Volunteer Mike Potts visited with four seafarers off the BAKKEN LADY last week. It was a sad tale. These guys had been on the ship for 11 1/2 months and they were scheduled to get off the ship FINALLY to return home to the Philippines. Unfortunately, there was a travel glitch and they were still on the ship, with no idea how long they would have to wait to return to their home country.
This is the truth of the article we posted yesterday:
“It is estimated that more than 300,000 seafarers and marine personnel are currently stranded at sea and unable to be repatriated despite the expiry of their contracts. A similar number of seafarers have been unable to join ships and relieve them.”
From the International Maritime Organization press briefing
The IMO Secretary -General calls this “a humanitarian crisis taking place at sea” and calls for action to “protect seafarers’ health and ensure the safety of shipping.”
PRAYER FOR THE DAY
Jeremiah 3:22a
“My wayward children,” says the Lord,
“come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.”
Prayer Requests
- Volunteer Rich Terry–continuing prayers needed
- Tom and Margaret Baker‘s granddaughter, Bryanne Jackson and Tom is in remission and getting stronger
- Dennis Leveron’s mother
We will be needing MANY volunteers for this busy day! We will begin at 6 am and go until dark . It will be a long day for us.
BUT–you can sign up for a 2 hour (or more) time slot–Are you available?
We have all kinds of jobs–passing out meals, printing pictures, selling raffle tickets, using a square, giving out water and Gatorade, to name a few!
We will sign you up for a portion of a fun day (mostly) outdoors! Call us today!
 We will soon be rolling out a new website! As soon as it is published, we will announce the dates and times for the ONLINE AUCTION. You don’t want to miss out! |
