We have said farewell to our awesome bus driver glen and our NZ scout guide Graham and are waiting for the flight to Nadi (late). We had a great finish, everyone spent lots of money, Alex Krochman got a Maori sword and all are well and happy.
We are about to board, and I need to go, but I wanted to make a quick update.
Our last two days have been awesome. After we got to Mt. Moaunganui we met with a "bunch" of new zealand scouts. We all have standing invitations to come back and places to stay. Even our bus driver Glen offered us a place to stay if we come back to visit.
Our kids have been absolutely great. We finished with several shopping runs and the kids will tell you about L&P and kiwi juice. Everything has been great and all the kids appreciate the effort Graham and I put into putting this together.
The farewell from Graham was tearful. It was heartwarming to watch as our kids all got broken up that they had to leave. It has been an awesome eight days and we are all so grateful to the New Zealand Scout association for inviting us.
The Scout association has committed to send a contingent to come visit us in 2010. We want to give them the same sort of hospitality we received so I will be asking all of you to consider accepting a homestay of a kiwi or two when they visit.
Now, it is off to Fiji for our last couple of days before returning home. It has been amazing here, and all of us want to come visit again. Cheers from New Zealand
Don Roberts
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