I am bunking with the enlisted personnel in the lowest part of the ship in the middle with 100 other women. We share just 5 showers and 4 sinks. There are no blow dryers or curling irons allowed on the ship due to the fire hazard. I am in a lower bunk which is only about 2 feet high. It has been an adjustment for me to sleep in such small quarters. I am somewhat getting used to sleeping in my bunk. I am glad I am on the bottom bunk as it is easy access for getting up and I can kneel to pray at night. We have to walk up 12 flights of stairs to get to the Mess Hall. Some of the other LDSC (Latter-day Saint Charities) people who were here for the 1st rotation said they have lost 10-15 lbs. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, but there is no snacking at all. I usually put some fruit in my pack. We muster each morning at 0630 while in port and 0730 when at sea which means we all meet in our work stations. We have to be ready to go for the day and breakfast eaten before muster time. Lights are out each night at 10pm and they come back on at 6am. The berthing areas have be be vacated by 8am except for night sleepers and the cleaning crew come in and sweep and mop. Then the lights go out again from 10am-4pm for those day sleepers. If we need something from our bunks or lockers during this time we use our flashlights to get around.
Some stats from humanitarian work done inVietnam and Cambodia are 418 surgeries, had 879 patients on board, saw 48,000 people seen in outreach clinics on land, and attended to 1,059 animals. I think this is pretty cool! This is a beautiful place and at times we get to go out and enjoy the amazingly blue ocean and the beautiful sunsets.
Your berthing area is so very much nicer than ours was! Paneling and real ceilings!! You seem to be having some fantastic adventures and enjoying every minute of it. We are thankful you are letting us experience it, if only vicariously, through your posts!
ReplyDeleteThe berthing area looks so not comfortable. In your wildest dream you could look at it as inmature king sized bed. The scullery looks like an unforgetable memory waiting to happen. Now as I would like to say, "Keep the faith, your doing great."
ReplyDeleteWhen you get home you are going to feel like your bed is 100' x 100' after sleeping in such a small space. You are a real trooper. Good luck and i was glad to hear that you have an escort ship for security, that will be a huge deterrent for any pirates you might run into.
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