20 February 2021 NZFTS War Cry by The Salvation Army SALT Magazine (NZ, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa)

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The Dawn of a Year of Prayer Growing Up in an Earthquake Landscape June and Ray Baken: A faith-filled life together

Closing a palliative care partnership

Struck Down, But Not Destroyed 10 Years Since the Christchurch Earthquake

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Christchurch, Epicentre of Tragedy Three major events have occurred over the last decade that have changed who we are as New Zealanders: the Christchurch earthquakes, the mosque shootings and the Covid-19 pandemic. The fact that all three events affect Cantabrians directly, needs to be stated and acknowledged—Cantabrians have been at the epicentre of tragedy, loss and trauma. In this edition of War Cry, you will read about the extraordinary and sacrificial nature of a representation of people who served, and still serve, the shattered community of Christchurch. The ten years since the February earthquake has given them a perspective that only time can bring, as they share with us about the trauma of the days, weeks, months and years following the earthquakes. They go on to refer to the change in the people of Christchurch to a more caring and community-minded people and the visibility of The Salvation Army as more than a helping hand, but a shoulder for many to lean on. In keeping with this theme of tragedy, Major Barbara Sampson reminds us on page 20 that no matter what we face, it is prayer and our relationship with God that sustains and enables us to bring the light of Christ into each situation. She challenges us to ‘Just carry the questions’, as there are always unanswerable theological questions that follow on from tragedy. It says in 1 Corinthians 13:12a: ‘For now we see through a glass, darkly…’ (KJV), so it will be on the other side of eternity that we will know and understand the answers to the questions we carry, but, in the meantime, let’s trust our God in times of tragedy and in times of recovery. Vivienne Hill Editor

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Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Ihaia 54:10 Ko nga maunga hoki ka riro ke, ko nga pukepuke ka nekehia atu; tena ko toku aroha e kore e rereke i a koe, e kore ano e nekehia ketia te kawenata e mau ai taku rongo; e ai ta Ihowa e atawhai nei i a koe.

e have a small plot of garden behind my flat, which was just a rectangle of grey-brown dirt when we moved in. Having grown up with what my sister and I claimed was our ‘forest’ along the driveway, gently swaying kowhai and clumps of hydrangea bushes, I’m a big fan of a beautiful, green garden space. I am also not the most committed to the maintenance that is required to make this a reality. Still, over lockdown my flatmates and I put some good hours into that patch, sifting through the beer cans, bottle caps and broken glass left for us in the soil by previous tenants. A couple of my flatmates are particularly greenfingered. Their rooms are filled with parsley and coriander growing in painted bean tins, and their pot plants have slowly been migrating into the bathroom. This past year I’ve watched them spend long evenings out the back of the house, pulling out weeds and distributing compost lovingly over seedlings. Then, a few weeks ago, I was surprised to look out my window and see a full, lush garden that seemingly sprang up overnight. I know that it’s more the case that I hadn’t been paying attention, that all the hard work that my flatmates put into curating and caring for those plants had led to this, but part of me wanted to believe it happened instantly. As we reflect on this decade since the February earthquake in Christchurch, I came to think about this verse in Isaiah: ‘See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland’ (Isaiah 43:19). I love the use of this imagery of growth and water in this passage—God’s restoration feels organic, like a natural progression of things. I have seen this in the short amount of time I have spent in Christchurch in recent years, with green spaces growing up out of broken streets. I have seen this in people I know from the city, as they seek after God and the plans he has for them. A close friend who grew up in Christchurch is preparing to study midwifery this year, a long-time dream of hers finally being realised so she can help bring new life into the world. These are the new things. And, like the sifting and turning of the soil that my flatmates did for our garden, none of this comes without effort. Sometimes God invites us in to be a part of his planning and caring for what he is planting, and sometimes we wake up and look out our window and are suddenly aware of all the work he has done. ‘Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?’ On seeing it we remember all the times God has been out the back, sleeves rolled up, quietly watering sprouts, making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland in our lives. On seeing it we can return to gratitude and worship of our God who is always doing a new thing, always working towards restoration for his people. BY HOLLY MORTON

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A Faith-Filled Life Together

TOPFIVETEN

Here are 10 notable things that happened 10 years ago in 2011: 1. The song ‘Rolling in the Deep’ by Adele was the biggest song in the world, while earworm ‘Friday’ by Rebecca Black also took the world by storm. 2. Planking became a year-long fad. 3. Filming for The Hobbit film series began in New Zealand. 4. The All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup on home soil in Auckland. 5. Samoa and Tokelau skipped a day to jump westwards over the international date line. 6. The Oprah Winfrey Show aired its final episode. 7. Snow fell in Auckland for the first time in 72 years. 8. Prime Minister John Key won the New Zealand election for the National Party. 9. The King’s Speech won the Academy Award for Best Picture. 10. Th e Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton was aired around the world on April 29.

‘I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.’ Amy March, from Little Women

