No alarm clock set for this morning!  Not sure when Virginia got up, but I rolled over and went back to sleep.  Next thing I knew it was 8:30am.  Must have needed the extra sleep!

Forgot to mention that there was a rainstorm early yesterday morning.  Rain came down fairly heavy for only a few minutes, but there were puddles of water everywhere.  There is still a mud puddle at our vehicle gate this morning.

It was nice to have a little slower pace to start the day.  After breakfast, I trimmed a little more on the tree by the front doors of the duplex.  Virginia had done some earlier, but with that being one of the possible causes of her rash, we thought it best that she not be involved this time.  By the way, her rash seems to be improving, for which we are thankful.

TWR staff is getting a special tour at 2pm of the Logos Hope, which is docked at the south pier of Kralendijk.  We Facebook messaged our children, and others, that we would plan to be in view of the coffee shop webcam http://www.breathebonaire.com at 1:30pm, just before the tour.  So after a light lunch, we went to town and picked up ice cream cones and sat on a bench in front of the webcam right at 1:30pm.  My sister, Lois, took  a screen shot of our passing the webcam about 5 minutes early to get the ice cream.  Elizabeth and Lois took other screen shots as we sat on the bench and enjoyed our cones.  Others made comments on Facebook as well, but none made any comment about our PDA moment!  [Spoke too soon!!  Joyce caught us in the act!  [See here!]

At 1:45 we headed to the south pier to board the Logos Hope for a tour.  There are around 400 crew on the ship from all over the world.  They all raise support from churches or individuals and the usual term of service is two years.  Our tour guide showed us their dining hall, a typical cabin (very basic), dining hall, bridge, meeting room for devotions each day and worship services, theature and a huge book store.  There are over 5,000 different book titles for sale with over 800,000 books in their inventory.  After the tour, they served us cake and drinks.  The crew is involved in a large variety of Christian ministries, both on ship and at the ports.  Logos Hope usually stays for several days at each port it visits.

One of the tour guides for our TWR group was from Durban, South Africa and she was well acquainted with TWR’s ministry in Africa.  We had quite a long chat with her after the tour.  She lost her husband 3 years ago and her children are now all grown and away from home.  Most of the crew are in their 20s or early 30s, but she is in her late 40s.  She commented that it is good, at times, to have some more ‘mature’ crew members available to mentor the younger ones.

After the tour, we decided to stop by China Nobo restaurant and pick up some nasi goreng for our supper.  The cost was $10.50, but it looks like there is enough for two or three more meals of leftovers!

After supper, we went for a cool-down swim at Bachelor Beach.  Unlike last night, and unlike the airport beaches which are still very crowded this evening, Bachelor Beach was not crowded at all.  Just after we got in the water, a bride and groom plus two photographers arrived to take some wedding photos.   We may be in some of those photos, as two heads bobbing in the water offshore!!

Our alarm will be set quite early in the morning as International Bible Church is holding their 6am sunrise service at Seru Largu on the hill top a few miles north of Kralendijk.  After the sunrise service there will be a pot-luck breakfast at the church building followed by their 9am worship service.  We had better go to bed earlier tonight!