Our Ship Family

When we arrived on board six weeks ago, we were warmly greeted by our new "ship family." Each crew member is part of a ship family on board. We meet together at least once a week for fun, fellowship and community. Ship families exist to give crew members a place where they can belong and feel comfortable sharing their joys and struggles. Each ship family consists of "parents" (a married couple) and their "children." Our ship parents, Dave and Betty, are leaving the ship on Friday to head home, so John and I were asked to be the new ship parents! We are really excited! We'd like to introduce you to our seven new children! :)


Front Row: Our current parents: Betty and Dave (Canada)
Back Row (from left to right): Shama (Sri Lanka), Andrea (Switzerland), Lydia (USA), Jennifer, John, BK (India), Terrance (Jamaica), Marsha (Netherlands), Aaron (USA)

Last night, we had a farewell dinner party for our parents. BK (from India) made an amazing curry dish. John was able to help BK in the preparations and learned to make Indian Roti (bread). We LOVE Indian food, so we were in heaven! BK even asked one of his Indian friends to come to our dinner party and sing live Indian music for us! What a treat. We LOVE living in an international community!!!


BK and John in the kichen.


John with Aaron and BK.