Congratulations to June and Ray Baken, who recently celebrated their Blue Sapphire Anniversary of 65 years of marriage. June McLaren and Ray Baken met at The Salvation Army Training College in 1953, where they joined the Heralds session. Following their commissioning, the new lieutenants were given separate appointments, before they married in Timaru on 7 January 1956. Fellow officers Lorraine Buckingham and Coral Hawkey were bridesmaids, with Graeme Kearns the best man and John Tucker the groomsman. Ray and June served as corps officers together for 13 years in Upper Hutt, Dannevirke, Terrace End (Palmerston North), Otahuhu, Kilbirnie and Foxton. Over this time they raised five children. They left officership in 1965 and settled in Palmerston North, where they remained active in the corps, with Ray as corps cadet guardian and a member of the songsters and June as the corps sergeant major. In retirement, June and Ray have travelled overseas together, supported Palmerston North Corps events and Ray enjoys golf—in fact, his time on the golf course is probably the most they have ever been apart! They have nine grandchildren, and with three of their four surviving children’s families living in the Manawatu area, there are always family gatherings to enjoy. They consider themselves blessed to still enjoy a full life together. If any friends wish to get in contact with June and Ray, please send an email to warcry@salvationarmy.org.nz Historical Drama The Dig (PG-13, Available to stream on Netflix) Directed by Simon Stone Set on the eve of World War II, The Dig honours the discovery of the Sutton Hoo treasure, unearthed by selftaught excavator, Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) on the property of Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan). The film is characterised by its quiet, understated nature that invites the audience into the minute world of the Ipswich countryside as they watch Basil scooping dirt and hurrying to protect the dig site from oncoming rain. The solidarity between Basil and Mrs Pretty holds the plot steady, although at almost two hours in length, it loses some steam as new characters are introduced late into the piece. There is an intimacy to The Dig where the film’s gentleness allows the characters to question life and death, and what we leave behind in the world. For beautiful cinematography, a quiet consideration of human legacy, and exciting archaeological discoveries, give The Dig a watch. (Reviewed by Holly Morton)

SALLIEOFTHEWEEK

Trevor McLean (Whangārei Corps) Trevor McLean is a dedicated Salvationist from Whangārei Corps who serves as the Community Ministries manager. Corps Officer Captain Peter Koia says, ‘Trevor is sold out for Jesus and serves with Recovery Church, Sunday meetings, Māori Ministry, community outreach, life group and regional outreach within Te Tai Tokerau. Trevor is passionate to see the gospel message reach the “whosoever” and is willing to do all he can to see this happen. Through his recovery journey, Trevor has stood firm for the Kingdom of God and continues to reach out to others in recovery. Trevor endeavours to encourage others, be an example for them, and show them that recovery does work if you work at it.’ And that’s why Trevor is out Sallie of the Week!

QUIKQUIZ

1 Who plays Detective Alec Hardy in the TV show Broadchurch? 2 W hich Scottish loch has the largest surface area? 3 M ycophobia is a fear or aversion to which foodstuff? 4 W hich DJ was born Adam Richard Wiles in 1984?

5 In the Bible, who ate a book that was sweet at first, but turned bitter afterwards? Answers on page 22

Coconut and Apple Bircher Muesli with Berry Salsa Bircher 2 cups rolled oats

Berry Salsa ½ punnet strawberries

2 Tbsp desiccated coconut

1 punnet blueberries

2 cups apple juice

2 Tbsp pomegranate seeds

1 Tbsp honey

2 Tbsp icing sugar

1 cup natural yoghurt

2 Tbsp cranberry juice

1 apple, coarsely grated with skin left on Soak oats, coconut, juice and honey overnight. Chill. Add yoghurt and one cup of grated apple. Mix well. Divide mixture into six bowls and top with berry salsa. To make the berry salsa, mix everything together and divide between the bowls. Source: Annabelle White New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

WARCRY INHISTORY In War Cry’s response to the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, a photograph appeared in the 26 March 2011 edition which showed a large boulder that ended up in Betty McGrail’s lounge room. (Photography: Sarah Ivey/The New Zealand Herald)

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Struck Down, But Not Destroyed: Ten Years Since the Christchurch Earthquake

A decade on, the ramifications of the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes are still felt in Christchurch. However, the decade has been a time of growth in the city, as its people rebuild and reimagine what their home will become. BY BETHANY SLAUGHTER

en years have passed since a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch on 22 February 2011, killing 185 people. It was the most devastating of a series of quakes which hit the Canterbury region between 2010 and 2011. Captain Jocelyn Smith (now Sydenham corps officer) was driving to her then-job as a StrengthsFinder coach. ‘For what I can only now understand as the hand of God, I missed the turnoff,’ she says. ‘I was right in the middle of the city, and I never missed the turnoff.’ The earthquake struck while she was re-routing. ‘A building came down across the street in front of me. Again, but by two seconds, I would have been under that building.’ Vikki Stevenson (Southern Divisional Director for Community Ministries) had only just flown back into the city, landing at noon. ‘Dad picked me up from the airport, dropped me off at work in town and I had an appointment at one o’clock with a client—five to one was the earthquake,’ she recalls. ‘It was an old building—the Hope Centre on Lichfield Street—and the windows blew in. When the shaking stopped, we moved out into the reception area to see how the others were. ‘I went to my office to get my phone, and I couldn’t get in because the ceiling had caved in,’ said Vikki. There was dust everywhere. People walked down the street with cuts from broken glass. They were moved down to Hagley Park, where they realised they would need to walk home. Vikki spent the evening checking up on family members by foot. There was no point in going home without her phone or house key, which were buried in her work office. Tracy Boon (Sydenham Community Ministries Whānau Worker) was employed at the Christchurch Bridge Centre at the time. After evacuating, they sat in the carpark through the aftershocks, ‘...watching the cars, like waves, going up and down, and the car alarms going off. You could hear the sirens all around the city.’ While Tracy didn’t panic in the immediate aftermath, the drive home to collect her children from school was awful. ‘Normally, in good traffic, it might not even take me ten minutes to get home … it took me nearly an hour and a half to get there. And that whole time, I couldn’t get hold of anybody—that was, for me, the scariest thing, not knowing how people were.’ 20 FEBRUARY 2021 WarCry 7

Jocelyn also struggled to make her way home through detours, traffic and road damage. At one stage, her car fell into a pothole, requiring 10 people to help lift it back out. ‘What would normally have been a 15-minute drive took me five and a half hours.’ ‘By the time I got home, our household had doubled.’ Meanwhile, at Linwood Community Ministries, Liz Daly and the rest of the team had been preparing to re-open after lunch. When the earthquake struck, there were already queues of people waiting for support outside. ‘It didn’t matter that there was no power—these people still needed help. We did that as best as we could at that time. You couldn’t bring them into the building because we weren’t sure if it was safe, but you couldn’t turn them away either, because if they needed help before the earthquake, they definitely needed help after that.’

