Saturday Highlights
SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS: During dinner with the captain on Monday, he invited all of us to come see the bridge later in the week. So on Saturday, we went to join the tour. We expected a lot of people and were surprised to see only 15 or so. We were told later that we were the only group the Captain dined with that week, and that bridge tours were very rare since 9/11. So it was a real treat to get to see how things were run.
The bridge was full of cool gizmos and gadgets. Best of all, there was an actual Captain's Chair, though nobody was sitting in it. We spent over 45 minutes looking around at everything. I have to say that Kevin was looking a little green by the end of the tour; it's a lot easier to feel the rocking of the ship from the very front.
You'll notice that I didn't say that this was the highlight of the day. That's because Saturday's highlight was actually the highlight of the entire cruise, and it only lasted about 30 seconds.
Saturday's highlight was when we went to look at Lisa's e-mail and found out that the surgery and all of the tests on our friend Jim had come back very good. Doctors had found a tumor in Jim's wrist not long ago and he was up in Davis getting everything taken care of. Finding out that the tumor was benign, that the surgery went as well as possible, and that his prognosis was excellent was far and away the best moment of the entire week.
We were blessed to be able to do all of the things we did during this week, but they all paled in comparison to remembering how diligently God cares for His children and seeing how wonderfully He answered all of our prayers for our friend. Lisa and I (and the Nelson's too) would have traded 100 cruises for a healthy friend.
posted by Thurman8er @ 6:19 PM
3 Comments:
Friends and their health is what its all about. I have enjoyed reading and "seeing" about your cruise.
Your cruise sounded like it was amazingly special...being two of the "chosen ones" especially! Do you have any idea why you were chosen? Can't think of two people who deserved it more!
And the good news about your friend's surgery was God-sent...he has been blessed!
That is good news. Why do people turn green and not blue or red when they get seasick?
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