Earthquakes And Queenstown...

NEWSFLASH...At 1.30am this morning (during our first nights sleep in Queenstown) we were woken by huge tremors in our 2nd floor bedroom that shook the whole area. Though we suspected as much, we didn't find out until the morning that it was the result of an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale that hit off shore NZs west coast near Milford Sound. If that wasn't scary enough, again at 10.30am today, while travelling to do our "Bungy Experience", another tremor from an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale occurred. Fortunately, this time we didn't feel it as we were out driving at the time. Praise God for travelling mercies!

As the above pics taken from outside our hotel room show, Queenstown is a stunningly gorgeous place and wherever you look it is as though the scenic backdrops have been especially painted for a movie set. The hotel overlooks Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown's inland lake, bordered by alpine mountains.

Today's activities included: Bungy Experience Tour (pic below shows it delighted some and terrified others!), drive around Deer Park feeding the animals, Sky Gondola ride (pic below too!) and relaxing spa/sauna.

God is good all the time ~ All the time, God is good!

Genesis 1:9-10 (MSG) ~ "And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good."