The following weeks While some problems—such as losing power, water, toilets and communications—were experienced widely, every Cantabrian faced unique struggles or new pressures. Following the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in September, Vikki’s home was part of a small, unlucky section of their local area which was damaged. By February, the entire neighbourhood was affected. ‘You experience that “flight, fight or freeze”. Lots of them took off, left town. Some of the neighbours were more than ready to stay, they were staunch about that. “Freeze” is probably where I would have put myself—not really sure what to do,’ she says. ‘But the whole area was red zoned, so everybody had to go.’ At work, Vikki was asked to head up a SAMIS (Service and Mission Information System) task force for Southern Divisional Headquarters, to process the Army’s response work. One of the people recruited to help was Jocelyn, who began logging data into SAMIS in the evenings. ‘I was working during the day till about five o’clock, and then I’d go at six o’clock and do data entry till ten-thirty.’ Eventually, she began working for the Army’s Earthquake Response team, where she led a team of people working in schools. ‘It became very obvious that the community hubs, where parents felt safest, were in the school communities,’ Jocelyn explains. ‘While the likes of Linwood Salvation Army, with 8 WarCry 20 FEBRUARY 2021

‘A BUILDING CAME DOWN ACROSS THE STREET IN FRONT OF ME. AGAIN, BUT BY TWO SECONDS, I WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER THAT BUILDING.’ their Community Ministries team, were dishing out food parcels faster than you could get them on site, a lot of the more in-depth needs and conversations were happening with parents arriving at the schools in tears.’ ‘By putting in a welfare worker in the schools, the principals had a point of call.’ The need for that programme continued years after the earthquakes, eventually redistributed to local corps. ‘It built really good relationships and trust with The Salvation Army in the schools.’ At Linwood Community Ministries, Liz’s role as a support worker grew exponentially, to overseeing the staff and volunteers who interviewed people coming into the centre for assistance. ‘There were lines of people out our driveway wanting assistance. The building was stuffed, so we quickly set up what we could in a room as a primary. No one had any personal space,’ she remembers. ‘You didn’t have a lot of time to talk to people about what the real issue was; it was the immediate need.’ It was both emotionally and physically exhausting work. Some days, Liz’s sister would forcibly pull her away for lunch. ‘You’d get a pie from the service station, because that was the only place open, and you’d just sit for 30 minutes. And then you’d come back and get straight back into it.’ Following September, Tracy and her kids volunteered in the Addington centre. In February, they joined their community to clean up their local intermediate school where silt had swamped the classrooms. ‘In some parts it was almost knee-deep. It was the most disgusting thing. They had this amazing community weekend where you turned up with your gumboots and a shovel and everybody pitched in and helped. There were hundreds of people shoulder to shoulder in the hallways digging out this awful silt.’

Earthquake memorial along riverside.

While Tracy did not have as much opportunity to serve through the Army as she would have liked, she appreciated being able to keep near to her family. ‘For a long time, I didn’t even want my kids to walk to the dairy. I wanted everybody to be close, all the time, because the aftershocks were still coming, and everything felt very unpredictable and very unsafe.’ ‘It took me a really long time to get used to that whole idea of letting your kids go again, and not having fear dictate the way that you parent.’

Faith As Linwood’s music team leader, Liz remembers having a brief practice before the first Sunday service following the February earthquake. ‘A lot of the team were here anyway, helping to make up food parcels, so we took that time to run through a couple of songs in that 20 minutes. That was really nice. Nothing else mattered in that 20 minutes. It was just you and God.’ ‘One of the songs we sang was, “I will be still and know that you are God”. To try and sing that, with all the hustle and bustle … you could say, “This is right now. These four minutes of the song, I will be still and know that he’s God. He is bigger than this”.’ Christchurch City Corps’ building was lost in the February earthquake. They first relocated to a school hall, and then Westpac Stadium. ‘They put up a big tent that was used during the week and then on Sunday we would use it for our worship,’ Vikki explains. For Sydenham Corps, their building was declared safe to be used both as a temporary operations centre and for meeting on Sundays. ‘That was a really beautiful time,’ Tracy reflects, ‘to support and touch base and worship together and sit together and grieve.’ Church was an important space where people could share experiences, join in worship and hold on to faith in the midst of tragedy. ‘There are always going to be unanswerable questions, and I’m happy to live with the tension of that,’ Tracy says. ‘But if I take away from who I am, the belief that there is a God who is good and compassionate and can be my rock, if I take that away from me in situations where there is already hopelessness and powerlessness, then I am left with nothing.’ ‘Natural disasters aren’t new. They’ve always happened. The only thing that has changed is that now I have been part of one.’

Jocelyn agrees: ‘This is how our broken world responds. There have been, and there always will be, earthquakes and floods and volcanoes that erupt. ‘We just happened to be in Christchurch when it happened. But God does promise to be close to the brokenhearted. He is the restorer of the people with broken walls, and he will be before us as we walk through this journey and we restore the broken walls together.’

Bringing life, love and hope The lines between church and work blurred in the weeks that followed. Liz remembers, ‘You’d still get people tapping you on the shoulder (on Sundays) saying, “Liz, there is someone here for a food parcel”. ‘You were meant to be at church … but people needed you, so you were at work.’ Still, the opportunity to show ‘sleeves rolled up Christianity’ to the community was invaluable. ‘You could see them connecting the action with the faith. It wasn’t just putting out food parcels—it was putting out food parcels with the listening ear and with the love,’ says Liz. ‘It certainly gave the church a lot of opportunity to front up and serve their city,’ Jocelyn reflects. ‘The church was the community able to be mobilised quickly—shortly followed by the Student Volunteer Army. ‘Finding those little opportunities where you can be Jesus in the midst of the suffering and the struggles, and be that person that God assigns to bring life and love and hope to someone else, I think that’s the kingdom of God.’ The Salvation Army shield grew to carry a lot of weight. ‘You represented something people thought a lot of,’ Liz says. At the time, you were only allowed $40 worth of pre-paid petrol, but on one occasion, an employee noticed the shield on their van. ‘I remember my husband going in to pre-pay … the guy behind the counter was like, “You don’t have to pre-pay, you’re The Salvation Army. Have as much as you want”.’ The outpouring of love was mirrored through the community as well. ‘My mother- and father-in-law, they had water and power at their house,’ says Liz. ‘Some friends of theirs showed up with some friends of theirs—friends of friends, strangers, people they’d never met before, having showers at their house. ‘You had your toilet bag and your towel with you wherever you went, just in case someone had hot water and you could have a shower. 20 FEBRUARY 2021 WarCry 9

