Hello family. Glory to Jesus, we arrived in Dunedin.
The trip from Oamaru to Dunedin is normally around one hour forty minutes. But in buses with a rest stop in Palmerston, the trip took two hours and thirty minutes. I didn’t know there was another Palmerston, which explains the Palmerston North name.
We arrived at a camp in Mosgiel twenty minutes south of Dunedin. Along the way we were introduced to the steep Dunedin hills. We quickly discovered a much easier route via the southern motorway.
27th November, we spread out to different locations. Brother Pio in the Octagon, myself and Logen on George Street, the main street in Dunedin.
Logen preached from a busy intersection, As I found a busy location at the Mall entrance. The street was bustling with lots of shoppers and students.
Forty four blessed souls made the decision to stop and accept Jesus into their heart, praise God.
Romans 6:4
Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
28th November, We discovered parking is difficult near the city centre. Parking time limits are short and availability is scarce. I decided to look for unpaid parking further out, and did find one thirty minutes walk from George Street. Praise God, I am getting so much exercise lately.
Today we decided to set up a table with free books and bibles, near the Mall entrance. People would stop to look and receive blessings of prayer and free bibles. Logen peached on the same corner as the day before.
We met fellow brothers in Christ, Jason and Craig from Abundant Life Centre, which is close to City Centre. Jason invited Logen for a meal and dropped him back off to camp. They invited us to join them for fellowship at a men’s breakfast, in church, tomorrow on Saturday.
1 John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
There were so many divine encounters today as one hundred and seventeen people declared to all creation, that Jesus is their Lord and Saviour, praise God, Thank You Holy Spirit.
Hosea 6:2
Come, and let us return to the Lord;
For He has torn, but He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established as the morning;
He will come to us like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
29th November, Wow! another powerfully anointed day as many people were open to hearing about Jesus. We have noticed the people of Dunedin are very friendly and courteous. Amazing people!
Our day started at Abundant Life Centre for the men’s breakfast and bible study. We studied Ephesians, chapter one, which is filled with awe inspiring truth of what Jesus did for us at the cross.
We then enjoyed a lovely brunch and fellowship. We met brother Mathew who along with brother Jason were keen to join us on the street, hallelujah!
Ephesians 1:3-7
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
Jason offered to park our van at his home near City Centre and drive us in. We set up in the same places, but without the table this time. Sometimes the table is restricting, if we are in a location where we need to move around.
Brother Mathew preached for the fist time in public, his testimony and the gospel of Jesus. We sensed a great impartation of Holy Spirit gifts been activated with Mathew and Jason, Thank You Holy Spirit. It always brings me great joy to see fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, stepping out into their callings and Spiritual gifting, praise God.
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble
Today Jesus received a huge harvest of ninety eight precious souls. Having their spiritual eyes opened and starting their journey with Jesus. All glory to Jesus. Amen.
Isaiah 53:10-11
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
God bless you all, to plunder Hell, pulling out of the fire, God’s chosen people.
Jude 1:23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
Not by might nor by power but by My Spirit says the Lord. Amen.
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Paul
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About Dunedin….
Dunedin is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from Dùn Èideann (“fort of Edin”), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.[12] The city has a rich Māori, Scottish and, Chinese[13] heritage.
With an estimated population of 132,800 as of June 2025, Dunedin is New Zealand’s seventh-most populous metropolitan and urban area.[9] For cultural, geographical, and historical reasons, the city has long been considered one of New Zealand’s four main centres.[b] The urban area of Dunedin lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago, surrounding the head of Otago Harbour. The harbour and hills around Dunedin are the remnants of an extinct volcano. The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills, onto the isthmus of the Otago Peninsula, and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean.
Archaeological evidence points to lengthy occupation of the area by Māori prior to the arrival of Europeans.
A Scottish settlement was established in 1848 by the Lay Association of the Free Church of Scotland and between 1855 and 1900 many thousands of Scots emigrated to the incorporated city. Dunedin’s population and wealth boomed during the 1860s’ Otago gold rush, and for a brief period of time it became New Zealand’s largest urban area. The city saw substantial migration from mainland China at the same time, predominantly from Guangdong and Guangxi.[21] Dunedin is home to New Zealand’s oldest Chinese community.[13]
Today, Dunedin has a diverse economy which includes manufacturing, publishing, arts, tourism and technology-based industries. The mainstay of the city’s economy remains centred on tertiary education, with students from the University of Otago, New Zealand’s oldest university, and the Otago Polytechnic, accounting for a large proportion of the population; 21.6 per cent of the city’s population was aged between 15 and 24 at the 2006 census, compared to the New Zealand average of 14.2 per cent.[22] Dunedin is also noted for its vibrant music scene, as the 1980s birthplace of the Dunedin sound (which heavily influenced grunge, indie and modern alternative rock).[23] In 2014, the city was designated as a UNESCO City of Literature.[24]
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