It’s hard to believe. But I have been living on this ship for four weeks already. The Viking Legend.
Four weeks without a single day off. Four weeks of 10 to 16 hour days.
The great advantage of that is that I hardly get to spent any money which enables me to actually save up the money I’m earning here!
Still, it is an odd feeling. Sometimes like a sailor of old who just hired onto some ship and then spent months at sea. Of course, this isn’t nearly as dramatic. But it still has this feeling of work-food-sleep and without much contact to the outside world or to friends and family. There is hardly any time for anything else. Anyway it gives me a quite different perspective of life, of God and of myself. I get to test new limits.
Even though it is very exhausting at times, I am really enjoying it – because it combines three of my favourite things – people, travelling and English. This may sound silly, but sometimes it feels like English is the only thing I ever had any talent for. (And even that isn’t at its best at the moment.) Which I know is not true, but you know, there are some uncertainties or insecurities that are just sooo hard too shake off.
But it is fun sometimes to hear some of our guests trying to figure out where I am from.
Tomorrow we’ll be in
Btw. Our church just got the green light from the bank to purchase the building we’ve been after for the last two years (at least).
THANK YOU JESUS!!!
Be blessed by our almighty and yet merciful God
Hugs,
Hanna