‘The community, they all stepped up,’ Vikki agrees. ‘The Student Volunteer Army getting in there and helping. From a corps perspective, you had people ringing each other and checking in.’ ‘The generosity that poured in from around the world was outstanding,’ Jocelyn says. ‘It was the only time I’ve ever been part of The Salvation Army where the biggest problem was: “How do we spend this money fast enough?”’

Life goes on While the empty spaces in the city centre and wrecked roads are visible reminders of the disaster, the mental repercussions also linger. ‘They brought a police helicopter down to Christchurch for a few months, and while some people loved it, for others the sound of the helicopter driving around their house brought back all the feelings,’ Liz says. A few months ago, Tracy was watching the news when a breaking news alert appeared. She knew it was most likely Covid-19 related, but she still experienced an immediate fear response. ‘I felt really anxious—to the point that I made my husband get out of bed so I didn’t watch it on my own. ‘That’s about that drive from work to the school, and not knowing where people were, and not being able to control that.’

The new Christchurch City Corps. 10 WarCry 20 FEBRUARY 2021

I’M PROUD OF THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO US FOR HELP AND SUPPORT. On the flipside, it has also made Cantabrians hardier in response to the multiple challenges the region has since faced. ‘I’m proud of the people of Christchurch and I’m proud to work for The Salvation Army in Christchurch, and to have done that over all the challenges of the last 12 years. I’m proud of the way that we look after the people who come to us for help and support. It was true during the quakes, it was true following the massacre at the mosque and it’s been true in Covid-19.’ For Vikki, one of the positives to emerge was the decision to move to a lifestyle block. ‘I leave town behind, and I go home to the peace and quiet and the animals and God’s creation. ‘I have the benefit of both worlds—of coming and doing something for God in the Army, supporting our teams on the ground to do the work that we need to do to reach people, to support people, help people; but then, also, I get this blessing of going and soaking up God where I live. And that wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for the earthquakes.’ There is still much work to be done. Ten years on, some Cantabrians are still battling insurance companies or living in unsafe homes. But the empty spaces in the city are slowly being coloured in, and those who have chosen to stay are reimagining what the city will become when it comes through the other side. ‘No matter where you go, there’s always going to be challenges. No matter where you live, something is going to eventually go wrong. We have this opportunity to stay and to make this place better for our kids and for our communities,’ Liz says. ‘There are some broken parts of our city in terms of buildings, and there are some broken parts of our city in terms of people, but how cool that I get to choose to be a part of the rebuilding of that?’ Tracy affirms. ‘I can’t really imagine a place where I would rather be.’

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. (2 Corinthians 4:8-9)

War Cry spoke to four Cantabrians from The Salvation Army who were only kids when the 2010/2011 earthquakes struck. They generously shared what it was like to experience the natural disaster as young people, what they learned and how Christchurch has changed in the 10 years since. AS TOLD TO BETHANY SLAUGHTER

MEGAN MALCOLM I mostly slept through the first earthquake in September. I would have been 12 or 13 years old. It didn’t really affect our house; it was just scary. In the second major earthquake in February, we had a half day at school. I got off the bus and was walking back into our subdivision when the earthquake hit. I could see the road warping and bouncing. I didn’t get super freaked out at the time, because there were other kids walking home and I ended up helping them. My mum was stuck at her school and didn’t get home for hours. My dad was able to come and get me; coincidentally, he was on the way home because he had a haircut around the corner. All of the neighbours were taking care of us. People were obviously scared, but their first response was to help everyone else. I was off school for four months because our school had fallen down. Even when we went back, I was doing half days at Burnside High School from 1pm to 6pm. My dad was a loss adjuster, so he was absolutely slammed doing insurance claims, not coming home until really late at night. My uncle was part of the Search and Rescue team, and he stayed with us. Some of the things he would see through the day and process with us when he got home were crazy. I was interested at the time, and I don’t think I realised how much it affected me. I ended up staying in my parents’ room on a mattress. At the start, it was because my grandparents had come to live with us, but after they moved out, I stayed in there for another four months. When you’re grown up, you see how freaked out you were. I wasn’t young enough to forget, and I wasn’t old enough to fully understand. We had great corps officers who were really speaking into the fact that God is sovereign and looking after us, no matter what. To know that truth and take it out into

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I WASN’T YOUNG ENOUGH TO FORGET, AND I WASN’T OLD ENOUGH TO FULLY UNDERSTAND. the community when I was at school or when we were out helping people who were uncertain or upset, was something we had to lean on. I think other people ended up seeing that. We did a few things with the corps, like helping to clean up people’s houses, but I was at an age where I wasn’t super involved. I was sticking close to home; I don’t think Mum wanted me out too far. My sister, who was a bit older, was really involved with all the older youth group kids. In the last two years, things have actually started happening—people thought things were going to happen a couple of years after the earthquakes, but it’s taken this long. I like the development of town, because that is all I have known—they’ve created green spaces to come together in, and we’ve got cool buildings that have been designed and renovated. The atmosphere has definitely changed because of that.

