Jan 20th

I have now landed safely in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand. It’s a little tiny town about 20 minutes from the city of Hamilton and about 40 minutes from the coast. The family that I’m staying with consists of: Don and Davina (dad and mom) and Martin (boy, age 6), Dallas (girl, age 5), and Chance (boy, age 4). They’re great. There are also two other WWOOFers currently staying here with us, they are: Tony from Wisconsin and Seema from Alabama. Its funny to have so many Americans in one place. It’s nice, we relate to each other really well, and they are both really cool.

On a daily basis we end up tending to their 2 pigs/5 piglets (so cute!), calves, chicken, roosters, turkeys, ducks, two dogs and the squirrelly children. We end up working about 4 hours a day, or up to 20 per week. They are extremely relaxed. For example, on Monday it was raining so I baked banana bread and chocolate chip cookies for my work. Don and Davina have a great sense of humor, so we get along just fine.