Leaving Harlingen, Arriving in Scheveningen

Yesterday morning, we departed from Harlingen and headed to Scheveningen. The seas were fairly rough yesterday, so we both felt pretty miserable the whole day. John said this was the first time in his life that he has been sea sick! After a long, rocky voyage, we arrived in Scheveningen late morning. What a gorgeous sail in today! The sun was out and it was 53 degrees! Scheveningen is a beach town, so we enjoyed seeing the gorgeous beach on our sail in. We even saw one surfer! John was thrilled as you can imagine! :)

Before I starting blogging about our new port, I wanted to give a quick recap about Harlingen. We had a great two weeks in Harlingen. There were so many exciting highlights during the port! The biggest highlight for us was that OM Founder George Verwer visited the ship! What a neat priveldge to see him in person after hearing so many wonderful things about him. We also had our first short term mission trip arrive (we call them Vision Team) from Tyndale Publishing House in the USA while in Harlingen.

Over the span of the two weeks in port, we had 5,929 Dutchies visit the ship! Not bad considering Harlingen's population is just over 15k. Each of the visitors had the opportunity to meet crew, to tour the ship (we gave 3,736 tours of the ship!), to purchase quality books, and to sit and connect with a crew member while enjoying a coffee in the I Cafe. Watch the video about our Experience Deck for a reminder of what each visitor experiences when he/she comes on board! Click here!

We also had many great events on board throughout the two weeks, two of which we had the chance to help host (see previous postings). Overall, we had a great time in Harlingen connecting with locals and experiencing Dutch culture.