31 May 2020
Freedom. Sorta. We'll take it! Here we are at Kapu Te Rangi. I love the Maori carved art. These are pouwhenua. Tiki totems. They all tell a story. It is autumn here. Everything blooms, blossoms, and produces fruit a second time!!! Incredible. 67 days and New Zealand is finally down to level 2! We are back in the mission office working! We still have to go through road blocks and security to get to the office and we answer NO to the SAME questions every time we go past the SAME security guard each morning--"Have you been out of the country recently?" (Ya, I flew to Paris for Dinner last night after I left the office at 7:30 PM and flew back into NEW ZEALAND through the CLOSED BORDERS when I was finished) "Have you been in contact with anyone with COVID 19?" Dwight did answer "Not that we know of" the other morning and was reprimanded. I know they are just doing their job. But heaven help us all. We also have to write our name and phone...