Hi everyone, my name is Johan. I'm from the UK and I've been on Logos Hope for a year.
I'm now the 'Hot-Cat' Store Keeper which means I work for 'Angels,'
Catering and 'I-Cafe.' I bring up what they want, whenever they want, and how much they want,
but when I first came I didn't even know this was a job, didn't even know this role existed.
When I first came I wanted to be the 'Deckie' because you know they're usually the cool ones, the blue shirt,
the knife, the trousers, the boots, the swagger, but when I first came I was actually put in Galley.
I was like why? That's beneath me. I don't want to be washing pots. I don't want to be serving
other people... but what I didn't know was that God was going to change me forever in Galley.
So when I first arrived I actually thought I was the most humble person on this ship. I actually
went around telling people about, "Oh I'm getting it. I'm so humble..." but in reality we all know anyone
who claims to be humble really is not that humble. When I first came I actually thought Galley was
beneath me, but over time God showed me and changed my heart to realize that Galley's actually above me.
Every pot, every plate, every bit of floor I get to scrub, it's not for me! It's for my brothers and
sisters and most importantly God, and I get to do this on Logos Hope. How great is that?!
And now I'm the ship's Store Keeper. This means I need to keep track of all the food, chemicals
and other stuff. I need to keep track of everything that comes in and out of these stores. In this job
I've learnt how to do time management, being my own boss, and other responsibilities. Volunteering
on a ship with people from 60 different nations has its challenges, but we are united under one
cause which is to follow Christ and serve those around us and this brings us together as one
big family. And guess what? Every six months we welcome new crewmembers to our floating family.
My expectation on coming on Logos Hope is to reach the unreached by
showing those who don't feel loved, the love of Jesus Christ.
My expectations coming on board is just to know God better, know Jesus better in a new way.
God knew about the virus before, when we made the commitment to the ship to come.
He knew... like it's a surprise to us but it's not surprised Him.
No one can stop Him, so mission's never gonna end, even during Covid.
It's gonna be a challenge to know how to love God and how to love people in this
different context and how to be always able to serve and have a good attitude even when they
we have a lot of things that we don't know... what's going to happen, what is coming next...
I want to help people and I think there are definitely opportunities to help people here
so yeah, I'm looking forward to, looking forward to the journey ahead.
Everyone joining Logos Hope goes through different safety trainings like water survival or
firefighting, but it doesn't stop there. We continue to be developed and trained in different areas of
life, through courses and hands-on experience. We also have weekly events such as the prayer nights,
Sunday services, worship nights and community events, which help us grow closer together
and closer to God. But it's not about us. It's not even about the ship. Our purpose goes beyond that.
I got someone I want you to meet: Randy Greevy, Director of Logos Hope. Well hi everyone, welcome
on board Logos Hope. I'm delighted to spend a couple minutes here with you just to give you
a little update on what the ship is doing. Of course the whole world has changed as a result
of the pandemic and of course it did with the ship as well. We went into lockdown isolation, we've been
seven months now, but it's really a beautiful thing... God has allowed us to kind of partner with another
ministry. We're here in Abaco, Bahamas. It's a part of The Bahamas that got hit by a huge hurricane a
year ago. Many lives were lost and a lot of damage, and even a year later many people still don't have
electricity, some people are still living in tents, so we're doing some community engagement here
along with them and it's been a great opportunity. Crew have been able to go on shore to assist. We've
done eyeglass testing and roofs and we've done Bible distribution and so forth, so, it's really
been a wonderful opportunity. You know people ask, "If I ever came on that ship what would I do?"
And I always like to suggest, "Well if you think of the city you live in or the village, everything
you have in your village is actually part of a ship, because when you go to sea, you don't call
the firemen, you have your firemen, you don't call the pizza guy, you make the pizza, you know?"
So this is just like a city. Everything that you do in a city we do here on the ship, so even the
person actually operating this video right now, we need people to be videographers and, and editors and
communications people, and the list goes on and on, so there's a wide open range uh for you on
board the ship. And just by way of encouragement I always think of one of my favourite little
sayings that says, "Only one life will soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last," and that's
actually very true if you think of it. So may you be encouraged as I am encouraged and maybe someday
I will see you on board Logos Hope. Blessings. On Logos Hope, God is present. He's working with,
through, and around us Christ followers, better craft us and use us to fulfill His purpose.