EVAN BOON In February, I was aged 10 or 11 and at intermediate. I was on top of a climbing wall in the playground when everything started shaking, so I quickly made my way down. It was chaotic. We had to shift where the school was congregating a couple of times, because where we were was overtaken by liquefaction. After what seemed like hours, my mother came and picked me up, along with my brothers and one of my brother’s friends. My dad came home shortly after. We didn’t have power or water. I don’t remember too much about that afternoon. I think we were tidying up what was broken and coming off an adrenaline rush. We spent time at my nana’s house, because she’d had liquefaction that we were helping to shovel, and we could use the power there. Even though it was bad in Christchurch, particularly during the February earthquakes, my family wasn’t hit that bad. We didn’t lose our home. We didn’t lose any cars. I didn’t know anyone who passed. I had really understanding parents and was blessed with a support network who helped me cope. It was a lot worse for a lot of other people. Everyone’s empathy was dialled up to 11, and we made a more conscious effort to get alongside people that we may not have normally. It was nice to get involved with the community. Volunteering is a good way to gain a sense of control in an uncontrollable situation. After September, we volunteered at the Addington Raceway, giving out food to people who were without homes and were quite obviously in a rough spot. In February, we spent time at my school with the community shovelling liquefaction.

VOLUNTEERING IS A GOOD WAY TO GAIN A SENSE OF CONTROL IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE SITUATION.

After four weeks, we went back to school and everything kind of restarted. Because I was a child, I had a childlike view. I wasn’t thinking about the structural integrity of our home and how this was going to impact on insurance; I wasn’t thinking about how we were going to get power or water back—I never had any control of that. I’m sure it was quite frightening for my parents, and I’m sure they were extremely worried about me. It is very hard to believe it was ten years ago. In Christchurch, we’ve been through a lot and come out the other side. I think everyone is well-practised in coming together and supporting each other. Particularly after the mosque shootings, there was this sense of: we know what we’re doing, we know how to help out and we know how to be kind. That was a change for the better. There was a big push for: ‘It’s okay not to be okay’. Maybe something else that Christchurch has taken from it is having a better understanding of trauma and mental illness, which you’d hope in turn leads to more funding towards initiatives to support that.

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CHANELLE SPENCER

For the 6.3 earthquake, I was in my last year of intermediate and it was lunchtime. As a Year 8, I was one of the leaders and I remember a little child got shaken off the monkey bars. She’d fallen and scraped all up her arm, so I took her into the sick bay. All the teachers were crying, trying to get in contact with their families. I remember telling them off, and telling them to pull their heads together, because there were children who were very scared. It was quite chaotic, really. I didn’t see my father for quite some time, because he does the body recovery for Search and Rescue and New Zealand Police. It was about three days, which was quite hard. That was a long time for an 11-year-old to wait. We couldn’t contact him because phones were down, and when we finally did see him and talk to him, he was sleeping in a pipe. When the buildings would fall around them every time there was an earthquake, a siren would go off and they would run into these pipes and put their gas masks on. These were the kinds of stories that my father would come back and tell us. It was all great learning, and it’s good to be there in support. He saw the front line, so seeing all that can be challenging and the best way to talk about it is with your family. But as a young child, I was exposed to so much more than other 11-year-olds. I did see a lot of fear. A lot of people did feel a lot safer at home rather than going into big buildings. Christchurch City Central was not somewhere that people wanted to go. As an 11-year-old, that’s the time

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IN CHRISTCHURCH, WE’VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS AND IT PULLS COMMUNITY TOGETHER ON A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL. when you’re really challenging the whole idea of, Is it real? Is it not? When things like this happen and people die, that’s always a question young people ask: ‘How can God be real if this happens to people that are good people?’ That’s a big spanner in the works. But everyone in my life was very safe, so it’s times like that when you say, ‘People are looking out for us’. As a community, The Salvation Army always pulls together and supports in every way. Cantabrians are very caring people. In Christchurch, we’ve been through a lot in the last 10 years and it pulls community together on a whole other level. People care about people more. People check up on people more. Rebuilding a city, rebuilding relationships … all that is definitely a good thing. I’m really proud of Christchurch.

BEAVEN TURNER During the February earthquake, I was 16 and in science class. We had 12 different chemicals and had to mix them to make a list of what happened. I’ve got a good sense of humour about this stuff, but looking back, it was a bit funny to think, wow, it was good nothing went really wrong. We were cowering under the tables, looking up and thinking, hope one of those doesn’t spill. That afternoon felt split into two halves. There was the half at school, waiting for Mum to collect us. We could see clouds in the distance over the hills where there had been landslides, and in the city, from what we didn’t know at the time, where the building collapsed. It was an atmosphere of curiosity, almost ignorance. We were making jokes. There was a bunch of liquefaction, so everyone was throwing it at each other. In that moment, the school was all our world was. After Mum had picked us up and we were listening to the radio, we started hearing about people trapped in buildings and rescue teams being deployed. Rapidly, we started realising it was much bigger. It’s hard to answer where God was working in that because there were so many questions—why wasn’t he in that situation, and why wasn’t he in that situation? I know he was but, at the same time, those questions are still there. The next morning, we served breakfasts to international travellers who had lost their hotels and people who had nowhere to live. We also helped out with the recovery centre at Riccarton Park Racecourse. Where I live wasn’t terribly hit, but the local schools had a lot of liquefaction. The community all went back into the building after it had been cleared and shovelled the classrooms. We ended up making this mountain, probably a good 5–6 metres tall, of liquefaction. One guy I chatted with, years after, was a butcher in the Eastern suburbs. He had lost power and wasn’t going to be able to save his produce, so he got a barbecue out and spent the day cooking for whoever walked by. For so many people, the logical thought would be: the business is ruined, we’ll focus on surviving. His thought was: how can I turn this into a blessing for other people?

