News from Kiel, North Germany
While still in our PST, we had no access to internet so we were forced to utilise good ol' snail mail ...
We left Cuxhaven at 6.00am in the morning ... I was up early for work so captured some photos of our departure ... the Logos II's final voyage ...
We arrived in Kiel on Wednesday, 19 September 2007 having sailed for 12 hours through the Kiel Canal or as it is known in German, the Nord Ostsee Canal - a very long canal (98km) which takes ships from the North Sea through Germany to the Baltic Sea. The North Sea is known as an epeiric sea of the North Atlantic Ocean which means that it is a large body of sea covering over part of a continental shelf. By sailing through this canal, ships save themselves an average of 519km of journey time getting from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. If they do not use the canal, they have to travel up over the top of Denmark to reach the Baltic Sea (Info researched from Wikipedia after John pointed out some amendments to my previous facts - thanks!)
We have now been in port for just over a week and have a fantastic spot right near the centre of the city. We have all started our work and I am working as an "Accommodation Angel" which is actually a lot of fun. Currently, we have no internet access on the ship so I am writing this from a local internet cafe.
I am really enjoying ship life - it is a really unique and amazing experience to be sharing daily life with people from all different nations. About 50 people left the ship to go down to Trogir, Croatia to assist in the completion of the Logos Hope project and we are now in the waiting phase. We are waiting for the Logos Hope to come to Kiel so that we can transfer over to it and then finish the final touches so that it can sail into ministry which is very exciting.
Saying Goodbye to our friends at 4.00am on Monday, 24th September ... very sad moment - (L-R) Georg (Germany) went to Trogir and Misha (Russia) and I stayed behind here in Kiel!
The weather in Kiel has turned really cold and wet in the last few days and so we are bracing ourselves for a cold winter and possibly a white Christmas. We have had lots of opportunities to do ministry in the streets of Kiel, to meet with the local people, build relationships with the local churches and bring the love of Jesus to this part of North Germany.
Mirjam (Switzerland) and I at the Eis-Cafe for our PST Farewell party!
Love to all of you ... wherever you may be in the world!
We left Cuxhaven at 6.00am in the morning ... I was up early for work so captured some photos of our departure ... the Logos II's final voyage ...
We arrived in Kiel on Wednesday, 19 September 2007 having sailed for 12 hours through the Kiel Canal or as it is known in German, the Nord Ostsee Canal - a very long canal (98km) which takes ships from the North Sea through Germany to the Baltic Sea. The North Sea is known as an epeiric sea of the North Atlantic Ocean which means that it is a large body of sea covering over part of a continental shelf. By sailing through this canal, ships save themselves an average of 519km of journey time getting from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. If they do not use the canal, they have to travel up over the top of Denmark to reach the Baltic Sea (Info researched from Wikipedia after John pointed out some amendments to my previous facts - thanks!)
We have now been in port for just over a week and have a fantastic spot right near the centre of the city. We have all started our work and I am working as an "Accommodation Angel" which is actually a lot of fun. Currently, we have no internet access on the ship so I am writing this from a local internet cafe.
I am really enjoying ship life - it is a really unique and amazing experience to be sharing daily life with people from all different nations. About 50 people left the ship to go down to Trogir, Croatia to assist in the completion of the Logos Hope project and we are now in the waiting phase. We are waiting for the Logos Hope to come to Kiel so that we can transfer over to it and then finish the final touches so that it can sail into ministry which is very exciting.
Saying Goodbye to our friends at 4.00am on Monday, 24th September ... very sad moment - (L-R) Georg (Germany) went to Trogir and Misha (Russia) and I stayed behind here in Kiel!
The weather in Kiel has turned really cold and wet in the last few days and so we are bracing ourselves for a cold winter and possibly a white Christmas. We have had lots of opportunities to do ministry in the streets of Kiel, to meet with the local people, build relationships with the local churches and bring the love of Jesus to this part of North Germany.
Mirjam (Switzerland) and I at the Eis-Cafe for our PST Farewell party!
Love to all of you ... wherever you may be in the world!
posted by Vanoosh at
10:54 pm
1 Comments:
"the Nord Ossee (Kiel) Canal - a very long canal which takes ships from the North Atlantic through Germany to the Baltic Sea."
Details, details... that's the North Sea not the North Atlantic. It runs about 100 miles, but saves about 250 miles worth of going up and around Denmark (according to wikipedia). Cheers Noosh; until now, I never even knew it existed :)
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John, at 11:24 pm, October 12, 2007
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