TX Conference details
Friday:
spent most of Friday driving up to Papakura (South Auckland). had our powhiri and i stammered out my mihi. people said it went greatly, so i’ll take their words for it :o) cruised out to a Youth Café for the evening. it was pretty cool. did a few acts up front with some of the other Team Xer’s.
Saturday:
Cindy Ruakere spoke to us this morning. she’s cool. some of the stuff she said was really good and thought-provoking. split into our teams after lunch for The Great Jafa Race. i was in One Nation Crew. we drove into Auckland, then had a scavenger hunt up and down Queen St. my team didn’t win, but we got some awesome photos:
One Nation Crew (Jess, me, Jono, Sarah, Hannah) busking. we made $2…
posing at a Queen St. intersection
dressing up at JayJay’s
cruising on a **free** bus
had an awesome worship session in the evening, followed by a great session from Ash Taylor. played cards and talked with people ’til the early hours of Saturday morning.
Sunday:
did some DJing for Whetu’s presentation about integrating a professional aspect into Team X. went to church later, which was cool. there was a huge lunch put on afterwards, followed by some sport. played netball. it wasn’t indoor netball, so nobody got hurt :oP
went for a swim later, then everyone got prettied up for the 2oo6 Team X Grad Dinner. it was nice. went to night church, where the 2oo6 trainees graduated. stayed up late again talking with peeps.
Monday:
broke into workshops today. i went to one about funding and one about learning & listening styles. we all had a drama workshop after lunch, which was fun. then we had a team building/stims/physical activity workshop, which was also fun. we projected Zathura onto the big screen later. people couldn’t get mad with my choice of movie, ‘cos i wasn’t the only person who chose it. hahaha! played cards again and stayed up ’til even earlier hours of the morning chatting wih peeps.
Tuesday:
the last day of Conference! Mike and Bruce shared with us this morning, then we ate lucnh and cleaned the place up. it always sucks when cool things come to an end and you have to say goodbye to everyone and the new friends you’ve made. i cruised back to Bruce’s place with a few others to stay the night. watched Meet the Fockers and V For Vendetta.
Wednesday:
cruised into Auckland with a bunch of people and went shopping. bought The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and Eurotrip on DVD. drove out to Takapuna where a few of us were staying in my family’s apartments. met Sarah from Conference who was at the apartments for a fashion show with her family. random! invited her to come and hang out with us afterwards. a few of us jumped in the spa for a while, then hung out watching TV. Sarah came up and joined us for a while before i dropped her and Katie home.
Thurday:
went to the zoo today with Alisha, her family, Rach, Nicole and Sarah. had a great time. the Auckland weather was so nice that i got sunburnt. dropped Sarah home, then started the long journey back to Palmie. it took about 7hrs, but we got there safely. crashed at Jono’s place.
i’m so looking forward to Conference 2oo7!
