Hello friends in Christ. This morning we said our farewells to our beloved friends in Christ, David and Margret and departed for Blenheim.
We booked into the same camp as last time, just south of central Blenheim.
My son Reid and grandchildren came to visit. It was lovely to see them again. Reid helps manage one of the biggest logging crews in Marlborough.
In the morning We connected with my son Jacob, who works for a freight company in Blenheim. We enjoyed a lovely catch up and breakfast in town.
From left, Paul, Bob and Pio
At midday, we were invited to join a dear friend in Christ, Bob, to go fishing in the Pelorus Sounds. Bob has been a close friend, since I was 17 years old.
We met brother Bob at the Havelock Mariner, where he arrived in his alloy boat from Nidia bay, where he lives. There was a slight delay as we waited for a friend to pick up some of his belongings.
The weathers was lovely with a slight breeze, praise God. Bob took us to the head of the Kenepuru Sounds, to a spot he had success at before. We caught a decent snapper, then the line snapped on another good strike.
We decided to motor around to a mussel farm and try there. But not much action there. Then we headed back to shore.
When we beached the boat, we were amazed to see the whole beach covered in mussels and oysters.
Brother Pio was very excited, to say the least. We proceeded to harvest and feast, on the beautiful big oysters on offer from God our Faithful Father.
Genesis 9:3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.
Psalm 34:10. The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.
After a decent feed of oysters we decided to head back to Havelock Mariner. Bob went to check the time and realised he had left his phone at the wharf. Here’s where it got really interesting….
Brother Bob was anxious that he may have lost his phone. We went into prayer and asked the Lord to send Angels to protect Bob’s phone, hide it from being taken and deliver it into his hands when we get back to the wharf.
Well, on the way back Bob continued to fret about his phone being lost, but we put our trust in Him, and continued to reassure Bob, that God will return it back to him.
When we arrived back at the mariner, the phone was no where to be seen. Bob started to loose faith as we could not find it in the van, or his car at his friend Tama’s home.
All the while, I continued to reassure Bob, it is in the Lord’s hands regardless, do not worry.
We dropped Bob off back at the mariner, as he needed to get back home, to Nidia bay. We wondered if someone might have picked up the phone and dropped it off to the mariner main office.
We prayed for Bob at the wharf, when his friend Tama turned up to offer Bob a bed at his place, seen as it was late. And they could check into the mariner office the next day to see if his phone had been handed in.
We also prayed for Tama, while there. Suddenly Bob said “I found my Phone. Right next to where we where all standing, there is a white power box.” Bob’s phone had been sitting on top of it, there the whole time, right where he had left it.
Right next to a path where many people had passed by it. God had sent his Angels to protect the phone, so nobody could see it, just as we prayed. God had us praying right there together for enough time, till Bob looked up and spotted the phone.
This is a great testimony for all of us, to trust in the Lord and put everything in His hands. It is after all, the only reasonable thing to do, Amen.
So brother Bob not only received his phone back, but also a blessing, a decent snapper that feed four people, apparently, and a wonderful testimony of God’s faithfulness and love for all those who trust in Him for help, Amen.
Philippians 4:6-7. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 3:5-6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
Mathew 7:7-8. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
We departed from there quite late, but still managed to call in to see Reid and family one more time before leaving the next day.
Praise You Jesus, for all Your help and what You accomplished for us at the cross. You gave us the keys to eternal life and freedom in Your perfect love for us.
Mathew 16:18-19. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
God bless you all to trust in the Lord with all your hearts.
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Paul
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About Blenheim….
Blenheim (/ˈblɛnɪm/ BLEN-im; Māori: Waiharakeke) is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand.
It has an estimated population of 30,300 as of June 2024. The surrounding Marlborough wine region is well known as the centre of the New Zealand wine industry.
It enjoys one of New Zealand’s sunniest climates, with warm, relatively dry summers and cool, crisp winters.
Blenheim is named after the Battle of Blenheim (1704) in the War of the Spanish Succession, where troops led by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough defeated a combined French and Bavarian force. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of “flax stream” for the town’s Māori name, Waiharakeke.
Wikipedia
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