Fuel is becoming more and more expensive. But because of donations from people like you, Logos Hope is powered to continue the vision of sharing knowledge, help and hope across the world.
The fuel to share… an audio Bible
One afternoon, while working in the bookfair, crewmember Mafe (Brazil), met a blind man and his brother, who were searching for an audio Bible.
Mafe started to search for an audio Bible throughout the ship, since there weren’t any more in the bookfair. God worked through people to lead Mafe to the right place and find an audio Bible, but she didn’t know how it worked.
Former bookfair team member Marius (Moldova), who knew how the audio Bible worked, arrived within a few minutes. When the man learned how to use it, he laughed out loud with pure joy. He was truly grateful. He shared that he could now understand parts of the Bible he always had questions about.
The fuel to share… a large-print Bible
Alex and his neighbour stepped onto Logos Hope with one goal. Alex was searching for a large-print Bible. But even after crewmember Gurine (USA) found a NIV big-letter edition, he struggled to read it.
That’s when Douwe (Netherlands) suggested, “I don’t think the print is the problem — you might need glasses.”
With the help of a vision testing toolkit, the men sat down in the International Café. Douwe helped Alex find the perfect pair of reading glasses.
Meanwhile, Gurine was determined to find the right Bible for Alex. She searched the bookhold (where titles are stored) and returned with a large-print NKJV Bible.
Alex’s face lit up as Gurine placed the Bible in his hands. His neighbour, moved by the kindness, also requested a pair of glasses. Both walked away from the ship with new Bibles, glasses and encouragement — far more than what they had originally expected.
The fuel to share… hundreds of glasses
A group of eight crewmembers left the ship to go to The Salvation Army centre and test the eyesight of the local community. Ganti (France) was told that there would be 200-300 people, but he shrugged it off, thinking, “Ah, it’s not possible.”
As they arrived, they saw a line of 300 people outside the building! Setting up everything, they started the tests.
They gave out 150 reading glasses and more than 30 distance glasses. Ganti said, “People say they can see, but then they start the eye tests with the different lenses and you can see the joy in their face as they start to see more clearly.”
Joella (Netherlands) connected with many people, shared her own story and prayed with others. “There was a guy who was so happy, he put on the glasses and his mouth dropped,” she stated.
The fuel to share… words of hope
A team of crewmembers went to a home for girls. The girls there had experienced abuse and difficulties in their homes.
The team arrived there to paint over walls which had crude language and sentences written on them. Some of the sentences were about suicide and self-harm, and others were swear-words. As they started the work, the girls eagerly joined them, but one was hesitant. She watched the crewmembers painting over the crude language she had written and after watching for a while, joined in the painting.
“I feel like this is from God, and we are covering the words and sharing life instead,” said crewmember, Raissa (Brazil).
As the words were erased from the walls, a new light came into the room. The girl who was watching earlier started to write new words on the walls: ‘Jesus loves me!’
“We shared hope with the girls there,” Grace (Tanzania) said. The hope that was shared was a small way of showing God’s love for those precious girls.
The fuel to share… life
Crewmember Loraine (Zimbabwe), had the privilege of meeting a man who years ago, had come to the organisation’s previous vessel, Logos II, when she was in Antigua.
In 1996, he had visited Logos II, on the verge of taking his own life. He spoke with Anne, a crewmember who was in the bookfair at the time. He shared about being hopeless and desperate. Anne shared the story of Jesus with him and soon he was coming on board for meals every day.
Nearly 30 years later, he is married and has six children.
The man had tried to get in contact with Anne many times to let her know that he is doing okay. And through Loraine’s connections, when Logos Hope came to Antigua this year, she was able to help him get the message to her!
The fuel to share… literature in a prison
A team of crewmembers made their way to the correctional facility in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. On the way, they carried two boxes of books that they would donate to the library inside the facility.
They were taken to a little gazebo, where they sat down and introduced themselves. About 30 inmates gathered around, listening as crewmembers shared their faith stories and many took new steps of faith.
“I try to do anything to be close to God,” one inmate said to a team member later. “When the books are in the library, I want to read all of them,” another enthusiastically said.
YOU CAN FUEL HOPE
Your gift provides much more than fuel, it is hope shared in every port
Every day, thousands visit the bookfair, connect with crew or receive a donation from the Ships Ministry. By fuelling the ministry, you are fuelling hope across the world.
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