Like they say in the Navy, "Haze grey underway!" In other words, I'm out to sea again! You'd think I would be excited about it but I'm not. The Lord has blessed me these past few months with some really awesome friends. We may go to cool places like Guam and Hong Kong but that cannot replace the love of a friend. I am going to miss them. Pray that our underway time would go smoothly. Thanks.

So, let me tell you about the first day out to sea. We were out no longer than an hour and my captain comes over the louder speaker and says, "Umm, we just got word that the seas will be reaching a maximum of 22 feet. So please make sure things are tied down and secure. We don't need anyone getting injured." Let me tell you what...WHOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never felt anything like what I felt a few days ago. I mean, we were tossing and turning like mad! People were throwing up all over the place and people were getting hurt left and right. It was INSANE!!!! I loved it, though. Even though my office was pretty trashed. At times, I thought it was funny. Some of the guys in my bearthing were sitting on the couch in our lounge watching tv and the couch kept moving back and forth across the floor. It was hilarious! Then I went to a little space on the ship and I would jump when the ship went down and...yeah...let me tell ya, you go high! LOL!!! I mean, if I wasn't holding on to a rail I would have jumped a good 7-8 feet easily. It was awesome!!! The good news is, I don't get sea sick so I survived.

We are in calmer seas right now. We should be pretty good until we start heading to Hong Kong. Some of the guys that have been here for a while said that the seas to Hong Kong are REALLY bad. I'm not really anticipating that.

God is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had my first Bible study yesterday and two people showed up: Paul Hays and Chris Kempf. We had a great time! We read from John 15: 1-4 and talked about being fruitful. How God, being the gardener of his produce, will cut the bad fruit (those sinners that don't want God) from the vine (Jesus). And how God will prune, or pick, the good fruit (those whom seek God) and He'll put it somewhere else so that it can nurish and be even more fruitful somewhere else. How cool is that?! We had a good time.

Well, I think that's it for now. I got some work to do. I love and miss you all!!! God bless!!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: No matter how rough the seas may get in your life, the Lord can always calm them.