A Kiwi Thanksgiving

And you are thinking... what exactly is a 'Kiwi Thanksgiving?'

Well, it's summer here - which means hot. And so instead of the tradition Thanksgiving meal we had a church BBQ! About 27 of us there. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time of fellowship and thanking the Lord for all he has done for us! :)

 Dad cooking the hamburgers and sausages and fellowshipping with Pastor G. 

The kids love Brother Spackmens water wheel.

Three Years!

Three years ago today we arrived here in New Zealand!

2009

Checking in our baggage at LAX

2010

One year in New Zealand

2011

Two years

 2012

Three years!!!
(pic actually taken in Dec. 2011)

More Pictures

Teaching Bible Club in the Park 

Games at Bible Club 

 Brooke-Lyn 

Tuakau Christmas Parade 

Five Day Bible Club in Tuakau 

Bro. Mario teaching Bible Club 

Street Preaching in Auckland 

Bible in Schools class 2011

A Sunset!

Our Saturday and Sunday...

~On Saturday we went up to Hillsbourgh, Auckland and went door knocking with the Magallanes' in the morning. Then we had a good time of fellowship and a great meal at the Magallanes' house with about four other families. After that we had a small service: sang some songs and then my Dad preached. And then today was a busy Sunday of Church and Bible Club. So, here's some pictures from the last two days...

 Singing at the Magallanes' on Saturday.

 Dad preaching.

Matthew teaching on Sunday Morning. 

 Independent Baptist Church

 Paul leading music.

 And my Dad preaching again! :)

 Tiffany on the way to Bible Club. She was so excited about her skirt! :)

 Some kids walking with Matthew.

Tiffany, Dean, and Whitiora

They were waiting in the drive way for us with there Club Shirts on and Bibles all ready to go when we got to there house today. 

 Bible Club

 Mr. and Mrs. Magallanes holding David and Linda during the lesson. The kids love them! :)

Singing :)

Emmaline working on verses with Laaquesha. 

Andy working on verses with Sonny. 

Alicea working with me(Jillian) on her Studies. We were doing Noah's Ark today! 

And game time... Supper Dodge Ball :)

I hope you all had a good weekend as well. May the Lord bless you this coming week!

IT'S SPRING :)

Yuppers... it's spring in New Zealand! Well... it's turning into summer quickly! :)

Alicia and Felicity are often my letter boxing partners  :)

  

Alicia Ann

God's creation is absolutely beautiful! :)

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends!

We are so thankful to have friends like you!

Hello Again...

Hello to all of our blog readers! I know its been a while since we have posted and I apologize for that! I do have many things I would like to post about but I have been so busy over the last few weeks that there just not been time for the blog. The Snyders are all doing very well and continuing to serve the Lord Jesus over here in New Zealand! A lady got saved just a few weeks back so that was a blessing! Our house continues to always be full of neighborhood kids and Bible Club and Church attendance have been rising, which is always a blessing! Two weeks ago we finished up school and are now on summer holiday (Yes, it's summer in NZ!). The Lord has provided a house for us that is not far from where we currently living. It is much bigger and has much cheaper rent which will be a blessing! So we are starting to pack and we move on December 27th!

Now for the project that has been keeping me so very busy! Emmaline and I have made a 2011 Calendar to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible! On each page is facts about the translation, translators, King James I, and much more! We have also started a business named 1611 Press which you can visit at that link! That is our first product and as we add products we will let you know! Everything will be shipped from New York and we can only ship within the United States as of now! If you live outside the United States you can get in contact with me and we will see if we can arrange shipping for you! So go ahead over and see what you think and we hope the Calendars are a blessing to you all!

And because everyone likes pictures, heres a few random ones!

The kids playing Super Dodge ball at a Kiwi BBQ!

Felicity

Alicia Ann

Mercy and Nicolea having fun in the backyard!

Malachi, Alicia, and Felicity

And finally another New Zealand sunset which always makes a wonderful close to pictures coming from New Zealand! :)

AND don't forget to check out the new website!!!!!!!

Happy New Year!

Happy

New

Year!

~Well, here we are the end of another year and the beginning of another. Yes, it is about one hour from the new year as I write, here. As I was thinking over the last year, it has been a really great year for us and we hope it was a great year for you all, too. We started our year in a motel in Virginia on our way to the New Zealand embassy in Washington D.C., and ended in Pukekohe, New Zealand, WOW. It was so exciting to see how the Lord brought us here and all he has done this year and we are looking forward to seeing what the Lord is going to do here in this next year.