Week#2: Koge Port

Hi friends,

Week 2 has been very physically draining.

I cleared the garbage room almost everyday, took about 3 hours to clear (that's a lot of garbage).

Moved a lot of stuff and did de-rusting works - sanding, grinding, needlegunning... Super tired.

Somehow, every morning, I awake at 6am and start my morning devotions and quiet time with God before I go for breakfast at 730am. And HE is faithful, although tired, I was about to perform all the duties assigned to me with a smile. I know HE provided the strength.

I was able to talk to so many locals this week, went to a youth hangout place as well, during evening after dinner. Also went to a local church, connected with the local Christians, sat through a whole sermon in Danish, and had a sumptuous meal with the local Christians in church. That was just amazing!

This week, 2 of the STEP-pers (those on 3 months), left the ship. I was a bit sadden.
I know that life on board the ship was not what they had expected, in fact to some, the life on the ship is hash and others do not find cleaning the toilets, clearing the garbage, etc, pleasing.

The ship underwent audit check on thursday.

Alot of works still need to be done and the ship may be docked at Koge for a long time, perhaps till december 08 till the outstanding works are completed and certified.

Please pray that the crew on board will not be disappointed and lose faith.
Since we are going to be in Koge for long, many of us intend to make connections with locals, building long term friendship.


I beginning to miss Singapore Food....

God Bless.
Vic

Week#1: Koge Port

Hi friends,
First and foremost, Qin aka Nipple-nator is my buddy. Really touched to have her. No matter where I am, she will always be my buddy, having that special place in my heart. (NOT in my nipple)

Some quick updates:
1. Due to complications, I am in Koge Port, 40km away from Copenhagen. Alot of work to be done on the ship before she can sail to serve in other areas. So, will be stuck here for at least a month. However, it is by no coincidence that we are in Koge port. We realise that this small town has less than 5% Christians. Also, many Christians here don't attend church, don't believe in God. In fact, pastor is like a job, with a salary, and pastor DON'T have to believe in God!!!! Also, the locals in this town seek "alternative" healing, alike to our local "tang kee".
Imagine 300 Christians on a Ship near them. Imagine what God can do to this town.

2. For this week, week 1, I was working in the Deck. Doing painting, helping out in hoisting works, etc. Engine department may need me to go program their alarm system. They spoke to me about it.

3. Also walked around the town alone. Ventured into the parks, houses.....
I think I must be very handsome. Alot of locals look at me as I walked around. So I smile, wave and befriend the locals. Thats how I got to know about their "alternative" healing.

Life on boat:
4. I am in a cabin, with 3 other cabin-mates, from Germany, Canada and USA. We have people from 40 nations on board.

Life here is amazing. I wake up very early to spend time with God. Also, people on board all have a deep heart for God. Simply Amazing.

We have to work hard to get the ship to be ready for sail. Sometimes, people work and get intensed. However, after the work, we will humbly seek forgiveness from the other party. Often we hug and cry. That's the Holy spirit at work, cleansing us with forgiveness. No hatred is kept over the night. What a culture! We must bring this culture to our workplace!!!

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Updates from Denmark

hi all,

Some of you might have known me as Qin, or Vic's buddy or 'Nipple', or 'Nipplizer', depending on how and when he intro me to you. I will be helping him to update his blog to let you guys know his whereabouts, in case he was not able to do this himself due to limited resources. So now, a lttle update for you.

I was just on msn with him a while ago and he is well and safe in a place 40km away from Copenhagen(where he was scheduled to be initially), in a small town called Koge Port. He will be there for a while as the ship makes her final preparations for the journey.

He does not have auto-roaming services on his mobile phone, so i'm afraid he might not be able to reply your SMSes immediately. However, if you would like to contact him, you could either email him or leave him a msg in this blog and i'm sure he will get back to you once he gets the chance.

Also, he would probably be updating some pics here soon, to let you guys and gals know all these fantastic places that he has been to and the ppl that he has met.

So, watch on folks!

Regards,
Qin aka ...you know the rest