If you pray for rain...

It's Wednesday. well, last night i was in Taupo getting myself mentally prepared for the possible sky dive this morning at 7am. i was with a room full of girls from england who were also signed up for that early dive. after the lady at the bungy jumping place telling me i could not bungy jump, i did question how much different sky diving would be and if i could do it. it's all about the shear forces that your head goes through with the jerking and your not allowed to do it if you have brain injury, epilepsy, or neurological disorders. does brain surgery 10 years ago count and being on seizure medicine currently? i think so. i called the sky diving place yesterday and they said i needed to talk to the safety instructor. they said if he okay'd it then i would actually jump with him. that seemed safer. well, the real issue was the weather. i prayed a very specific prayer. my prayer was "Lord if you want me to go skydiving then please let it be obvious, but if you do not want me to go, please let it rain." guess what? first thing this AM i heard tons and tons of rain falling down on the roof. i got up with the english girls and we called just in case, but i knew the answer, duh, you can't go in the rain! i was actually relieved. i think i was starting to be a wee bit scared at the notion after seeing that i couldn't do bungy jumping. they say the force is different, it's more that your entire body jerks when the parachute pops out. whatever the case, i had a peace because i prayed so specifically and the Lord answered. so, i just asked Him if I could at least sky dive in heaven one day. :) or you never know, miracles can continue to happen.

today we drove only an hour and a half to Rotorua, the town known for it's geothermal geisers (like Yellowstone National Park), it's Maori culture and zorbing. we had a short drive with Jason the driver and said our goodbyes to the group. we will have two nights here and then head to Auckland on Friday. i have to tell you about what i did today in my next blog...