so, today some of us got to go to the SALTS shipyard and help to winterize the beautiful Pacific Grace. we were up and ready to leave shortly after 8 this morning, we hopped into one of the vans and off we went to the victoria harbour. when we got there, we were directed to Antony (who was my watch leader during our week-long voyage) and he set us about our work of the ship. as we were working we got to see Sarah and Jillian and Rebecca again as well, it was so cool to see them all again...only the skipper was missing. as for the work, we untied the sails from the booms and set about the task of hauling them away to the storage shed (those things are pretty darn heavy!) and then we inspected each of to see if there were any small holes or other wear marks on them.
we also disconnected the booms from the masts and hauled them into the larger storage area in the shipyard. as well as the large things that had to be taken down, we cleaned out the areas below deck and brought up all the stored food that was down there. it was really cool to go below again, i have to say, climbing down that ladder to the hold brought back some really cool memories of nightwatch and getting up at one in the morning to go and spend an hour on deck making sure the ship wasnt drifting too close to shore!!
we also brought out the 
good old dories...yes, those are the small boats that you use to go ashore when at anchor, the ones that feel like you are going to tip over at every movement...that was good times too. all in all i think we worked from about nine ish to a little after four (minus one hour as a lunch break). and at the end of it all, we said goodbye to the Grace and to the crew once more and came back to camp.
good old dories...yes, those are the small boats that you use to go ashore when at anchor, the ones that feel like you are going to tip over at every movement...that was good times too. all in all i think we worked from about nine ish to a little after four (minus one hour as a lunch break). and at the end of it all, we said goodbye to the Grace and to the crew once more and came back to camp. then, later in the evening after di
nner we had another fireside. and i got to have chocolate fondoo!! it was so good and the fellowship and conversation was awesome as well!!...next week we have our Hermeneutics class, so if you could pray that we would all be able to pay good attention and that we would learn what God wants to show us throug this class that would be great! and continued prayer for those hurting these days would be much appreciated!! thanks guys!
nner we had another fireside. and i got to have chocolate fondoo!! it was so good and the fellowship and conversation was awesome as well!!...next week we have our Hermeneutics class, so if you could pray that we would all be able to pay good attention and that we would learn what God wants to show us throug this class that would be great! and continued prayer for those hurting these days would be much appreciated!! thanks guys!
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