Days 25 - 28

Well thanks for your prayers. My cold went on for one more day with no sign of improvement and I started to worry it might drag on, but then suddenly on Monday I woke up and didn't feel horrible, which was a pleasant surprise. I have still had some minor symptoms but the sore throat is gone, my energy is good and I don't feel the need for a head and neck transplant anymore! So thanks to God for that.


Additionally, we had a big jump in visitors over the weekend. In the 3000's both days, even though Sunday it is only open half the day. There was a large line-up when we opened on Sunday, I was in the ticket booth with one other person. As the line passed through more people joined the line. By the time the line was done 2000 people had come through in less than 2 hours! We had to stop selling tickets from time to time because the bookshop was getting overloaded. This reminds me of one funny fact I have learned. We have the occasional Buddhist monks come to visit the ship. Apparently one of their vows is that cannot touch any woman. So when the bookshop gets crowded on these busy days they end up standing on the deck looking nervous, waiting for the crowds to die down so they can get into the shop. Another random observation is that a disproprtionate number of visitors over the weekend had SLR cameras. Lot's of people were buying stacks and baskets of books and the credit cards were out in force. So I think this solves another one of the prayer requests. I mentioned before that the ship finances were low coming out of Cambodia, but I think at this rate we won't have any problem sailing to our next port.

Dang. I have a lot more to talk about and pictures to add but it is past curfew so I have to slink back to my cabin post haste!

Prayer requests:

• thank God for being so good