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Vessel Name: Sweet Dreams
Vessel Make/Model: Irwin 54
Hailing Port: Hayden Bay, Portland, Oregon, USA
Crew: Jim, Gina Colton, & Niki
About: We are a family on a mission. Working with Wycliffe Bible Translators, we will sail across the Pacific Ocean to Papua New Guinea where we will serve as Boating Operations Managers. Please join us as God unfolds this wonderful adventure before us!
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Did you know that nearly one-third of the existing languages do not have a single verse of Scripture? That’s over 200 million people with NO opportunity to see scripture in their own heart language. In 1999, Wycliffe committed to the mission of seeing a Bible translation program started in [...]
Home Page: http://sailing4him.org
15 November 2015
18 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo
16 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo
10 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Kolombangara Island
02 August 2015 | Gizo, Solomon Islands
13 July 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Kolombangara Island
01 July 2015 | 9 05.67'S:160 08.65'E, Tulaghi Harbour
25 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
25 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
23 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
21 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
21 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
21 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
20 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
20 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
20 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
19 June 2015 | 8 54.173'S:161 04.421'E, Malaita Island
14 June 2015 | 09 01.05'S:160 07.52'E, Roderick Bay, Nggela Islands
12 June 2015 | 09 24.11'S:160 00.62'E, Honiara
02 June 2015 | 07 43.75'S:160 03.68'E, Heading to Honiara
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18 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo

A Fish Story_Part 2

Now that you are hooked on this story, you need to know there is more. But first the answer to the popular question: Did you get the lure back?

16 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo

A Fish Story

A huge rift in the family occurred last week. In other words it was real dissention.

Day 13- Recharge!

28 June 2014 | 21 16'N:137 57'W, 1764 nm offshore and heading toward Hawaii
Gina
Day 13 We are definitely off the sidewalk out here. Tomorrow is Sunday which brings to mind getting up and going to church. Last week while underway, we had the opportunity to listen to Pastor Matt from our home church (Columbia Presbyterian Church - CPC) give a sermon of this subject and title �"Go to Where the Sidewalk Ends�". Many of you have asked how to we recharge our spiritual batteries while out on mission, away from our church and routines. Fortunately Wycliffe also has concerns about this and we have had specific training on how to keep God in our daily lives, as well as Sunday. Before we departed from Mexico we downloaded a good number of sermons from CPC in addition to others we like. Matt�'s was really good and you can check it out at our church web site.

In the picture on this blog we are gathered around the cockpit (Colton, Gina, Carmen in the front window, Niki and Jim) for our daily devotional time. Our afternoon activities and chores are put aside for a reading from Jesus Today by Sarah Young. We are on #106 which begins Take hold of the hope that I offer to you �- and be greatly encouraged. Of course it goes on and includes reference scripture. It was a very good message indeed! Our daily routine begins with some Christian praise music, then Niki opens us in a family prayer (provided by CPC), followed by the devotional, discussion about what we heard, and then closing prayer with another song or two. Today�'s music was by Francesca Battistelli.

This devotional time together has become so meaningful and fulfilling. When we skip it for a day or two we all start to remind each other to get back on that sidewalk. As for this day our batteries are now recharged.

Just in time�...it�'s coming up on 6pm local Pacific Ocean time. Squalls are passing in front and behind us with sunshine trying to show us the path between. One coming over the horizon to our NW looks like it might reach us. So we gotta go reef the headsail (make it smaller to slow us down and get ready�....no worries as these are pretty small, isolated showers. Winds remain out of the NNE at 15 gusting to 20. We are running under double reefed JIB sail and Storm trysail in place of the main. Today the winds came up well after lunch as we have been moving easy at 6.5 knots on a course of 270�.....west. Winds just now are picking up to the 20 knots with mild gusts as the squall approaches. Looks like we will get a light wash down. Colton just came on deck shirtless with some shampoo. Always the jokester.
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