Saturday, October 3
We woke up to a deck full of towel critters.
I would like some of my birding friends to identify these birds. 🙂
Our last day of concerts: Sharon Bethel Quartet (Quintet on this trip) and their wives.
The Stutzmans
Becky – from Times to Remember Travel – giving us some final instructions on preparing for disembarking the next day.
Eduard Klassen
“What a friend we have in Jesus”
“Near the cross”
Oh, wow! Those songs were beautiful.
He told a few more stories of life in Paraguay – like tasting gum for the first time. His salvation – after he moved to Canada. How he met Christine.
Jeffrey and Ryan
Mr. Wissmann with Jeffrey and Ryan
The Wissmanns
Lunch break
The ocean was choppy.
Going down a glass elevator
Margaret and Amos doing a pretty love song.
Lydia and John Schmid
Nelson Coblentz
Ryan’s funniest ventriloquist skit is when he uses humans as dummies.
He had the baby voice.
He had the female voice
She had the male voice.
If I remember correctly, they were singing, “Jesus Loves Me.”
The finale was the entire cast of music groups
There is, beyond the azure blue
A God, concealed from human sight
He tinted skies with heav’nly hue
And framed the worlds with His great might
Chorus:
There is a God (There is a God), He is alive (He is alive)
In Him we live (In Him we live) and we survive (and we survive)
From dust our God (From dust our God) created man (created man)
He is our God (He is our God), the great I Am (the great I Am)
There was a long, long time ago
A God whose voice the prophets heard
He is the God that we should know
Who speaks from His inspired word
Repeat Chorus
Our God, whose Son upon a tree
A life was willing there to give
That He from sin might set man free
And evermore with Him could live
Repeat Chorus
We had the large Spectacular Lounge all day.
I wasn’t quite ready for this to be the last full day of our cruise – or the last concert.
“I will meet you in the morning.”
“God be with you ’til we meet again.”
Praying for Becky and Wendy of Times to Remember Travel.
My cold orange soup for supper
My entrée was frog legs.
Our farewell song from the waiter staff.
Cerwin’s dessert
Lemon soufflé – my favorite dessert of the entire cruise.
Amos Raber and John Schmid delighted us with a duet.
After supper we went to the Board Room to hear Amos Raber speak on “Being Faithful Through the Hard Times.” He knows about hard times. His first wife was killed in a vehicle accident on their honeymoon.
Some thoughts from Amos:
What would Christianity look like without “religion.”
One thing I remember from his seminar:
To be an Oak of Righteousness for God, we usually have to go through tough times of ashes, mourning, and discouragement.
Isaiah 61:3 To provide for Zion’s mourners, to give them a crown in place of ashes, oil of joy in place of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of discouragement. They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, planted by the Lord to glorify himself.
What a lovely ending to a wonderful cruise! I love all the animals — did you learn how to fold some of them? And the food looks spectacular — imagine — orange soup, frogs legs and lemon sponge dessert!
I expect there was a session on towel folding, but we were probably attending a concert.
I have enjoyed being along on your cruise and I did recognize one of the the birds — the swan towels! Looks like you had a wonderful time with all the music, speakers, good food, and touring various areas.
Yes, it was a great cruise.
I think the bird with the purple flower must be a cross-eyed cuckoo-dove.
The creature in the previous picture (with the pink bow) I would like to just take home and hug.
You may be right about the bird with the purple flower. 🙂
What a very delightful cruise! Are you thinking of going on the one to Alaska in 2017 ~ we are dreaming about it, at least ~ 🙂
We would go in a minute – because we want to take a cruise to Alaska, but June is not good timing for us because of the Truck Rally.
and the birds ~ one is surely a baby penguin? 🙂