Thank you Ponsonby, 2023

by Zai

The chapter of our life here in Ponsonby is coming to a close.



 

We thought we would only stay here for a maximum of three months. But ten months later, we have grown to love this place. Living at Vermont Street has been a real treat for us. We got to meet new people and had made friends here. We got to entertain old friends.  Even though we were living a Spartan life, we were able to manage. We celebrated our birthdays, anniversaries, we got to travel within and outside of NZ and so much more.

It had seemed like a holiday even though we had come from a disaster of our home getting flooded in Parnell. Ponsonby welcomed us and it was our home for several months. We have come to appreciate that even though life can turn at any moment, there is a rainbow at each dark moment.

We are grateful.


 





I will surely miss this place. It has now become another dream of ours to stay in this area. We don't know how our life will turn up this coming 2024. We have radical plans that will change our home life but who knows if it will happen. It seems that although we plan these things, in the end God's will be done. So, it is going to be a challenging year ahead. We can only hope for the best, the rest is up to the Almighty!


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