Term Break

Everyone is back at the Old Convent from their term breaks. As a group, we covered a lot of ground! Most of us explored Aotearoa, while 4 travelled to Australia. Here's an inside look at two amazing trips the students embarked on!

Jacob (Messiah) out for a surf

Team Snorkel!

Tyler Burns, Jacob Reisler, Kris Kline, Betsy Seigendall (All from Messiah College)

"For term break, we first headed south to head north. After a freezing, sleepless night in Christchurch airport, we flew to Auckland and drove way up to the top of the north island to the town of Whangerei. We stayed with the most accommodating, kind family in New Zealand as they housed, fed, shuttled, and gave us plenty of ideas on how to spend our week. After catching up on sleep, we explored the town and did some souvenir shopping. After dropping by the huge Kauri trees, we spent a day learning to surf on homemade boards (by a family friend of our hosts)–we even all stood up by the end of the day! The next day we caught a boat and snorkeled in the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand's first marine reserve. We also stopped by The Kiwi House where we spotted New Zealand's most famous bird, and took pictures at the beautiful Whangerei Falls. Finally, we started the long trek home, which included a night of card games and way too much Dominos Pizza. It was a great week for sure!"

-Kris Kline, Messiah '13

  

Top Left: Team Snorkel! Jacob, Tyler, Betsy, and Kris (Messiah)
Bottom Left: Betsy and Jacob spend a day at work with their ophthalmologist host

Right: Betsy, Jacob, Tyler, and Kris at Whangerei Falls 

Party wave! The whole gang hangs 10!

Matt (Messiah) and AJ (Messiah) decided to spend their term break in Australia. They headed to Sydney and got to see the sights. From there, they left for Cairns to snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef and zip line through the Daintree Rain Forest.

Top Left: Matt and AJ standing in front of the Sydney harbor bridge.

Top Right: The Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera house at night.

Bottom Left: Sydney Opera House

Bottom Center: Matt and AJ visit the Opera house at night.

Bottom Right: Matt feeding a kangaroo at the Kola Zoo in Kuranda.

We are happy to have everyone back with us and to hear about all of their memory-making adventures!