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so we're enroute to namibia. we've been sailing for about 6 days, and a couple more to go before we arrive in namibia.
it took my body about a day to readjust to the ship as we have a very choppy departure from casablanca. our student life team jumped right back into work and building up this student community.
i organized a game of mafia with my residents =). we played a couple times and they got pretty into it. we have coined the large nook in our hallway our "lounge" and I advocate hanging out there as much as possible (unless it's past 11pm of course). after much trial and error, i think i know just about all of my 80 residents. it feels like that first stage of community building has been reached, and now i can just maintain rather than constantly creating.
This past Sunday we had our third Christian worship service. It is now being referred to as SCF (SAS Christian Fellowship). It seemed to go quite well as we've ironed out some of the kinks, especially round the music/praise and such. Dr. Jody Tompson brought the word, we sang a few songs, and did some mingling after the service. There are 10 small groups being self facilitated by students that we've coordinated, and it's been a great encouragement to hear people meeting, sharing, praying and spending time in the word. Attendance is still hovering at around 50. It's been great...we've created a floating church in just a few weeks!
Monday was Neptune Day, which signfies the crossing of the equator into the southern hemisphere. There's a lot of weird maritime traditions surrounding this event. So the whole shipboard community met and if it was your first time crossing you were to kiss a fish, get fish guts poured on your, get hosed down, and then get your head shaved. probably about 60 folks shaved their heads, 11 of which were women (shaved all off). considering most of this ship is white, it looks a little bit like a skin head convention on this ship lately.
Since i am a self proclaimed non conformist and at times spiteful individual, i chose NOT to shave my head. I'm sure that will happen on my own before this voyage is over. Certainly the most impactful haircuts were the women that shaved everything off....perhaps the one time it would be "acceptable" to do. One female professor and one life long learner were included in that group of eleven (she over 60). Another bonus was that there was no classes and we actually didn't have a staff meeting, which made it feel like a day "off" for most.
btw1...i have to run suicides for exercise...it kills my gluts and groin muscles
btw2...it's really warm and a bit humid souF of the equator
btw3...we stopped and refueled in Dakar, Senegal, that was an added bonus
btw4...looking out into the open ocean has yet to get old...
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