Leaving on a Jet plan

Will be flying off to NZ for conference/study trip and tour on thu... Tot I'll jus blog something b4 I leave. Its gonna be a long trip for me. Will be back only on the 18 dec.. Think I'll miss home and miss church man..by the time I come back it will be Christmas. In fact I'll only b working for 4 more days cos I still need to clear my last yrs' leave..... but wat the heck, I have to tour around... else so wasted.

Was packing my luggage jus now and its really difficult to pack cos there are so many things to bring!!!!... for work and later for tour.... my luggage is gonna be heavy.. and plus hv to carry laptop, and we also hv to help carry other stuff... its really madness. The amount of gifts that we need to bring over.... I feel like a santa claus man!!

I have mix feelings abt the trip. Its gonna be stressful. Have to be on my toes 24/7.. ok maybe minus the sleeping time. Just feel that I'll have to be really careful with my words and behavior... I'll feel so restrained.. repressed... can't be myself. Really need to practice servanthood during the trip. Must be extremely totful.. I'm just praying very hard that I wont say the wrong thing... u all know how sarcastic and insensitive I can be. Well perhaps this will be good training for me.

The tot of the trip is pretty daunting to me. Quite different from last yr when I went Canada... that was more exciting cos I was on my own... dnt need to prepare anything.

now I have to present, entertain and please all the bosses... The tot of it makes me feel tired.

Well hopefully the wondeful scenery in NZ will make up for it.

Think I'll jus keep quiet if I hv nothing constructive to say durin the trip. The more things I say the more trouble I'll get myself into.

I'm also a bit concern abt the holiday after that, hope I can get along well with her on the trip. both us are quite different. Hope we will both be tolerant and patient with one another. Maybe cos' shes the artistic sorts.. and usu arty ppl have a unique temperament... well hopefully all will be fine!

R'ber me in prayer yeah.

23 Dec Flight to Auckland
29 DEc Presentation at conference
5-7 Dec on my own in Auckland