The
Packwoods
I (Steve) have recently returned from 3 ½ weeks working on the Logos 2 in
Trinidad and Tobago, the final port on a 6 months tour of the
Caribbean. A number of months ago I began to consider going out to help with the
book sales in So on 28th June I flew out to This was my first visit to the Caribbean so it was with great excitement
that I travelled from the airport to the ship on a Saturday afternoon, observing
the interesting mix of modern / hi-tech and poor / dirty conditions that often
mark out the 2/3 world developing areas of the
world. Last time I had stayed on Logos 2 in Everyone was working hard to run the bookfair, keep the ships operations
going such as the galley, laundry and engine & deck watches while also
managing to go out on teams to prisons and churches and hold programmes
onboard. I was immediately drawn to the bookfair – the location of many years of
happy service onboard the Doulos. It was fantastic to be back in the think of
the action again as thousands of people came onboard to buy
books. I worked in the bookfair most of the time, helping to keep the shelves
stocked and finding books down in the holds to get up on sale. I worked in the
team each night pulling the book orders in the holds to replace what had been
sold that day. We would start sometime around 10 and finish after
midnight. I spent just over 2 weeks working in the bookfair apart from 1 day
visiting the beach in Trinidad and 1 day on a trip to When we closed the bookfair for the last time on the final day, the
shelves were looking really empty as we had sold around 220,000 books in 4
weeks. Over the following few days we filled 5 containers with the remaining
books onboard as well as supplies from around the ship and all sorts of
equipment and material that we wanted to keep. All the book cabinets were sent
to the 
About
us
Hi,
This is Steve, Heather, Liam and Kara. We are living onboard the ship
Logos Hope in Koge, Denmark, just outside Copenhagen. We have a
lovely cabin on the 8th deck of the ship ( see picture below) . The kids
are loving life onboard and have made lots of friends. Steve is very busy
setting up all the different business systems onboard. The outfitting of the
ship is taking much longer than expected and we now think we are likely to be
here in Denmark until the end of the year before we get the Passsenger Ship
Safety Certificate that we need to sail.
Logos
Hope
At the end of the week, the containers were packed, the ship was looking
empty and then there were a couple of days to unwind before flying back to
I had time for a quick bit of souvenir shopping and then it was time to
fly back to
I really enjoyed my time in
What
is Logos Hope all about?
Logos Hope is a ship belonging to OM Ships International, an international Christian Charity Organisation. OMSI already operates 2 ships, the Logos II and the Doulos. Heather and I spent 2 1/2 years on Doulos between 95 - 97 before we had kids. The Logos Hope is a much bigger ship than Doulos and will be able to offer much more opportunities to people coming on board to find out about the ship and the message of hope that the ship is bringing.
What are we doing?
Steve is Director of Corporate Services onboard which means he is responsible for leading the team that supports all the business functions onboard such as IT, Finance, Administration and AV.
During these months in Koge, Steve is working to set up and establish all the business systems and infrastructure required onboard.
Heather is now working in the pantry onboard, helping to serve people in our dining room 5 days a week and tries to juggle that role with providing a stable enviroment for the children.
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every month. For more details see our Financial Support Page
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