Egyptian Dream

I didn't even dream this dream of visiting the pyramids and the sphinx because it was too far out of my reach. Beware, because sometimes He gives you something beyond your wildest dreams! (For $35)

I wish I could rewind to my studying Ancient Egypt in school, knowing I would go there someday. I don't know if the books came alive or if I walked right into the pages, but man, if you read about places and history, take it seriously! Someday you might find yourself seeing it in real life!

ShipSHOTS #15 Hope Night

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Traditional Libyan dress (notice the henna-painted hands)

A young boy bearing a picture of Muammar al-Gaddafi, the ruler of Libya, led the procession onto the stage, and the reciting of famous speeches started. Suddenly a group of boys carrying toy machine guns with real shooting noises ran around as the other children fell on their faces at the call to prayer. Complete with cultural dances (above) and incense burning, this was an insider's snapshot of history and customs I was lucky not to miss!

So much can you learn about the political state, culture, and religion of a country through it's children!

Book Hold

Somehow, on my first day in the book hold, I got to be in charge of the 23-page list! It was like a race to trying to keep five people busy finding the stacks of books, checking the ISBN number, pricing them and giving them storage shelve locations.

I'm not sure how many titles - out of the 7,500 different titles we have onboard - were on the invoice, but I can assure you that the length of that list was comparable to Santa's!

Halloween?

It's Halloween. Not that it matters. Not that anyone on the ship even noticed, but it is. It means it's fall. Winter's coming. And after winter, I come home.

For Ben

Another summer day Has come and gone away In Paris and Rome But I wanna go home, mmm...

May be surrounded by A million people I Still feel all alone I just wanna go home...

Oh, I miss you, you know...

And I've been keeping all the letters That I wrote to you Each one a line or two "I'm fine baby, how are you?"

Another airplane Another sunny place I'm lucky I know But I wanna go home...

I'm just too far From where you are I wanna come home

And I know just why you could not Come along with me That this was not your dream But you always believed in me...

Another winter day Has come and gone away In even Paris and Rome And I wanna go home...

Let me go home

And I'm surrounded by A million people I I still feel alone Oh, let me go home...

Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home I've had my run Baby, I'm done

It'll all be all right I'll be home tonight I'm coming back home...

- From the song Home by Michael Buble -

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ShipSHOTS #14 Heavy Fuel Project

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Ablaze!

I had the most beautiful off day today, and the icing on the cake was this gorgeous sunset when the sky went ablaze with yellow, orange, red and purple!

I'd like to put these two pictures together to make one long-ish picture... maybe someday I'll know how to.

Update: (thanks to Ben's friend)

Destination: North Africa!

A Libyan Mosque

In the Bazaar (middle eastern market)

Some fun with photography - my ship sister Imogen!

Jessica and Imogen

ShipSHOTS #13 New Crew Members

ShipSHOTS #12 Dentist Delight

ShipSHOTS #11 Journey of Life

Trading an A for an E...

This is something I have been learning...

GOD HAS SET US FREE! (Psalm 118:5 - FYI, I used NIV translation for all the references) For me this has been freedom to make decisions, free from my self-worth being based on what other people think of me, the realization that I can't please everybody and the confidence to start standing up for myself.

If we're set free, there must be something that's the root problem that we're liberated from! Free from what? FEAR. (Psalm 34:4)
What are your FEARS? (fear of failure, discontent, death, what other people think, being hurt, etc.)

F-E-A-R --> trade the 'A' for an 'E' (rearrange the letters) and you become --> F-R-E-E

1. My personal fear - fear of Man; what I think people will think of me

Prov. 29:25

1 Sam. 15:1-24

Luke 23:20-24, Mark 15:15, John 19:12-14

Isaiah 51:7

Isaiah 51:12

John 12:43

2. HOW does Christ set us free?
1 John 4:18

3. Only one thing we should fear:
Prov. 31:30 (could be another verse but since this is 'A Woman of God is...' study group...)

4. Building our CONFIDENCE in being free:
Psalm 119:32
John 8:32, 36
Gal. 5:1
Psalm 119:45

One caution... (1 Peter 2:16 and Gal. 5:13)

We can go live in victory, trading our "A"s for "E"s, because Christ has set us FREE from our fears, free to LIVE FOR HIM!

ShipSHOTS #10 Hope Team