What's new in New Zealand?

Ben Carswell  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Sep 2008
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The doctor prodded and poked, asked many questions and performed various tests. After about half an hour, my New Zealand Immigration medical was all over.

All that needed to be done was send the results away to New Zealand Immigration and my state of health would be assessed. I’m pleased to say that, aside from a few small concerns, I was passed with a clean bill of health. It seemed no time before I was on the plane bound for New Zealand with a visa to work with students sharing the gospel.

Outreach on campus

Two years ago, I had led a small team from the UK to work with the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship in some of their evangelistic outreaches on campuses around the country. Having seen the needs and opportunities, my wife Jenni and I were invited to return to New Zealand on a more permanent basis. After much prayer and consideration, we left the UK in January this year, so that I could join TSCF as their National Outreach Co-ordinator, based in Wellington.

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