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See what great love the Father has for us that He would call us His children. And that is what we are. For this reason the people of the world do not know who we are because they did not know Him.

1 John 3:1 (New Life Version)

Arriving in New York Harbor

Early Saturday Morning, February 4

The early morning ride into the harbor was calm and beautiful.

Enjoy

Sunrise over the city was breathtaking.

Several hours went by between sunrise and disembarking. Then we had to find our luggage and our bus.

Loading our luggage into the bus.

Our last view of the ship.

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Wonderful, wonderful memories.

The LORD watches over true knowledge, and he opposes those who try to deceive others.

Proverbs 22:12 (Easy-to-Read Version)

Our Last Evening on the Cruise

February 3

Before can we go to Stardust Theater for the evening program Jesse must finish his meal, which is being fed to him with chopsticks by big brother Josh.

Oh, yeah! He’s finished.

We went to see the production crew’s performance called “Fountains.”

It was the funniest show of the week.

(Many of these photos we taken by our daughter Deb.)

They gave a fun variety show of spewing water on each other.

It was done with much ceremony preceding the water spewing.

Oops! She ducked and George got wet.

She decided that he was too tall, so spewed her water under his arm pit.

He got her back!

In this act they marched in unison toward the edge of the stage.

The front row quickly moved to another part of the room.

One! Two! Three! Lights out!

Luckily for the audience they held their fire – or water!

Then they left the stage and it was time for me to go to bed.

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It was difficult to believe that this was our last night at sea.

Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ.

Philippians 1:27 (New Living Translation)

Garden Cafe Buffet

Friday evening, February 3

I am the one who made the earth and created human beings to live there.
By my power I stretched out the heavens; I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.

Isaiah 45:12 (Good News Translation)

Our Last Sunset on Norwegian Jewel

Friday, February 3

While waiting for the sun to set, I noticed that the moon was patiently waiting to take over the night sky.

Ian, Jared, and Jesse waiting for the sunset.

Kristen and Jere were also there.

Several of our family members decided to pay for a steak dinner, while the rest of us chose to go to the free buffet for our evening meal. It was the first time that any of us ate supper at the buffet. There was a great variety of delicious food.

Time to get the camera ready for a daily event that many of us miss or take forgranted.

It was breathtaking!

Be strong, all who wait with hope for the Lord, and let your heart be courageous.

Psalm 31:24 (GOD’S WORD Translation)

Shopping with Jared & Jesse

Afternoon program in Stardust Theater

Jared and Jesse wanted me to take them for walk – to see if they could find something to do that they hadn’t done yet. As soon as they saw this, they knew it was what they wanted to do.

After paying a dollar, I told Jesse that he had to choose the kind of coin he wanted, then turn the handle.

It became more and more difficult as it got close to dispensing the souvenir coin.

Showing you their coins.

Jesse tried to avoid the bubbles and Jared tried to only step on the bubbles.

They decided their next stop should be the store.

Jesse wanted a bottle with a map inside, and Jared chose a compass.

Jared reading the map to Jesse.

Jared using his compass to determine which way to travel. I told them that it was time to head for Stardust Theater to meet their parents.

I wanted to see the afternoon show when Hotel Director Hugo and Captain Lars answered questions about the ship.

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This interesting list was on our schedule for the day:

The Executive Chef’s Weekly Shopping List

2,500 lbs Butter

12,000 lbs Beef

1,500 lbs Cereal

2,600 lbs Cheese

900 lbs Coffee

6,500 lbs Fish

7,000 lbs Flour

3,800 dozen Fresh Eggs

30,000 lbs Fresh Fruits

1,200 gallons Ice Cream

1,000 lbs Lobster

1,800 gallons Milk

1,300 lbs Pasta

8,500 lbs Potatoes

12,000 lbs Poultry

5,000 lbs Rice

2,600 lbs Seafood

3,000 lbs Sugar

250 Types of Wine

2,000 lbs Veal

34,000 lbs Vegetables

4,500 cups Yogurt

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Following the question and answer time, there was a talent show by some of the staff. This lady did a dance from her native country.

He is filling all seven cups at the same time.

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The program was over in time for me to catch the sunset – something I had not done on this trip because we were usually in a restaurant eating supper.

Just as I snapped this picture of the entrance to the rear deck – where I was headed to photograph the sunset – this steward came through the door.

I told him that he would now make it into my album of photo memories.