Day 23: Wellington.. capital of Lord of the Rings!

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Treat of the Day: "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?"  Matthew 16:26a... it's good to focus on eternity, wherever you are in the world! 

Kevin organized a Lord of the Rings tour with our travel agent, and it couldn't have been better! 

Heights of book characters

If you know, you know! 

The start of the WETA tour! 

Hiding from the Wraiths!

Frodo opening scene! 


3 sites to visit, then a tour of the production studio (weta), named after a scary bug, then a great lunch and a few more LOTR filming locations. The kids were in costumes and in heaven. 

New Zealand's Hollywood Sign! 

Hot Chocolate meant Melted Chocolate! It didn't matter! 


Our guide was a fire captain doing this for fun and he was a great driver and a riot...

He gratefully received my last scripture,  and join me in praying for Selwyn... what a fun day and what a critical eternity.  His folks are Roman Catholic and he honors them but doesn't agree with their religion, so he's just trying to be as good as he can. The conversation rightly turned away from religion to a relationship with Jesus, as He's the only one that was good enough... in fact, perfect, to satisfy God's justice.  Loving and trusting Jesus for His perfect life, sacrificial death, and supernatural resurrection as our sin substitute, trusting Him by faith and living for Him as Lord of our life now and forever is eternal life and eternal Glory!  May God open his heart. 





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  1. Jim JordanMarch 2, 2026 at 5:08 AM

    Looks like the perfect tour for this LOTR-Lovin’’ family. Those happy faces tell the story!

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