THERE MIGHT BE A YOUNG MAN WORKING IN A HOTEL IN THE CITY WHOSE LIFE IS SAVED BECAUSE WE LEARNT FROM WHAT PREVIOUSLY HAPPENED. It’s given the city a great chance to reimagine itself. Part of a disaster is learning from it, realising where we fell short as a city. That learning has improved what the future will look like. There might be a young man working in a hotel in the city whose life is saved because we learnt from what previously happened. But it’s always got that context—in the back of my mind, at least—of being built upon the legacy of disaster. You’ll see three containers stacked up against a building, or ruins, or empty parking lots, it hasn’t taken away from the city, but it is that stark reminder. I definitely noticed the influence of the people who flew down and helped out, even doing mundane tasks. The input of those people made a difference to so many lives. If I could say anything, it’s just thank you to anyone who did come and offer to help. Their impact on people in this city was felt incredibly strongly.

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A Refreshed Resolve Did you set a New Year’s resolution this year? If you have made a meaningful lifestyle change or reached your goal already, congratulations—that’s awesome. However, for most people, research shows that the majority of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned by January 12. In fact, experts say that starting a resolution in any other month is more effective. The good news? If your commitment has fallen to the wayside, it’s always a great time to refocus. Here are some tips to put yourself in the best position to get the results. 1. Set S.M.A.R.T. goals—for those who haven’t heard this acronym, it stands for ‘Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results-focused and Time-bound’. Write down a goal that meets all five criteria; for example, I am going to read every Saturday for 30 minutes. 2. Make sure that your resolution aligns with your intrinsic values. 3. Set only one goal at a time. 4. Start small—for example, don’t fully cut out soft drinks right off the bat; reduce your intake by one drink per week, then two and so on. 5. Record or track your progress. This helps you to break down a big goal and celebrate the little wins when you feel discouraged. Search for online resources or apps to help you with this strategy. 6. Where possible, remove all distractions or risks which could tempt you to break your stride. Put encouraging notes around your living spaces and offer positive reinforcements (but only ones which align with your goal, rather than sabotage it). 7. Place value on effort. If you are genuinely doing your best yet not hitting the markers, that is okay— stay flexible and reward yourself for your intent.

‘Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.’ Cavett Robert

8. Allow yourself to make some mistakes. If you miss two days of your training plan, don’t give up on running the marathon. Never make your goal so rigid that there is no room for error. 9. Don’t expect immediate or quick results—it will take time. 10. Find a partner to keep you accountable—whether this is someone going through the process beside you or a person who can pull you back on track. If you desire, you could make an announcement to your family or on social media, if you think the extra pressure will help you follow through. 11. Accommodate uncomfortable feelings like sadness, anxiety or embarrassment—short-term discomfort can help your long-term gain.

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12. Prioritise positive self-talk. Be compassionate towards yourself, give yourself logical and optimistic reasons to continue. Resist the tendency to self-criticise. Setting goals can feel hopeful and exciting, which means that the early hurdles hit us hard. When this happens to you, or if it already has, get back up and keep going. If this resolution is something you feel strongly about—and especially if it is critical to your emotional, physical or spiritual health—reinforce your mental strength and keep the ultimate result in mind. Make that your new resolve. Source: psychologytoday.com

TESTIFY! My name is Kara Dutton. I am a mum of four and nan of two. My granddaughters are aged six and four. I work for the Manurewa Corps running South Auckland’s Good Shop, The Salvation Army’s mobile shopping truck offering interest-free finance to families so they can buy necessary items for their homes. I also attend Sunday worship at the Manurewa Corps with my family. Here is a poem of my testimony. My Angel It started last Christmas, the year that brought me to my knees. I looked on at my daughter, as she struggled in her active disease. Yes it was true, she was on methamphetamine, the last thing my mind would ever dream. It took her from us and into the dark. My gorjus, bubbly girl lost all her spark. What followed has been hard for us all. I didn’t know how deep she was going to fall. Her two girls were taken and they came to me. A very sad and exhausting day in January. She was very angry and sad, totally devastated. I was so scared I had lost her, feeling so hated. She didn’t understand, it was for her own good why it had to be this way and where I stood. Heartbreaking, watching on, I withdrew. But through it, I did love her more than she ever knew. I held on to the hope that she would become clean. You all know how much to me that would mean.

Kara (right) with her daughter and granddaughters.

But you know, for me, there was still more to come... One cold, wet morning in June, I was left completely numb. My beautiful friend Nikita was gone. She took her own life, she was done. She had a loving family, friends, so much to live for. But her battered and bruised life had seeped to the core. She didn’t believe in that moment that she could overcome. I know, even for me, that’s how it is for some. I thought my life was mine alone to carry. By then, with everything that had happened, I was weary. I felt broken and I couldn’t do it alone anymore. I knew God could be with me, I just had to open the door. He tells us to come if we are weary and burdened. He will give us the rest we need for certain. Who am I, that Jesus could care and love? That he would shine his warmth on me from above. I am Kara—a daughter, a sister, a mother.

Plain and simple, I am like any other. I have hurts and fears and I have sinned. But God does not care, he takes me untrimmed. I have a history of things that I am not proud. But there is a place in Heaven where I will be allowed. Because I have invited Jesus into my life to walk with me, I have a place with him forever, for an eternity. In July my daughter Jess did enter drug rehabilitation. And today, with Jesus in her heart, she is a new creation. Over the last 20 years, as I have come and gone from church, God has sent out his angels in search. They found me again on that day of devastation and I truly believe, my Nikita, one of God’s angels was among them. That day in June when I felt truly broke, Jesus and Nikita made me fully woke. With Jesus, even with our grief, our fears, sins and temptation. We can be made new again, we too can be a new creation.

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Marlborough Hospice Handover

Marlborough community members and iwi representatives, with Commissioner Mark Campbell and Territorial Secretary for Mission Captain David Daly at the handover ceremony.

