Pacific Odyssey - Leg 4

today was a perfect sunday.  the town is quiet: people are spending tim=
e with family usually close to the water somewhere.  everything is closed a=
s of yesterday afternoon.  we just finished sunday service, celebrating the=
 third sunday of advent, looking at ´light.´ intermediates and seniors wrot=
e their exams this morning. chase, scott, sara r., and matt are taking the =
scuba diving course and spent the day in the pool and the classroom. antony=
, jose, tavish and jordan went for 2 dives this morning.  one was on a japa=
nese bomber, where they could sit in the cockpit and look out through the s=
mall window and the second was a current dive where they were surrounded by=
 very large fish. the rest of us spent the day between the boat doing laund=
ry and working on christmas presents, and a good sized salt water pool at a=
 nearby resort . . . a good day.   antony and karen are having their end-of=
-leg 2 days off right now.  antony laughed as he told us that he had to tur=
n up the air conditioning in his hotel room to 27 degrees celsius because h=
e was freezing.  at 27 degrees he found it comfortably cool enough to still=
 put a bed sheet over top of him.  we talk about the trainees returning to =
canadian winters and the temperature adjustment they will experience: also,=
 those trainees who are joining us from canadian winters . . . should be in=
teresting.   tomorrow crew will be busy buying materials and getting ready =
for the 3 workdays tuesday, wednesday, and thursday.  we continue to enjoy =
our simple lifestyle together on the ship and value each day that we still =
have.  we are aware that our days together are numbered and i think this st=
ands out more in our minds than how many ´shopping days till christmas.´  u=
ntil tomorrow, good night, bonice.