Encontro de dois mundos/Meeting of two worlds

Para a maioria dos tripulantes vir a Grenada e viajar para muito longe, muito longe de suas casas. Mas não para Kelon Arnol que acaba de navegar para sua cidade natal. Ele e voluntário nos navios ha 3 anos e e responsável em manter o equipamento de combate a incêndio. A cerca de 1 ano Kelon estava em Grenada com o Logos II e então ele embarcou o Logos Hope. Ele foi convidado para ficar mais tempo e continuar sua importante função. " Estou emocionado! Quero falar para minha familia, amigos e mantenedores o que tenho feito aqui no novo navio," disse Kelon. " Quero estudar para me tornar um oficial enquanto sirvo a Deus." Ele espera poder continuar por pelo menos um ano mas ele precisa de sustento financeiro.

For most crewmembers coming to Grenada is going far, far away from their homes. But not for Kelon Arnold who just sailed in to his hometown. He has volunteered with OM Ships for the last three years and is responsible for maintaining Logos Hope's fire fighting equipment. About a year ago Kelon was in Grenada with Logos II and then he joined Logos Hope. He has been asked to stay longer on board to continue to fill the important role he has. "I'm excited! I want to tell my family, my friends and supporters what I have been doing here on this new ship," Kelon said."I want to become a Deck Officer while serving God." He hopes to be able to continue with the ship for at least one more year but needs financial support to do so.

Conferencias/conferences

Deus e tão maravilhoso, que linda oportunidade para comunicar o evangelho para as pessoas aqui no Caribe, eles estão abertos para a palavra, e um prazer poder compartilhar com eles.

God is so wonderful, what a beautiful opportunity to communicate the gospel to the Caribbean people, they are open to receive the word, it is a pleasure to share with them.

Ben-vindo a Granada/Welcome to Granada

Chegamos aqui na Granada, uma nova ilha no Caribe. O primeiro ministro da ilha veio declarar aberta a nossa livraria. ele recebeu das mãos do nosso capitão uma bíblia. Existem muita beleza natural, mas uma grande decadência espiritual. Chegamos na época do carnaval, e durante essa data e muito fácil perceber o domínio demoníaco sobre essa linda ilha. Oremos para que durante nossa estadia aqui que o Senhor da ceara liberte vários desses cativos.

We arrived here in Grenade, another island of the Caribbean. The prime minister came to officially open our book fair, he received from our captain's had a bible. There is great natural beauty, but also a spiritual depression. We arrived during the carnival season, during this time of the year can perceive the strong hold of our enemy over this beautiful island. Let us pray that the Lord of the harvest will set many captives free.

Oportunidades / Opportunities

Temos uma oportunidade único aqui no navio, podemos usar vários métodos para evangelizar. E muito bonito ver talentos e simples atividades nos proporcionando oportunidades para demonstrar o amor de Deus.

We have great opportunities here on the ship. It is so beautiful to see gifts and simple activities allowing us to share the Love of God.

Igreja Caribenha / Caribbean Church

Quero agradecer a Deus por nos haver dado a oportunidade de ministrar a igreja aqui em St. Vicente. Foi uma boa experiência, no final de semana passado fomos com a familia a uma ilha, tivemos 3 dias entre nos e também pudemos visitar uma igreja local, foi muito bom ter tido o privilegio de pregar para os irmãos caribenhos. Percebemos a carência da igreja no caribe, eles precisam de treinamento, a igreja e muito carente e existem pouquíssimos lideres. Oremos por eles.

We want to thank God for the opportunity to minister to a local church here in St. Vincent. It was a great experience, the last weekend we as a family could spent sometime together in a island here and at the same time we could visit a local church, what a privilege it was to preach for the Caribbean brothers. We also saw the great need of the church here, they need training and are in desperate need of leaders. Let us keep praying for them.

 

Novo Recorde/ New Record

Na Sexta feira, em St. Vicente e Granadinas no Logos Hope um novo recorde de visitantes em um unico dia foi quebrado, 4.882 pessoas visitaram o navio. Esse recorde foi seguido de um outro recorde, em uma hora 1789 pessoas nos visitaram no Domingo a noite. Para assegurar uma boa experiência para as pessoas que nos visitaram nossos tripulantes usaram varias métodos. Entre eles foram usados métodos como controlar o numero de pessoas permitidas no navio, grupos de no máximo 800 pessoas. Um dos nossos desafios foi poder interagir com cada pessoa, mas isso foi possível traves regulares programas em nosso teatro, pudemos usar dramas e usar a equipe de percussão no porto para entreter e levar o evangelho os nossos visitantes.   

