http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org Reaching the unreached Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:15:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Janice and I departed from the marina at Isla Mujeres, Mexico on Tuesday, November 11th. We had been underway for less than an hour when the first of a series of problems occurred. Our boat is an electric/diesel hybrid. You can find some information about that in earlier blog ... http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org/about-our-boat-friend-ship/delayed-in-mexico Yesterday (Monday, November 10), we took the ferry over to Cancun where we rented a car to explore the Yucatan coastline. This area of the Mexican Yucatan is known as the Mayan Riviera and it deserves its wonderful reputation. It is an area of great beauty and amazing ... http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org/about-our-boat-friend-ship/mayan-riviera Isla Mujeres has been a wonderful stop for us. We arrived here Friday night to the accompaniment of 20 knot winds. Entering a new port, in the dark, with high winds, is always interesting. Due to the lateness of the hour, we were not able to connect ... http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org/about-our-boat-friend-ship/isla-mujeres We (Janice and I) departed from Fort Myers Beach, aboard Friend Ship, on Thursday, October 30th around 4:00 pm. Traveling with us were Bob and Tonya Gould on their boat (Nakhodka). Many of our friends from Beach Baptist Church came by the dock to see us off. ... http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org/about-our-boat-friend-ship/gulf-crossing We are tentatively scheduling to depart Fort Myers Beach on or about October 30th. We are headed to Guatemala (once again) via Mexico and Belize. God has delayed our departure before this and once again our departure is subject to God's direction. This will obviously include the ... http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org/about-our-boat-friend-ship/last-minute-blessings When Janice and I returned to Fort Myers Beach, we met a new couple in the marina. Bob and Tonya Gould had arrived at the marina about a week before we had. They had purchased a boat named Nakhodka and were in the process of refurbishing her in ... http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org/about-our-boat-friend-ship/nakhodka Yesterday, I had the privilege of performing the wedding ceremony for our son Jonathan and our new daughter-in-law, Danielle. They were married in Jacksonville, in the backyard of a family friend. They had a small, intimate service attended by a few family and friends. It was a real blessing to be ... http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org/about-our-boat-friend-ship/wedding Yesterday, Joey, our 8-year-old grandson, went back home. Joey was with us two months. Our plans had been to take Joey with us as we traveled down to Guatemala. Instead we have been dealing with problems with our new propulsion system. Specifically, our generator has not ... http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org/about-our-boat-friend-ship/a-real-hottie Caleb Project has developed an absolutely wonderful series of short visual vignettes (Infobytes) that explain missions in way that anyone can quickly understand the big picture about missions. It goes into the task remaining that must be completed in order for us to fulfill the great commission. It ... http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org/about-our-boat-friend-ship/shaping-eternity Janet Sessa, a friend of ours, invited Janice and I to sit in on a short-term mission training session that was being given at Calvary Chapel. They have a group of youth that are departing for a mission trip to Mexico. They were receiving some last minute training from Pat ... http://www.friendsacrossthewater.org/about-our-boat-friend-ship/short-term-mission-training