Thanksgiving Day Pictures

Along with several other women, I helped bake apple, pumpkin and pecan pies for all the Americans on board!


We were so proud of our Thanksgiving display! ;)


Our dining room set up for Thanksgiving.


Yummy! Our American head chef prepared a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner for all of ship's company!

Guyana

Guyana means "The Land Of Many Waters". Guyana is bordered to the east by Suriname, to the south and southwest by Brazil, to the west by Venezuela, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Guyana achieved independence from Great Britain in 1966. At 83,000 square miles, Guyana is the third-smallest independent country on the mainland of South America (after Uruguay and Suriname). The population is approximately 770,000, of which 90% reside on the narrow coastal strip (approximately 10% of the total land area of Guyana). Guyana is one of the five non-Spanish speaking territories on the continent, English being the official language. More than 80% of Guyana is covered by forests making it one of the countries with the highest biodiversity in the world. The main economic activities in Guyana are agriculture (production of rice and Demerara sugar), bauxite mining, gold mining, timber, shrimp fishing and minerals.

Taekwondo!

For fun and to get a bit of extra exercise, John and I have been participating in a Taekwondo class on board a few mornings a week. Our South Korean friend, Enoch, is our fearless leader. ;) During our Sabbath week last week, John and a few other guys were able to perform a "Taekwondo Dance" to ship's company! What fun! John worked so hard on the dance, so it was quite fun for him to perform for the ship's company during a community night on board. We hope they have the opportunity to perform for locals soon as a display of culture. Enjoys the pictures taken by our ship's photographer Tom Brouwer.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving on board the Logos Hope in Guyana! Yesterday morning, we had the official opening ceremony for Guyana and we were asked to dress as American cowboys to welcome the guests (see photo with us and a guest taken by our ship's photographer Tom Brouwer)! What fun! In the evening, all the Americans (there are 80 of us now!) had a wonderful dinner together. Our head chef is American, so made turkey and all the trimmings for the entire ship's company! How amazing is that?! We have so much to be thankful for in 2009 -- good health, being able to serve the Lord together on board the ship, having three new nieces be born this year, a new brother-in-law in the family and that both sets on parents were able to visit us on the ship!

SOUTH AMERICA!

We arrived to Guyana yesterday morning! We are beyond thrilled to be in a new continent. Neither John or I have ever been to South America, so we are so excited to be here! The sail here was VERY rough and we were very sea sick, so we are happy to be in port again! More to come soon...

More pictures from St. Lucia!

King of the castle!


Out for a nice walk...


Natural modern art... :)


We thought this banana plant was so unusual!

Sabbath week pictures!

Enjoy a few pictures from our Sabbath week in St. Lucia!


We walked through the only "walk through" volcano in the Caribbean! Whew, did it ever smell of sulpher!


Beautiful waterful! The movie "Romancing the Stone" was filmed here!


Lying on the beach looking up....


The Grand Piton... St. Lucia's most famous landmark.