My shameful lack of communication

Dear Readers,
Well… what can I say?! I think there is nothing I can say to make up for the fact that I haven’t written, yet again, for another 3 months. My intentions are good, but my execution is woefully poor, and I must humbly beg your forgiveness, and promise to endeavour to do better in [...]

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My Christmas catch-up

Merry Christmas, and apologies that I haven’t posted here in almost two months! Hopefully this catch-up blog will get you up-to-date about the goings-on in my life.
The ship has been buzzing over the last month as our Christmas event, Christmas Around the World, welcomed over 3000 visitors on board. We had cultural stands, showing [...]

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My first step

My journey with OM Ships started a little over two years ago through one small STEP. STEP stands for short-term exposure programme, and the exposure I received in that time compelled me to apply to return to the ships for two years. Now STEP has begun on Logos Hope, with the aim of exposing more [...]

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My nearby city

It’s only a 40 minute train ride away, but the centre of Copenhagen is not as convenient to ship life as you might think. What with work, weather and (lack of) money, I had only visited once in three months. Finally last Monday on my off day I made another tourist trip with my friend [...]

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My past and future

Last Saturday was certainly the night for parties on Logos Hope! I had no fewer than four invitations to four different gatherings, and, with some juggling, managed to attend all four! Of course the most significant was the party for my own PST group, which joined together in February 2007, oh so long ago… Even [...]

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My new job

I am now officially part of the Training Services Department. My job title is “Ministry trainer” which covers things like drama, dance, mime, story-telling, sharing your faith, tricks, puppets, clowning…and more! And before you ask, no I am not doing all these things myself (thank goodness), just overseeing and coordinating the training for some of [...]

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My second PST

As the nature of its name might suggest, most people only do a “pre-ship training” (PST) once in their Logos Hope lives. However, two weeks ago I found myself at my second PST – this time as a trainer for PST Køge. Yes, that’s right; I, Alison McFarland, was let loose on around 70 new [...]

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My fake family

Meet my mum and dad. My fake mum and dad, that is. On board everybody is part of a “ship family” unit – just one way to make sure that nobody is lost in a large crowd of over 300 people. Ship families are made up of crewmembers from a variety of countries, backgrounds and [...]

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My trip home

After 19 months away, I finally returned home… although only for three days! The flying visit was action-packed with relaxing activities (a paradox?! You figure it out…). I enjoyed my favourite home-cooked food (lemon meringue pie, mmmmmmm…), got taken out for lunch, shopping, and to the movies (Mamma Mia, complete with my mum and aunt [...]

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My summer vacation

So did I mention that I went to the Oscars this year?!
Unfortunately they were on board Logos Hope, so I didn’t get to meet any celebrities. Last week we had our annual “LogOscars” competition, where crewmembers can submit videos they have made and they are judged, and everybody dresses up and walks down a red [...]

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