Day 1

Trust in the LORDwith all your heartand lean not on your own understanding;in all
your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:5-6

Well I might as well make another post while I can, even though I am still not in Cambodia yet. My departure from Vancouver was delayed 2 hours so 4:45am not 2:45am. Actually well left the ground at precisely 5:29am. The first person I talked to in the airport, while my family was still there, was a lady in the line behind me returning to Kota Kinabalu, which just so happens to be where my journey on the Doulos ends. It also just so happened that she new about the Dolous and she invited me to come to her church when I got there (she said they rent out a five star hotel). I helped her carry her luggage and she gave me her phone number and email address.

When I got to Hong Kong I couldn't quite make the connecting flight so they put me up at the very nice airport hotel and gave me meal vouchers for their lovely buffet. It is nice to have an extra day to adjust to jet lag. I was going to be showing up a day early to the ship but now I will actually be on time.

This morning I got up before dawn and then took the "Airport Express" train to actual Hong Kong then took a steep tram up to Victoria Peak which overlooks the city. It was pretty cool, although if it wasn't for silly jet lag I would have gone up the previous evening and got some more colourful sunset and night pictures.

Anyway, my trip has been entirely pleasent and relaxed so far. I have a feeling the last half won't be so pleasent. Thanks to everybody who is praying for me.