Andrew Nicol

I live in Hamilton, New Zealand (with my wife and 3 kids) where I run a small business (Agoge Limited) that has plans to take over the world!

It has been said of me that, "I am random, distracting, I have baggy pants but a big personality". All true words!

The bit they miss is that I love people. I get a spring in my step when I think of people growing and developing in ways they never thought possible. I am humbled by the opportunities I have had to lead and develop people.

I believe in God! Believing in God for me answers “why?” Why can I see beautiful colours and inhale hideous smells? Why can I reason and think? Why do I have feelings of immense pleasure, and intense pain? You see I could believe that we evolved from monkeys, but for some reason that doesn’t do it for me. We are to complex and well thought out, too intelligent, too well made or something.

Anyway I also believe in this guy Jesus. I mean he isn’t a folk tale; he actually walked on this planet and did incredible things. Don’t get me wrong, I am not one of these religious zealots that think they are more important than others, tell everyone what is wrong but do beggar all to fix it and live outwardly by a set of rules that they think should be forced on someone else. Jesus spoke out against people like this in his day. He basically said that we need to focus on “Justice, Mercy and Faithfulness”. If believing in God answers the “why?”, believing in Jesus answers the “how?”. How should I live my life?

I have the privilege of running a small company called Agoge Limited (www.agoge.com). We provide services to the logistics industry, but what really gets me going is what we are becoming as a company. Agoge means ‘being’. Many years ago a guy Paul while on his death bed wrote a letter to his young apprentice Timothy and said “You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose and faith”. The term ‘my way of life’ is the old greek word Agoge. Paul knew it was more than just teaching, or having purpose or having faith. Paul knew he had lived all these things through his way of life. Through being!

I long to have an impact on the people with whom I share planet earth with.

I want to ‘be’

Oh, and I want to have a heap of fun and laughs along the way!

Other information
Age 37
Married Karina
Kids Kyla (8), Talia (6), Jayden (2)
Education Nil