To show the people of Ceuta that the crewmembers genuinely care about God’s creation and in particular the city they visited, crewmembers collected trash and litter from a beach alongside the team from the ‘Ceuta sin Plastico’ organisation.
The idea for this organisation came to founder Cristian Leon when he walked his dog at the beach realising that there was a lot of plastic around. He collected it and shared everything on social media to make other citizens of Ceuta more environmentally conscious. People soon wanted to join him in his goal to make the city a cleaner place and so, since its beginning three years ago, around 1,500 volunteers of the organisation have collected more than 12 tonnes of trash.
Vanessa Peñarrubia Gil explained, “We are all working and so we take some time [for the beach clean-ups] from our free time. We want to see the beach and all the natural places clean because we think that is really sad that humans are taking no responsibility for their rubbish. We try to make our world a better place.
“Today we were very lucky because people from the ship went with us and we got around 100 kg of rubbish! We had a lovely time together while collecting the rubbish and we also had an amazing time talking to [the crewmembers]. We loved it! Thank you very much!”
One crewmember who joined the group of 25, both national and international volunteers, said, “My highlight was being so warmly welcomed by the team and so encouraged by their initiative of using their free time to do this impactful activity.
“I talked about my life and what I do on board with a young lady who loves to engage in meaningful volunteer jobs such as these. At the end of the day, she came on board with us and we gave her a mini tour and shared a bit more of the work we do with Logos Hope. It was a brilliant day! I loved it!”
Crewmembers collected trash also in other places around the city to show appreciation to the citizens and their town which they enjoyed so much.
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Las Palmas, Canary Islands :: Teams sent out across the Canary Islands are involved in a wide variety of opportunities to serve.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands :: Logos Hope goes into the period of annual maintenance while teams spread around the islands and beyond to serve communities.
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria :: Logos Hope arrives in Europe after six years abroad and the President of the Canary Islands officially opens the bookfair.
Sevilla, Spain :: A poverty simulation takes place on board Logos Hope.
Sevilla, Spain :: Logos Hope arrives in Seville and the mayor of the city officially opens the floating bookfair to the public.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands :: The annual maintenance work comes to an end with the inspections completed successfully and the shore-based teams back on board.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands :: With work on the hull completed, Logos Hope goes back into the water while maintenance work on board continues.
Ceuta, Spain :: Logos Hope docks at the port of Ceuta for the first time in her history.
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Volunteers from local churches are distributing Gospels of John in partnership with OM in Spain with the plan to reach every home in the province!
Igor undergoes transformation in his life before God can use him to serve the people he used to hate in the Cacausus region.
A young lady finds a way to engage more in the society and share God’s love with those who have never experienced it.
Searching for truth, Ahmet travels to Africa and Europe before returning to Turkey to share Jesus with his family and friends.
Randy uses his skillset to serve God and share His love with others, first on the OM ships, now in a basement print shop.
A garden plot has become a gathering place for men to sit and talk with one another, and the most popular topic: religion.
Tema, Ghana :: Logos Hope crewmembers visit different groups and institutions to raise awareness about the dangers of human trafficking.
“I think we, as Jesus followers, need to go to the least reached and share the gospel because it needs to be obvious that there is a possibility that life could be different,” said Silke.
Jean is seeing his faith and skills in business integrated in a new way
Takoradi, Ghana :: Logos Hope returns to Takoradi.
Tema, Ghana :: Logos Hope crewmembers serve a community by meeting people's need of glasses.
