We are all on a journey of life

A significant amount of my time over the past few months has been taken up with managing a project to complete a major part of the vision of Logos Hope. Ever since the idea of having an entire deck dedicated to our visitors became a reality, there has been a desire to have an area set aside to sharing the gospel message in a clear way for every single visitor.
The space between the bookshop and the International Cafe on the port side of the deck was designated for this area and the term "Journey of Life" was used to try to describe what we wanted to present.
In September last year, in Trinidad, a design team from the Creation Museum in Cincinnati, part of the Answers in Genesis organisation, visited the ship to help us take this project forward. Over the course of a week, the concept of using the story of the Prodigal Son in picture format developed.

I just read in a Tom Clancy novel the statement - "All of Christianity in a single story" describing the Prodigal Son .
So over the past months, we have been working on developing this concept, producing and refining the art of the background and the story. In just a few weeks, in Bermuda, we will install the 2metre high story panels that will bring this powerful story to life for every visitor coming to the ship.

Only God knows how many peoples lives will be challenged by this powerful story of healing and forgiveness in the years to come.

Also this week we saw the first public performance of a "Scottish Dance" in the ship's cultural hour in our theatre. Heather has been working for many weeks with a group onboard to learn the "eightsome reel" in order to use it for public performances as we show the different diverse cultures onboard.

On Saturday and Sunday evening we had 3 Cultural Hours where many hundreds of those on the deck came down to the theatre to experience the Logos Hope cultures as well as hearing the good news of the gospel.

On Sunday, we once again saw a long line of people waiting to come onboard. For most of the afternoon and early evening we had around 1000 people waiting to get onboard.

In order to entertain and minister to them, we have set up a stage on our car deck up on deck 6 so that everyone waiting on the bridge can see and hear those performing. It's great to have so many different ways to connect with the thousands that are coming to the ship here in Kingston.

We have already had over 70000 visitors here in Kingston.