Well we’ve been in Haiti for 7 days now depending on how you count days and assuming that this automatically posts on the right day at the right time. If you could be praying for our health and unity as a team, we could use it. Please be praying for the ministry we’re working with, [...]
Hopefully not literally. In case you haven’t been following the news there’s been a huge cholera outbreak here in the past few days. It started about 40 miles north of us to about 30 min away. I didn’t think I’d have any opportunities to use the internet, so the pre-set blogs will still come out [...]
We did our survival training in the pool on Saturday. After getting up and leaving at 5am we drove into Tyler, broke off into two groups, and jumped in the pool. Aaron flipped the raft in record time. A necessity if the ship is sinking and the rafts inflate upside down. A bit scary for [...]
Probably the most fun class activity one could embark on during training: fire fighting! All of the photos below were taken by my pal Brenda, just so you know. And no, despite the striking resemblance that isn’t me in the fireball below. I wish it was, epic photo. All suited up and ready to roll, [...]
Gateway is coming to a close tomorrow, it’s hard to believe it’s been three weeks already. Next week is Basic Safety Training (which should be tons of fun, fire fighting etc.) but before I can get there I need to complete one final assignment. Basically we’re being called upon to summarize a key concept from [...]
Just in case you’re one of those few, here’s the necessary info: Letter mail (USPS): Jay Swanson c/o Gateway P.O. Box 2020 Lindale, TX 75771 Package type mail: Jay Swanson c/o Gateway 15862 Hwy 110 N Lindale, TX 75771 Note that this will change slightly when I move to the ship, basically you’ll replace “c/o [...]
