Kia ora. Here at Challenge I am usually Jude or Sister Jude. I am a Dominican sister who has been part of Challenge for more than thirteen years. It is a privilege and joy for me to belong to this hard-working, creative, never-give-up, life-giving whanau. My role at Challenge is volunteer community worker, mentor and friend. What I love most of all is to encourage people to recognise their gifts and to believe they are called to be people of compassion and hope, makers of justice and peace – to keep going on the hard days. For me Challenge 2000 is more than a work place – it is a Gospel place of hope, real life and growth, of family and community, of faith and commitment.