day off! We began the day by horseback riding…on the beach. No biggie. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. I had a sweetheart of a horse named Tommy – he cracked me up. He has only one eye, so he tended to try and find another horse’s butt with his good eye and follow them. I spent a lot of my time getting his face out of their butts and getting him to try and play in the water and trot down the beach. He was gold, like Aslan, and was really easy to handle. It was so amazing – I kept reminding myself that, Yes, this is real life – I am riding a horse down the beaches of New Zealand. I was basically Lucy Pevensie.

 

Then we went jet skiing. Ha. SO MUCH FLIPPIN FUN. Reyner, whose family let us use their jet skis, is crazy awesome at driving and I had to hold on for dear life. We went so fast and then, one time, we both fell off! (In actuality, I probably pulled him off because I was holding on so tight – whoops)

What a day.

I love my life.

We’re going back to Matamata in 2 days.

WHAT?

Peace out Girl Scout.