She asked if I wanted to go with her and I was like, "yeah, actually I would" so Janneke, Big Caleb and I all ended up just walking around Hamilton East with some chocolate cake and giving it a way. It was such an awesome feeling to just be able to knock on people's doors and ask if they wanted any free chocolate cake and just honestly see their faces light up with joy. We ended up going down a really long driveway which had a flat or two and then behind the flat was like another whole two blocks of little flats - both upstairs and down stairs. It wasn't until we got to the upstairs ones that we realised it was the flats that we could see from our hostel yet the driveway was like 5 or 6 driveways down the road.
But yea, so many families were just so grateful to receive some chocolate cake and we so surprised to hear that it was free. Some of the flats that we went to, im not even sure if those families would have chocolate cake that often or not. We also met a young married couple who were living upstairs in the flats and as soon as we mentioned that we were from the hostel down the road, the wife of the couple said "oh Taurima? My husband used to live at Taurima."
Although I had other plans for the night and had had a fantastic day up till this point, the highlight of my day for September 24th 2010, was just being able to go out into the community that we live in and just bless so many people. It was such an honour to do that and I hope that some other opportunities occur for us to do this again before the end of semester.
Do you know who your neighbours are? Reach out in your community and get to know your neighbours - we are all blessed to be a blessing!
Love and blessings to you all,
Kath @ Taurima, 2010!
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