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QWHAT DID GET UP TO
LOCKDOWN? Lockdown for me included multiple Zoom sessions every day to stay connected to work colleagues, friends, and church families. Filming and creating YouTube clips and researching and learning new skills while producing devotionals for families to do together at home. Updating our database and contacting people on the phone. Tuning in to watch the 1pm COVID update every A & SUNZ STAFF DURING " day (without fail), baking (too much) and walking most days enjoying the break from work and the sounds of the birds and the great weather we were blessed with.
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—Glenis Silby | Auckland Office Manager
The lockdown gave the Youth Team the opportunity to think about new ways that we " could continue to do ministry and serve the community when we were unable to physically meet up. We were grateful for the platform of writing for the Breakthough website, where we were able to identify the common threads of issues that people were talking to us about, and seek to provide answers to them.
—Karen Poy | NZ Camps Admin/Āpōpō Admin
Many people thought I would struggle with lockdown but instead I loved it. I got to have time at home, went out for walks with my wife. Had whānau " Zoom times every week and connected with friends across the world because we were all in lockdown together. One of the best times of my life.
—Neville Bartley | Youth Team Leader
Over lockdown I spent time on the phone chatting to supporters and Children’s Ministry people, writing resources for our Breakthrough website, " ‘Zooming’ around New Zealand with other members of staff, going on long walks and rediscovering the joy of knitting.
—Liz Eichler | Children and Families Worker – Wellington
I thought lockdown might have meant a slower pace of work for us, as " an organisation, but in fact it felt very busy. I spent a lot of my time in lockdown making sure our staff had tools in place to work from home comfortably as we began to think about how our activities would adapt in this new time period. I was very encouraged at how we all looked out for one another as we constantly called (or ‘Zoomed’) each other. We made sure all staff members didn’t feel alone despite not being able to be together in our offices. I’m very proud to be part of such a caring team!
