Day 6

i had to get up at 430 am this morning. we left for the airport right away. once there we all got our seat assignments for our flight to auckland. (nice to know you creeped on my flight mother) we got there safely and it seemed like a pretty short flight. first we met our new delegation manager ryan, and our new bus driver lance. we took a quick pit stop at a mcdonalds close by :) for our lunch. we were on our way to katikati college. once close we stopped one more time so we could all walk across a swing bridge that was over a rocky river. it was pretty cool. we then got back on the coach and finally arrived at katikati which is where we got to met our home stay families. The family that i'm staying with is the Megchelse family. It consists of the mom and dad, a fourteen year old girl named Heidi (turning fifteen in auagust), an eighteen year old boy jonathon, and a twenty year old boy nick. There's also another girl from the program staying with me, her name is shannon. it really helped for her to be with me so i wasnt that nervous. some people had to at the homes by themselves. we got to the house and had a delicious dinner, rice chips that tasted like doritos, and taco like things that we filled with a chili like filling and cheese. we also had the famous new zealand drink called L and P which was good. we took our showers and went to bed quite early because our long day of traveling. we talked with the family for a while though too. it was a pretty long and exhausting day.