My title is Development Manager - OM Ships. That means I am responsible for developing relationships with churches, supporters and donors of the ship ministry in the UK. As this is a brand new role, it will take some time to develop this but what is becoming clear is that I will be at the heart of the marketing and publicity for the ship ministry. This week we are looking at how we are going to promote the ships for the rest of the year and what we want to raise finances for.
For years, the ships have increasingly relied upon the booksales in each port to cover the costs. We want to move away from that and see more support coming from different countries around the world, like the UK.
So in the coming months I will be working hard to find the Christians in the UK who are excited in the ship ministry and let them know about the needs that we have.
Right now, we are enjoying a couple of days visiting Heather's brother in the North of Scotland. Liam & Kara love playing with their cousins and it has been great for them to get together again. Yesterday they actually were swimming in the sea which doesn't sound much if you live somewhere with warm summers, but here in Northern Scotland, the sea is freezing.
So wetsuits are the order of the day but the kids had fun, particularly jumping off the harbour wall.
Back to Edinburgh tomorrow to see how Jazz survived without us.
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