On 26 January, after 17 years of partnership, The Salvation Army and the Marlborough Hospice Trust celebrated together in a handover ceremony in Blenheim, as the Army stepped back from its involvement in Hospice Marlborough. The Salvation Army shield will remain at the hospice to signify its journey and contribution to the service’s story. When the hospice began in 2003, there was a gap in Marlborough when it came to palliative care, and the local community was eager to develop a service to meet this need. The Salvation Army was brought on to supply expertise around running the hospice. Since then, the Army has been responsible for the operation of Hospice Marlborough: employing doctors and nurses, developing policies and organising IT and payroll systems for the service. In the handover, The Salvation Army has supported Marlborough Hospice Trust in implementing these things independently. As the Trust has developed in its competence and capacity to maintain the hospice, and the Army has received a growing demand for its housing and pandemic-related support, it feels like fortuitous timing for the handover. Assistant Territorial Secretary for Mission Lt-Colonel Lynette Hutson, explains that, ‘from the beginning it was the intention that The Salvation Army would do this until it was the right time to move on’. Over this time, trends in palliative care have changed from

being mainly offered within a hospital or hospice setting, to now having services delivered into people’s homes. ‘At the moment, the beds are really the last resort, because up until that point— rather than having people in palliative care in a hospital bed— they've been in their own home. A lot of people actually choose to pass in their own home and the systems are so set up now that that’s possible. It’s quite lovely.’ Lynette is hopeful that in this new chapter for the hospice, the heart of the service will remain the same. ‘It’s about the families who come into the hospice service in deepest distress because they've just had terrible news, and they're facing it as a family. The staff there talked to me about this yesterday, they said, “The Salvation Army’s heart has been important to us. And we just want to keep that”.’

GAZETTE Bereavement: Frank Stone, the brother of Major David Stone, passed away peacefully on Monday 25 January from Ranfurly Manor Hospital and Rest Home, Feilding, aged 69 years. We ask you to uphold in prayer Majors David and Christine Stone, and extended family, at this time of grief and loss. Birth: Jessica Bezzant has given birth to a baby boy, Judah Jesse Bezzant. Judah was born at 12:19 pm on Thursday 4 February 2021 weighing 7lb 9oz (3.6kgs). May God bless Captains Jess and Nathan Bezzant and Elisha, Summer, Josiah and Azariah as they welcome Judah into their family.

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Assistant Territorial Sectretary for Mission LieutenantColonel Lynette Hutson receives a red shield from Hospice Marlborough General Manager Nicki Kitson.

WHERE DOES THIS INTOLERANCE COME FROM? Sunrise Launch for the Year of Prayer On Monday 1 February in Wellington, at the Petone shoreline in the still of an early morning, 70 people gathered to signal the beginning of the 2021 Year of Prayer. The territorial leaders, Commissioners Mark and Julie Campbell, issued the call for our territory to use this year as an opportunity to centre ourselves in prayer, placing emphasis on the importance of a collective prayer effort. Territorial Secretary for Spiritual Life Development Colonel Heather Rodwell had high hopes for the launch to reflect the taglines for the Year of Prayer: make room, come aside, come together. ‘I thought about how wonderful it would be if we did something to mark the first of February. As difficult as that is for the summer break and getting things organised, it occurred to me that it would be great to do that in an outside setting, on a shore somewhere, and in a dawn service.’ The launch began at four-thirty to reflect Māori and Samoan family prayer rhythms. Territorial Youth Secretary Captain Mat Badger found the combination of the launch environment alongside the use of our national anthem to be particularly striking. ‘In my mind I was thinking it was going to be a very windy morning, but it wasn’t. It was incredibly still, the water was calm … and I loved the sunrise coming up as the national anthem was being ‘prayed’. It was a reminder that we have this amazing prayer as part of our national identity.’ Aside from the extended times of prayer, the service involved hymns and worship songs, silence and reflection and input from several speakers within our territory. Further north, Palmerston North Corps had their own morning prayer service, and a dawn service was held on the Hibiscus Coast as well. Heather is optimistic that this strong start will help to build momentum for the year. ‘It’s very much something that’s going to bubble away I think ... I just hope that this is one example of many that will emerge everywhere for the Year of Prayer.’

Across the world there seems to be an increase in intolerance. People talk ‘at’ each other instead of ‘to’ each other. They are not listening to what is said, but instead they hold fast to their immovable position or stance. They show limited or no respect to those with an opposing or slightly different viewpoint and they are not willing to be potentially influenced by someone else’s view. We see many examples of this in political standpoints; for example, left or right, liberal or conservative, differences in cultures and socio-economic groupings. Increasingly it seems that if someone is either different to me or has a different viewpoint than mine, then they are a threat or against me and need to be challenged—or, as is often the case, simply ignored. Where does this intolerance come from? I don’t believe we are born with this predisposition. Why would God programme us this way? The answer is: he did not. In fact, watch as young children engage with each other, they see through any differences—such as colour, ethnicity or socio-economic status. All they see is someone like them, an equal, not threatening. How different the world would be if we all engaged with each other as young children do. By virtue of God’s teachings in the Bible, Christians should be setting an example of love and tolerance towards each other. Unfortunately, at times, our words and behaviours are the complete opposite, making us no different to non-Christians. We are supposed to be different, to be tolerant, to respect and love others, to considerately listen to other people’s perspectives, and this does not necessarily mean compromising our own beliefs. In Romans 15, Paul spoke of a spirit of unity within the church, of being one. When we come to the place where we can love one another in spite of our differences; when we can accept one another in spite of our disagreements; when we can worship together in spite of our personal opinions, then we are living out what Paul states in Romans 15:7: ‘Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you in order to bring praise to God’. This kind of unity is accomplished through the practice of tolerance as taught in these verses. Jesus loves each of us unconditionally, with all our faults and failings. So, do you have a problem accepting others just as they are? When they are different from us, we have an obligation to love them and to reach out to them with Christ-like love and compassion. When we see past the differences, then we see what the Holy Spirit can do in all of our lives. Colonel Gerry Walker Territorial Chief Secretary

