Change is exciting! November 30, 2009
In case you don’t receive my newsletters, I have big news! The Doulos, the ship I’ve been living on since February 1st of this year is being decommissioned. We all knew this would happen but figured it would be September of next year. Boy were we surprised to hear it was December 31, 2009! This threw a lot of people’s “schedules” off because we had a new group of people join just a few months ago for two years. Still, the attitude on the ship is positive and uplifting for me to see. Most people are unsure of where they will go next but excited to see the opportunities God has for them. It didn’t cause too many problems for me, just moved my leaving date up. I had planned to go to Manila, Philippines in early February but now I’ll be leaving about a month earlier. I’m excited to go and start working with Wycliffe Bible Translators for the next year. Please do pray for our community on board that everyone will see where it is God wants them to go and will follow Him wholeheartedly. And pray for my transition to Manila as well because it’ll be a very different lifestyle than ship’s life. I’m looking forward to it though!
Also I’ve updated my newsletter page with all my newsletters for the past few months. Since we’re no longer going to the middle east, it’s not unwise for me to put those up anymore. Oh yeah, that reminds me…we’re not going to the middle east. Haha. We’re staying here in Singapore until the end of the year. After that, the ship will be sold or…something. We’re not sure. So thanks for your prayers and if you’re in Manila, be sure to look me up!
Hey girl! I haven’t written you in a while and acutally havn’t read your blog in a while, so I was surprised to read that the Doulos is being discontinued! That is sad to hear! But how are you doing? What fun things are you doing on the ship to prepare for Christmas? How are you feelinga about that? Praying for you and email when you can.
Andrea