 

On Friday, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines set a new record of attendance in one day for Logos Hope with 4,882 people coming to the Visitor Experience. This was followed by another first as 1,789 people came through the ship in a single hour on Sunday evening. To try and ensure that visitors had a good experience, the crew implemented various procedures through the weekend. These included letting people onto the ship in groups of a hundred and stopping entry whenever the maximum capacity of 800 people was reached. Another challenge was connecting with people personally during these busy times. This was done by bringing guests to the Hope Theater for regular programs, engaging people through dramas and also getting the percussion team on the quayside to entertain waiting visitors.

 

 

 

 

Band Of Brothers

Esse foi o primeiro grupo Band of Brothers, começamos esse projeto e agora ja estamos no terceiro grupo, Deus tem usado esse treinamento para solidificar esses homens em sua fe.

 

This is the first group of the Band of Brothers, now we are on the third one, God is using this program to solidify these men’s faith. 

 

Durante nossa viagem entre a Europa e o Caribe tivemos momentos marcantes no oceano, um deles foi nossa noite de lovor, estavamos no conves superior e louvamos nosso Rei olhando para su incrivel criacao. Durante essa viagem nossa comunidade foi realmente renovada.

During the voyage between Europ and the Caribbean we had very significat moments, one of them was our worship night, we were on our open deck praising our King and looking His creation. In this voyage our commuity was renewed.   

 

Atlantic Voyage 2009

<<Atlantic Voyage 086.jpg>> Foi uma experiência incrível poder uma vez mais ter cruzado o Atlântico. Deus e tremendo.


What a great experience it was to once again cross the Atlantic, God is so Great.

As crianças do navio foram visitar um museu muito interessante, eles podiam tocar e usar o que encontravam.

The children of the ship went to visit a very interesting museum, they could touch and use everything they found.

Esse porto e o porto da Irlanda do Norte, foi um lugar bastante interessante. Mais de 18 mil pessoas vieram nos visitar, a cada 4 minutos e meio uma bíblia era vendida.

This is the port of Northen Ireland, this was a very interesting port. More than 18 thousand people came to visited us, every 4 and a half minutes a bible was sold.

More than 15 thousands people visit the ship in the Faroe Island. Only 48 thousands live in theses islands. Not only the islands are very beautiful but the people have a hart for missions. They are great supporters of this ship. They filled our freezers with so many donations.

Mais de 15 mil pessoas nos visitaram nas ilhas Faroe, apenas 48 mil pessoas vivem nessas ilhas. Alem da beleza incrível dessas ilhas as pessoas tem o coração voltado a missões. Eles são grande mantenedores desse navio. Tivemos varias doações, o que abarrotou nossos frigorifico.

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Prayer and work

On Friday several pastors and Christian leaders came to Logos Hope to share about their goals, experiences and expectations. Gordon Mac Dade (Northern Ireland), Chairman of the Preparation Committee team for Belfast, talked about people’s response to God’s call and David Dunne (Northern Ireland), from the local OM Committee, explained how the ship has made it easier for many Christian leaders to talk about how to work together while generating new ideas. According to Director Mike Hey (Australia) the Pastors Conference was well received and his focus on prayer and unity was significant for those who attended. For some it was the first time they prayed with people from other denominations.

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Good basis

Last week Frank Moericke (Germany) shared his testimony during 14:23 (referring to the verse in Luke), an event on board for homeless people and organisations who work with them. He explained how his life without God was like a building without foundations; a total mess. But then a pastor led him to God’s word as a firm basis and his life was changed. In his work on the ship, Frank has been welding the base for the Water Desalination Plant that will be installed soon in the engine room. Logos Hope needs this device to be able to convert salt water into fresh water suitable for drinking and Frank is working with the engine team in charge of installing this system. In many ways Frank is able to bless others like fresh water; both through his practical skills in welding but also in his life experience which is helping others build firm foundations.

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Simply the Story

Four people from Logos Hope went to Belfast City Church on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to be trained about “Simply the Story”, a method of telling Bible stories orally and then leading people to the spiritual treasures hidden inside and to personal applications in which they can discover by themselves the relevance of God’s word for their personal lives. Tony Dower (Australia), Bryan Thompson (USA) and Andrea Mencken (USA), among other trainers worked with them through those days and finally came to the ship to practice their skills with people on board on the Visitor Experience deck at the International Café on Wednesday evening. Tony shared the story of Bartimaeus, the blind man that was healed by Jesus. He told it out loud and then asked questions to the audience there, most of them fellow church members. At the end some of the trainees told their stories and through questions motivate them to apply God’s word in their lives.

