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EDITORIAL
Kia ora tātou.
I’ve been remembering our very first Wild Wāhine pilgrimage in the Kauaeranga Valley. The intrepid group of 12 trampers started out enthusiastically, but as they tramped through the bush, the rain poured down. They made it all the way up to Pinnacles Hut, where to their dismay, the DoC warden advised them of a severe weather watch and to immediately turn around or risk being trapped. He did not even let the wet, cold trampers inside the hut for a hot drink.
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It could have been a very discouraging moment. But it wasn’t. Those campers took it upon themselves to pray. And God answered. It turned out that the hut warden’s wife grew up reading Scripture Union Bible notes and she was so pleased and excited to help. She invited the girls to stay in the comfort of their home to dry out by the fire and warm up with hot soup.
The theme of this Adventure is ‘finding shelter in the great outdoors’ and while we hope for planned shelter for our campers, that is clearly not always the case as this Wild Wāhine story proved.
When we hope and pray for Scripture Union campers to find shelter in the great outdoors, we mean that we want our campers to learn about how God is their shelter through their experiences in the outdoors on camp. Our prayer is that the words of Psalm 91:1-2 will come true for our campers.
Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: “He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my God, and I trust Him.”
Ko te tangata kei te wāhi ngaro o te Runga Rawa tōna kāinga, ka noho ia I raro I te taumarumarutanga o te Kaha Rawa. Ka kīia e ahau a Ihowā, “Ko ia tōku piringa, tōku pā, tōku Atua, ka whakawhirinaki ahau ki a ia.”
Of course, we know that finding shelter in God is ultimately the work of the Holy Spirit. So, as you read this Adventure, please be praying for the children and young people here in Aotearoa New Zealand, and especially for those on our camps. Pray that the words from Psalm 91 will become true for them.
Ngā mihi nui
HILARY HAGUE National Director Scripture Union New Zealand
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