sailing across the atlantic... again.

Sailing across the Atlantic…again.
It is coming to the end of my time serving onboard the Logos Hope but it also a new beginning. We will sail across the Atlantic from the Caribbean where we have spent the last 10 months to West Africa where I will spend my last 3 and ½ months onboard.

When I look back at the last 10 months I have spent in the Caribbean it seems to all mesh together but when I really take time to remember, I realize the uniqueness of each port I visited.

St. Vincent- Lived a week on an island called Union Island where we sold books and did open airs.

Home- At the end of St. Vincent I got news of an accident that killed two of my best friends, so I came home straight after hearing and stayed home for two months.

Trinidad- I spent 3 days in Trinidad because it was where I returned back to the ship after being home for 2 months. It is significant for me because it was exciting to see my second home again after a long break at home.

St. Lucia- This port is memorable for me because it was first of all my first port back on the ship and it was my first port leading the events team. This port was difficult because I faced challenges in work that I needed to figure out myself as a leader of a team. This port I also met some American who were working there with the peace core and they took me snorkelling for the first time.

Barbados- Anchorage. We had to go to anchor when we were in Barbados due to swells that were knocking the ship against the quayside. During this time I did different teams such as street evangelism and going to a breakfast club for children who live in a very poor community.

Guyana- This port opened my eyes to poverty. Guyana is poor and going from tourist islands such as St. Lucia and Barbados to a country like Guyana was a bit shocking at times. I saw poverty like I hadn’t seen before and it opened my eyes to the need. I also had the opportunity to go to a church and be a part of a feeding program for children in a poor community; we shared about Jesus with them and then ate dinner with them.

Curacao- Will forever be in my memory as my hot Christmas. We spent Christmas and New Years in Curacao and it was such a nice place to be for these days. I will never forget going swimming in the ocean next to the ship on Christmas morning.

Aruba- It was amazing to organize the Official Opening in Aruba because we actually were allowed to sell books in Aruba and the woman who said we couldn’t sell books happened to be out Guest of Honor at the Official Opening. Our Captain and Directors speeches at that event were amazing and God changed that woman’s heart and she allowed us to sell books. Also in Aruba we had a benefit event for HIV/AIDS and I had the opportunity to swing dance at it. It was amazing.

Jamaica- All I can think of is school kids. We had 35,530 school kids attend a program onboard the ship during our time in Jamaica and the most amazing part about that is that each one of them heard the Gospel. God brought 35,530 Jamaican school kids one step closer to him through the ships visit.

Bahamas- I had the opportunity to MC a youth event in Bahamas with my Australian friend Adam. It was my best experience MCing and I had so much fun doing it. God brought 2 guys to him in that event.

Bermuda- The Bermuda Donor Weekend was my highlight in Bermuda and it was so special for me to have been a part of it. It was an honour for me to be able to organize 2 events onboard the ship for these partners of the ships ministry. It was great to see the partner’s reactions as they saw the ministry that they so faithfully support.

Antigua- God blessed me with rest. I went on break during our time in Antigua and it was a very restful time for me.

St. Kitts- We had packed events during our 5 day visit to St. Kitts. The highlight for me was the fact that we could have so many people onboard visiting and attending a program in such a short time.

Dominica- To be honest the best times I have had in Dominica during our visit has been my off days. God has shown me his beauty and love through his creation. I had the opportunity to trek a river, hike up to a waterfall and trek down it and swim in a gorge. God showed me the love he has for me through the nature in Dominica and he made it rain a lot, I love rain.

So now it is just minutes before we will start our journey sailing across the Atlantic to West Africa. I look forward to sunrises, sunset, stary nights and sleeps on deck. I cant wait to sit on deck and look out to nothing but water all around. To not see land for days but not miss it that much. I look forward to times with God where he shows me his beauty and love and I thank and praise him that he loves a human like me.

Pray for my sail across the Atlantic and pray for my last months serving onboard. West Africa has potential to be very busy and crazy, pray that I find rest in God.

With love,
Krysten

the things we do to share about Jesus.

I got to MC the Youth Event in Bahamas with a good friend Adam from Australia.
It was a blast to be onstage in front of those couple hundred teens. Adam and I had so much fun leading the program. It gave me so much energy to be up there and it reminded me of how much I love teens. We did some pretty crazy things for this event, check out the video below. This video was for a game that was based off of the passage in Matthew where it says " So do not worry, saying 'What will I eat?' or 'What will I drink?' or 'What will I wear?' For the pagans run after these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Matthew 6:31-34