Back to ship life ...

So my 2 weeks are up, and im back on the ship, which means no more 6:30am starts, and thankfully no more fears of the fan cutting out and having to sleep in pure African heat.

So its been a good 2 weeks off the ship, ive been able to spend some good time with my visiting sister and see a little more of Benin.

But its nice to be back at the same time, to join in on my new weekly bible study and to watch west ham, even though they lost was still nice to see the boys in claret and blue!

So its less than 3 months until i will be back in England for Christmas, and that sounds a long time, but it easily go by rather quickly here i can tell you!

So it is my real big hope that i can make this time count, to press in, for what is life is more important? to make our time on earth count? So my hope is that i can press in for what God has for me and for what God wants me to do, to grow closer to him and to know him more ...

Samuel ... or is it Craig???

So ... it just so happened that i was walking along the dock this very Sunday evening and an African gentleman heading in the opposite direction said someting to Amy and myself, which isnt unusual at all, but what he said i can promise you was ...

So the man says "Are you from England?"

So i say "Yes, i am!"

now you may be thinking i was wearing an England shirt or somthing of those sorts ... but no, a totally unmarked shirt,

So here is the totally unbelievable, but totally true next line ...

So the man says "I knew that cause you look like craig david"

i was speakless ... and for those of you that done understand why ...

This is Craig David ...


This is rather strange, my spell check is in spanish! so sorry for any errors!

Africa is Hot!!!

So this may sound like a wierd statement ... that africa is hot, because of course it is, and we all know that, but living on a ship with air con, sometimes, just sometimes you can forget.

So now im not living on an ship with air con, but infact a house with fans! Yes thats right for the next 2 weeks i will infact be living off the ship in a house about 20mins drive from the ship.

So this has all come about because one of the famlies lives in this house, they are in charge of some off ship stuff and incharge of "mercy teams", which are people that come on a short trip to do some sort of project or something! (will try to find out more and tell you all later!) So for the next 2 weeks Mark, the father of the family, is away so they need someone to drive them to the ship and need a guy to stay at the house, which is where i fit in!

Now i will still be working on the ship and will be there most of the time, just some parts of the evenings and nights i will be at the house!

So this is just another African adventure which i am very much looking forward to! I really hope that this can be a time to get back into some routines which i seem to have fallen out of! So lots of blogging is one big hope, and not just for the 2 weeks, but hopefully forever and ever :)

So yes, its hot here, and there is a very girl'y film on the tv, but im happy and im sure my mum will be as well since i now have some time to email her :)

love to you all

life

... life is good ...

... life is busy ...

... life involves working alot ...

... life also involves playing sports alot ...

... life should involve more blogging ...

need to address that last one i feel!