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DEEP Volunteers

After a long wait, for the first time Logos Hope ran the DEEP Volunteer programme in Belfast. David Svensson (Sweden) co-ordinates and runs the two volunteer programmes the ship has: HELP and DEEP. The HELP programme is designed to enable local people to help on the ship while it’s in port, participating in a variety of practical tasks and times of spiritual input and training. DEEP runs for a week from 9 to 5, Sunday to Sunday. Time is split equally between work in departments and discipleship training. There are also service opportunities off the ship with teams of crewmembers. “We had training sessions for ‘Grow’, ‘Show’ and ‘Go’. It’s great to connect with people and see God’s work”, said Claire Rush, one of the DEEP volunteers, about her experience

for Logos Hope,

Carlos Andrés Montañés (Colombia)

Here we are in the Faroe island, this i s an amazing place, not only this is a gorgeous country, but the people are so hospitable. They are very mission minded and kind.
Only 48 thousand people live here. There is no or very little crime, there has not been a murder in over 20 years.

In our arrival not only the mayor was present, but even the prime minister came to greet us. So many people have already come to the ship. Go is so Faithful, even the weather has been good, and they almost never have good weather here.

Aqui estamos, nas ilhas Faore. |esse lugar não apenas é um lugar incrívelmente lindo mas a hospitalidade desse povo é sem igual. Eles tem o coração em missões e são super bondosos.
Apenas 48 mil pessoas vivem aqui. Eles praticamente não tem criminalidade aqui, e a mais de 20 que não acontece um assassinato.

Na nossa chegada não apenas o prefeito estava presente mas também o primeiro ministro veio nos receber. Deus é fiel, ate mesmo o clima esta ótimo, e olha que eles nunca tem um bom clima aqui.

We have met so many friends in Holland. It was such a gift to see them all. God has been so gracious to us. So many years have passed by, but our friendship continues. We love you all.

Encontramos com tantos amigos na Holanda. Foi um grande presente poder reencontra-los. Deus tem tido muita graça conosco, muitos anos se passaram, mas nossa amizade continua. Amamos vocês todos.

Here are some of my leaders, Juhanni Ahola, pr. Joel and Leo Stevanatto, they are in our Brazilian church in Mandaqui Sao Paulo. Juhanni is our Finnish leader, we are working together since 2001. He and is family were missionaries in Israel for 5 years. I never imagine that these leaders one day would meet. God is awesome !!!

Aqui estão alguns dos meus lideres, Juhanni Ahola, Pr. Joel e Léo Stevanatto, em nossa igreja no Mandaqui, SP. Juhanni é o nosso líder da Finlândia, Trabalhamos juntos dês de 2001. Ele com sua família foram missionários em Israel por 5 anos. Eu nunca imaginei que esses meus lideres um dia se encontrariam. Deus é tremendo!!!

We had many receptions in Holland. We are so happy that we could welcome partners that have and still are blessing our ministry.

We have completed our third port in our second country. At closing last night we had welcomed 17138 visitors in Scheveningen. That is the total of over 23325 visitors in the Netherland. There were 6536 tours given in this port alone.

Tivemos varias recepções aqui na Holanda. Estamos muito felizes em recepcionar nossos mantenedores holandeses, eles abençoaram e continuam abençoando muito nosso ministério.
Completamos nosso terceiro porto em nosso segundo pais. Ontem tivemos 17138 visitantes aqui em Scheveningen. No total tivemos 23325 visitantes na Holanda. Tivemos 6536 pessoas em nossos turs.

A few stories from the weekend:

We welcomed 3,330 visitors for the weekend!

SALVATION ON THE GANGWAY - Pastor Jimmy from Suriname, a man coming to visit the ship and second man (name unknown) met halfway up/down the gangway at 11:30 this morning. Neither knew we did not open until 14:00. Both came too early. Conversation began between the two and to make a long story short, Jimmy leads this man to faith in Jesus Christ. They decide to go to breakfast and have a coffee that they thought they were going to have on board. At 14:00 they were both back to the ship as Jimmy the Pastor offered to buy this man a Bible which he did. Now that’s true evangelism and proves God’s divine will and purpose over our lives. Be prepared in season and out!!

THE PUDDLE OF TEARS: Chris, a local, is expectantly walking through the I-Café trusting the Lord that he would find at least 7 people to pray with. Why seven I don’t know but that was his goal. I was there orientating 11 people from Tyndale House on a vision team from Chicago. We had just prayed and discussed our “God Story” program; that of living expectantly for divine appointments. Up walks Chris and asks “do you all believe in miracles?” Absolutely, YES I responded! He then went on to share how he was an abused child, lived in an all boy convent, turned gay but accepted the Jesus as Lord of his life four years ago. Now he was desperate for us to pray for his friend who was still gay and was ready to end his life. We had an amazing time of prayer. And then Chris closed in prayer in deep emotion. It was one of those precious prayers never to be forgotten. By the time he finished, there was a small puddle of tears on the floor. Oh that we would pray with more emotion and conviction believing the God does answer prayer!