This is a drill, this is a drill!!! In order for good practise and to be ready in the case of a real emergency, the safety officer had a scenario set up for the Fire Team and the Emergency Medical Team (EMT) – as you see in this photo up on deck 7 of the ship.
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Young friend at a local church
This was a young friend who kept walking by our seat while at a Sunday service at a local Foursquare Church here in Cotonou – which is the home church of a fellow long term crew member and friend. Another friend gave him a balloon and since it was her last Sunday, she had her camera and took this photo.
Off Ship Site Visit 07Aug with Jean Claude
Our second stop on our Off Ship Ministry Site Visit was with Jean Claude who is our agriculture trainer. He is training five men from Bethesda in agriculture who will be the trainers in their training program. In addition, they have 5 other men from the local community going through the training. Soon they will start with 30 new participants. You will see below the building they will use as the dormitory for participants and staff.
Off Ship Site Visit 07Aug – Hevie Training Facility
One of my privileges and responsibilities as the Programs Administrator is to plan and host the Off Ship Ministry Site visits for the general crew on a sign-up basis. Our very capable Public Relations department does this for visiting guests, donors, staff from our offices, etc. Though, I am able to offer this for the general crew. On Friday, we drove for about an hour to Hevie where we are partnering with Bethesda, a local Christian non governmental organization in building a training facility / dormitory for agriculture training. The building is near completion and will be occupied as soon as it is finished.
Jardin d’Eden Basketball
Following our time of singing and sharing a Bible story / lesson and craft time, we usually have free play time – this week we brought a basketball. Basketball is not too popular here, as football (soccer is king) though the boy with the ball now has a shirt with ‘Jordan’ printed on it.
Jardin d’Eden with Dorreal 01Aug
In this photo, Dorreal is one of the older boys at the Jarden d’Eden (Garden of Eden) Children’s home here in Cotonou – he is holding on his shoulder ‘Baby girl’ who has just started to walk.
Jardin d’Eden Craft Time 01Aug
At this children’s home – Jardin d’Eden, after sharing the story of Jesus’ first miracle – at the wedding feast – our craft was making our own invitations – I am watching Joel as he glued on cut outs and used stickers to decorate his special invitation. Through a translator, I learned that he remarked that he stacked the cut outs and stickers on his invitation because at his party there would be lots of food.
Jardin d’Eden 01Aug Snack Time
At a local children’s home this past Saturday, we shared the Bible story of the wedding party where Jesus turned the water into wine. It was the same day as Benin Independence Day from France. We followed up the craft time with some cookies (some the ladies in our group made cookies and others we purchased). This little guy is giving you this ‘cookie crumb’ smile.
Jesus Film in Benin
Sharing the Jesus Film in the local languages is part of Mercy Ministry which is part of Programs. The team and other crew volunteers go out on Tuesday and Friday evenings. We are using the film in French, but primarily in Fon, the local language most spoken in this part of the nation.
Deputy Harbor Master DOUNGBE, Pierre, Keith 23Jun09
During our pre-assessment in Lome, Togo, we went out on a tug boat to view the port completely. Our host was the man in the middle, Deputy Harbor Master DOUNGBE. To our benefit, he remembers well when the Anastasis was in Togo in ’03 and he speaks English.