The number of people coming to the ship has actually been lower than we expected but we have still seen lots of great fruit from our visit.
A team from the UK made up of rap and hip hop music artists have visited the ship this week as a result of our time in London. They have been involved in many events onboard and onshore, using their music to connect with the youth of St Lucia.
Friday nights youth event in the Theatre saw a number of them perform alongside local bands to a packed house. It was also exciting to see the theatre fully functioning after all the cameras and video equipment were finally installed in the past few weeks.
The programme was a real challenge to the young people and around 20 made decisions of faith at the end.
On Saturday night the team took to an outside stage on the quayside to perform to the crowds waiting to get on the ship along with other local performers.
We also had an open cafe in our Logos Lounge, inviting those leaving the visitors deck to come and relax in a cafe atmosphere with live music, just like Room 65 at our home church Carrubbers. Over 1100 people came in to the open cafe in 5 hours.
Last week was a school holiday and Heather and the kids had some great days out at the beach. One day they met a family that live on a small yacht and have spent 5 years sailing around the Caribbean. They came and visited the ship on Thursday and had a tour all around, then on Friday afternoon we all went back to the beach to meet up with them and visit their boat.
It is hard to believe that a whole family, and 2 cats, can live on such a small boat for years without any real purpose. We live in a relatively small cabin but have so much space compared to them. Felt a bit sorry for the kids who have no real friends but at least they had good fun with Liam and Kara for a few days.
St Lucia is home to the sailing ship that was used as "The Black Pearl" in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. So it was very exciting to see it close up this week as it sailed around the bay next to the ship and later in the week when we were on the yacht. I had thought we could maybe go for a sail onboard but at $110 per person for the day, it wasn't going to happen.
St Lucia is really a beautiful island. We have seen some of it in the 11 days we have been here, but it is great that we are coming back in a few weeks to have the ship's Sabbath week down at the south of the island.
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