Wednesday, 28 November 2007

Home at last!





The day has finally come, after 20 months waiting to leave Edinburgh and 5 months across 7 countries, sleeping in 10 beds, finally we are in our cabin on Logos Hope.
What an amazing day on Monday 26th November as Logos Hope sailed into Kiel.





The welcome on the quayside had a particular Latin feel thanks to all the South American's on Logos 2. There were balloons and drums and dancing, lots of dancing.




It was just so exciting to see the ship coming around the corner and draw closer, gradually
recognising all our friends up on the decks.


Once the ship was cleared there was a great rush to get onboard and greet everyone.
We moved onboard straight away and by Monday evening were settled in our cabin.

We were regretting that later on when the water was turned off to install a new part for the heating. By next morning the cabin was freezing and there was still no water.


Now the ship is warming up nicely, most people from Logos 2 have moved on board and tonight we had our first joint meal on Logos Hope - freshly baked, individual pizza's.

The next days will be very busy ones as we work to get everything established here in Kiel. But we are just so excited to finally be in our home.
Thursday, our best friend Colin arrives for a flying visit so we are looking forward to an exciting weekend.

Sunday, 25 November 2007

Welcoming our new home

It is our last day living onboard Logos 2. The Logos Hope is due to arrive here in Kiel tomorrow morning. We expect the ship to come alongside sometime between 10 and 11.

Make sure you follow it on our live webcam at http://logoshope.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=284&Itemid=326

The past week has been a huge challenge for us as a family living on Logos 2. Heather had her birthday on Thursday but didn't feel much like celebrating. She has been very unsettled during this time of waiting for Logos Hope to arrive. We are really looking forward to getting onboard the ship and setting up home in our new cabin. After sleeping in 10 beds in the 5 months since we left Edinburgh, it will be great to unpack properly.

The whole community here on Logos 2 is excited about tomorrow and have prepared welcome dances and baloons and banners etc. We expect it to be a big party.

We'll post some photo's of the day as soon as we can.