And here is an example of where my time (see prior post) has been invested as of late. But, the office is up and running and we now have more room... one step at a time. 
The 'new' portable office on-site and in-use - thankfully!
Inside the portable office - never know who may show up...
An early morning sun break through the misty coolness of a warming day.
A fire from Alaska. Fun times to ring in the recent New Year!
A sunset in the late afternoon over a frozen Alaskan expanse - near the Wood cabin of Southeast.
“God sends people our way.”
J. Oswald Sanders
It has been said by someone, sometime, somewhere, that you can tell much about a person by considering how they spend their time. Well, I don't know if I have really heard such as a quote - although I quite imagine it going something along those lines.
In any case, time is the one resource we have control over. Natural abilities or talents, God-gifted abilities or talents - those are things that we can't control the origin of. We have what we have.
But time, now that's something that we have one minute and lose the next.
So, I don't know exactly where my time goes. The days here escape me. When all is said and done, at the end of the day, there is much to be thankful that the day has brought forth and there are those things that wait for a future day.
It begins to torment me that this blog has been left in disrepair, unkempt for days. The desire is to maintain this electronic space , and that on the Skyline website, in addition to keeping up with the emails and contact to the world outside of New Zealand...
So, to say that I value those of you who are not here with me in New Zealand is a very true statement, although if one would review the way I spend the time I have been allotted in this life, it may not ring so true.
Be assured that I thank each of you for your friendship, prayers, financial support, emails, letters, and love. None of that goes unnoticed, though it may be unaffirmed. 
More night artistry of Will & Trevor - good, eh?
The recent 2006/2007 Backpackers Discipleship Training School graduating class - God speed!
"...faith is vision..."
J. Oswald Sanders
Really, this has nothing to do with anything, other than its just Beny being Beny.
Whoa. Time stops for no man (or woman). There are evenings where it’s an effort to recall if a certain event occurred that morning or the mornings of past days. The days have been full, and it has been good.
I have struggled over the last two weeks to complete a newsletter and updates for this blog and the Skyline blog. The intent was, in fact, to have some pictures and a few short thoughts assembled two weeks previous. Hah! That was a nice thought anyway.
So, the newsletter is done, and the blog updates are seemingly a work in progress. Maybe someday I will return to the habit of actually posting something witty and interesting more often then every month, but, we'll have to wait and see what next week brings...
In other, more pressing happenings, we had a student here who just last night broke one (?) of her vertebrate falling from a height of maybe 10-12 feet out of one of the massive hedges here. Thus far, it doesn't appear this has affected her spinal cord (i.e. she is able to walk), but the CTscan today should provide better information. Prayers for her healing and for her family would be greatly appreciated.
Oh, and for those of you who are mySpace fans, yes, tis true, I have one - but I didn't make it, and I DON'T check it! So, basically, I ignore it. Yes, I am certain some of you are heartbroken, but that is the reality of it - my apologies.
Here are some pics from around these parts (I did not take them all): 
Night artistry by Will & Trevor
A sunset over part of the Base (the Ghetto, actually)
Base Staff outing - overlooking Taylor's Mistake
Reflection of Christchurch seaside from Noah's Ark replication - checkout this
The Welcoming for the AW80 DTS back in mid-January - we are doing a 'Christian' version of the New Zealand Hakka
