Trinidad and Tobago Part 2
We are currently in Scarborough, Tobago, having had a day’s sail from Trinidad on 27th. The journey was a little rough for a while and many of us new crew members felt seasick! Our vision for this port is that the youth will be more aware of their identity as sons and daughters of God. We have held a few youth conferences both weekends here.
I am working in the galley (kitchens), which is good fun. Shifts vary between 6am-2pm and 1-8pm. My shift leader Alex is from Uruguay, then there’s Deltha from Mexico, Leinubia from Brasil, Virginia from S. Africa and myself. We also have local volunteers join us from time to time. Every morning the whole ships company has devotions at 7.45am and then department devotions until 9am. I have also been involved in the official opening in Tobago where I dressed in Welsh national dress and welcomed people and also on the 3rd at a formal dinner onboard.
This weekend I went on a prison ministries team where we did a drama and I shared a challenge with the prisoners. Today half the ships company went snorkelling at the reef :0)
Trinidad and Tobago
About 23 of us travelled to Trinidad on the 8th September for Pre Ship Training, where we were joined by 20 others mainly from Latin America. We stayed at a Christian ministries centre near Arima and were blessed with a swimming pool, which we made good use of! Apart from that the centre was very basic and very hot! We learnt many dramas and ministry skills over the 2 weeks there, as well as completing all the safety training required to work onboard the ship. This included a day doing life raft training in a pool and learning fire fighting. Some of the days were very long - those on which we visited the ship we were up at 5am - but the Lord proved Himself to be our sustainer.
On the final weekend before we joined Logos II, we went on small overnight church teams. Five of us (Evis (Guatemala), Pablo (Argentina), Maartje (Holland), Magdali (India) and I) went to a Pentecostal church. We stayed with local families from the church, which was a great cultural experience. The lady us girls stayed with is a professional caterer so she cooked amazing Indian food for us! On the Saturday we watched the church football team play. Then we were involved in street evangelism/open air service late afternoon in the ghetto where their church is. There is much gun crime and drug problems here. I was MC for the open air so I explained the dramas that we did and also gave my testimony. There was a small crowd of young people hanging around and people would also be able to hear from their houses. On the Sunday our team lead the service, challenging the church to get more involved in missions. Again I was the MC and the challenge was very well received.
On 24th September, we moved onboard Logos II.
