It wasn't intended, but it feels fitting sitting down to write this outside, in front of the fire listening to the river, the insects.......and the stags roaring in the distance. Often, I forget that my wife Amilie and I are in the process of trying to replant an Anglican church in the rural context of Ohakune.

For six years, my wife Rev. Amilie Paynter and I led a residential community made up of young adults, committed to youth work. I am discerning what it looks like to start another community after God called our family to move from central Wellington to the semi-rural town of Ohakune.