I was born in Papua New Guinea. My parents were missionaries there. My parents returned to New Zealand in 1978 about a year after I was born. I am the last of 3 children. My two sisters are 11 and 13 years older than me. I grew up in Otaki on the Kapiti Coast. When I was 18 I left home and went to Massey University in Palmy. I spent my first year in the Baptist Youth Hostel (1996?), after which I went flatting. After completing my degree in 2002 I moved to Wellington looking for IT work. After spending some time unemployed looking for work, I gave up on IT and got a job working for a builder. After two years of doing building I was thoroughly frustrated and was praying earnestly fo