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This time a year ago, we were about to be plunged into a pandemic that took the world by the throat and refused to let go. Our dreams and hopes for the year—not to mention the specifics of travel and accommodation bookings, wedding arrangements, education pathways and hosts of other carefully thought-out plans —were all about to be shaken. BY MAJOR BARBARA SAMPSON

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WHEN I LOOK INSIDE MYSELF AND SENSE ALL THE REDEEMING WORK THAT GOD STILL HAS TO DO IN ME, ALL I CAN DO IS PRAY. Being thrown so suddenly into lockdown was like waking up to a strange new world. I remember looking out the window and everything was the same, and yet different. Nothing moved. The streets were empty. No sign of traffic, no sirens, no noise. It felt like walking a long road with none of the familiar landmarks. It smelt like countryside—earthy, like fresh mown grass on a summer evening. It was as if the whole earth was breathing, like cows at rest quietly chewing the cud. It tasted like freedom, permission to be rather than do, a holiday from ‘oughts’ and ‘shoulds’; time to stop, to look around and breathe deeply. And, in that quiet place, to catch the gentle sound of God breathing. But while the sun shone down on my quiet bubble, there were other places where tension and fear ran riot and people died—not just older people, but

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also vibrant young people too young to die, taken in the very midst of life and vitality. And that was what made it all feel so threatening—the daily figures of new confirmed cases, deaths happening too fast for funeral services, sacred stories suddenly cut short. Loss of certainty, loss of control. How to deal with the massive scope of it all—a crisis bigger than counting, a pandemic invisible yet deadly? How to carry this unknown terror through days of quiet isolation? How to pray for others from what felt like my safe space? No answers came. Only questions. ‘Just carry the questions’, one writer said, ‘and one day you will live into the answers’. So that is what I did, what I am doing, what I will continue to do. Carry the questions and all the people they bring along with them. There are times when this is all you can do. Times when all you can do is pray. When I observe a friend age visibly before me, consumed as she is by worry for her foster child who seems determined to push every boundary and test her patience to the limit, all I can do is pray. When I visit an elderly couple whom I have not seen for some time and listen to the sad report of their health and setbacks within their family during this past year, all I can do is pray. When I watch the TV news featuring the latest crisis or catastrophe, and see the distraught faces of grieving parents and scenes of unbearable suffering, all I can do is pray. When I look inside myself and sense all the redeeming work that God still has to do in me, all I can do is pray. How does this thing called prayer work? Can we get inside it somehow and analyse it, pull it apart and examine

each piece? If only it were as easy as that. Prayer takes us into the realm of mystery which cannot be pulled apart or dissected for close scrutiny. Prayer is our response to the invitation that comes from the heart of God. ‘Call to me and I will answer you,’ God told the prophet Jeremiah (33:3). ‘If you have faith even as small as a mustard seed, you can ask the impossible of me, and I will answer,’ said Jesus (Matthew 17:20). So we are encouraged to pray, even when it seems so little. As small as a flat river stone in the catapult of a teenage kid facing a giant lumbering down the hill towards him (1 Samuel 17:48). In 1978, just after our commissioning as Salvation Army officers and on our way to our first appointment at Chikankata Secondary School in Zambia, my husband and I with our two young children visited my sister who was serving at a Salvation Army hospital at Nagercoil at the southern tip of India. One of the nurses showed us around the hospital and we marvelled at the first-class, life-saving work being done there. But in light of the huge population of India at the time, it seemed like a drop in the ocean. Naively, I spoke my thoughts to the nurse. ‘Just a drop,’ I said. She fixed me a long look and replied, ‘But we cannot deny them that drop.’ When my heart is overwhelmed with need—my own or that of others—I remember her words. When I carry questions but no answers, all I can do is pray. And when all I can do is pray, then that is what I need to do. That is my part. And in response, the Scriptures tell me, God will hear and, in his own time and way, he will answer. That is God’s part. I remind myself of this again today in the midst of all the questions swirling around, and I am strangely comforted.

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OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENTS Commissioners Mark (Territorial Commander) and Julie Campbell (Territorial President of Women’s Ministries) 20 February: Southern Division visit 22 February: Earthquake Remembrance Service, Christchurch 23 February: Officers Councils, Southern 24 February: Spiritual Day, BCM 26–27 Feb: Pastoral Committee Retreat 6–7 March: Nelson Tasman Bays Rally 7 March: Top of the South Celebration Day and Service in Nelson Colonel Gerry Walker (Chief Secretary) 21 February: Otahuhu Corps and Northern Division Welcome Meeting 22–23 February: Northern Division Leaders Councils 27 February: Pastoral Committee Retreat 1–5 March: Leaders Orientation Conference (Online) Colonel Heather Rodwell (Territorial Secretary for Women’s Ministries and Spiritual Life Development) 21 February: Manurewa Corps Plant and Northern Division Welcome Meeting 22–23 February: Northern Division Leaders Councils 27 February: Pastoral Committee Retreat

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Quiz Answers: 1 David Tennant, 2 Loch Lomond—71sq.km (km2), 3 Mushroom/fungus, 4 Calvin Harris, 5 John (Revelation 10:9–10).

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Have your sporting coaches, teachers or parents ever encouraged you to give ‘100 percent’ to something? It’s an expression which means to give something your very best effort, everything you’ve got. Jesus was at the temple with the disciples one day. Several very well-off people were tipping coins noisily into the offering box, showing off how much they were able to give. But Jesus was more impressed with one woman, who only had two coins to her name. She placed both in the treasury box. Jesus told his disciples how this woman had put in more than any of the others, even if her two copper coins looked measly in comparison to the other offerings. While the rich had given a percentage of their wealth, she had given everything—100 percent! It’s easy to be generous when we have lots to spare, but God challenges us to give 100 percent when we don’t have much—whether it’s in terms of our money, time, energy or kindness. When we do, God notices, and he appreciates the heart behind our genuine generosity. THINK ABOUT...

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Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. Psalms 57:1-2