All I’ll add at this time is that we are “rockin’ and a rollin”! So far it hasn’t gotten to me but some of the others have been queasy at various times.
When the Captain announced (at 6:32) that we would be leaving the berth at 7:00 I scrambled up to the outside/ 8th deck to watch the action. As you can imagine it is a major endeavor to get a ship moving.
Later, as we were dropping the anchor, I met a young lady from Slovakia. As she was sharing about her journey to the boat I was struck by three remarks that seem to be common in the conversations that I have had with everyone else: She has seen the hand of God moving through the process, He has built her faith, and she is fully open to what God has in store for her in the future. It is exciting to be in an environment like this with so many committed Christian young adults... and to think that, by the Director’s estimation, there have been at least 12,000 who have been through the program since its inception.
At lunch I ran into an OM guy from Southampton who enlisted my assistance in data entry for some reports. I spend several hours on the bridge typing. It was very interesting (and a privilege) to be up there. It looks like I’ll do more for him tomorrow. He is conducting an Internal Audit of the practices and procedures on the Logos Hope and it has been enlightening to hear more about the details of the ship’s operations. The enormity of it all is amazing.
Finally, in our “debriefing”/ team meeting we compared notes about our experiences of the day, our disappointment in not continuing the ministries that we had expected and hoped for, and our excitement in knowing that our re-directed plans have been orchestrated by God with new opportunities and for His glory.
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