the ship of light

8/6/2019 The Ship of Light

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By Michael Vogt

Byron MN , USA

A Short end times story

Written from Oct 2009 to Jan 2010


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Part 1: ConversationsIt was a fine day in heaven. The apostle Peter was having dinner at Jabin Derts place. Peter had waitedabout 500 years for this. While you could ask Jesus about anyone and instantly know their story. A lotof the citizens of heaven wanted to hear his story firsthand. This also kept Peter from finding the time

to see Jabin .

After the fine meal. Peter said. "Jabin so how did you end up becoming such a sailing legend? ". Jabinsaid "Wow Peter coming form you that says a lot! Well peter one never knows what God will call themto do." Peter Said" Yep I know how that goes ". Then they both chuckled. Jabin said " this may takeawhile to tell . If you need anything let me know. " . Jabin knew how long it took to tell his story. Hewas always mindful of the time . He made sure to break for food and drink as needed.

Jabin said "Blessing be to God the father the Son Jesus Christ and the spirit. I am thankful for theopportunity he gave me to be the part of his grand plans. " So He began To the tell his Story .

"The Ship Of Light"

Part 2: The TimeIt was the year 2041 .By this time the great revival mentioned in the scriptures. Had come to pass in theyears 2032 2039 . The Governments of The world had a Shaky Peace Worked Out. There wasmovement for a one world Government in 2033. It didn't go far that year but in late 2040 it was gainingnew support. The computer age had blossomed . Just about anything had a computer that could run it.

In 2025 Bill Gates III had become president of the united states.He used his new power to make hiswindows software the only legal operating system. Many Christian organizations scrambled for a copyof Linux before he could outlaw it. As his power grew in office. His actions got people thinking. manystarted searching for God. In 2029 a more reasonable president was elected.

The general population of the world. Were computer dependent. Most families had to schedule bikerides and walks to keep fit. Robots did everything form yard work to building projects. A lot of theAmerican Sports had become worldwide. The leagues were all headquartered in Iraq. Iraq had becomea popular place to settle for the rich. Most of the modern cars used solar energy and e95 a puresynthetic fuel from corn and soybeans. The other ones used a an electric format . That Chevroletpioneered in 2010 . Boat used the synthetic fuel and a bio-diesel. These things helped keep the planetcleaner. Life looked pretty good to most pf the population.


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The great revival started in 2032 . It started in Africa. The celebration church of mabvuku gets thecredit. It swept across Africa by the year 2035. By 2037 most of Europe was filling every Christianchurch to overflowing. In late 2037 America started to chime in. During the last two years of therevival Hollywood felt very threatened and moved their operation to Iraq. It started to remind thecynics of the 1920's. They screamed prohibition louder and louder. In parts of china the falling away

began like a tidal wave. By 2040 china that region had gone from one of the most Christian nations . Toa nation who didn't kill Christians. They just took all their possessions and through them out of thecountry. this made for an influx of Chinese refugees in Africa. America being the last country with abig revival . It took till early 2041 for the Americans to start to see the number of those turning awayform the faith grow.

New laws had been passed in every country. They mandated that any vehicle be tracked by gps. thisincluded every ship on the seas. The only loop hole was that once in international waters . Any craftunder 15 meters. They didn't have to leave it on. Many did anyway. So the governments of the worldknew just about where any one was at any time.

Part 3: PreparationsI met my wife while attended my home church in Corpus Christi. The New Hope it was called. I hadmoved from Seattle. I was a car buff and I had an old 2005 Ford Mustang GT. In Seattle they passed aemissions law. which meant i had to sell my car or move. I choose to move. the car was a gift from mygrandfather.

The summer before my wife and I got married. She went on a mission trip to Florida Uruguay . Thestrange thing about this mission trip was. That Mark Streed always went by sailing ships. In 2039 helost one at sea . It was basically the cargo one he said. My wife and the other 5 that went. They spent 2

months of basic sailing training every weekend . Until the trip left in early June. Mark made sure that ifthe electronics failed. That you could sail to any port and get the ships fixed. He and Jim Estley alwayswent. So for the trip i was to go on in the summer of 2041 . I spent the eight weeks training with a newset folks going with us.

Part 4: The Crews

The two crews was a total of 10 .

The crew of The True Present.

Mark Streed: He was very successful business man. He was one with the sailboat in a way that onlyGod could have gifted him. He was part Drill Sargent and part cheerleader. He had a very tender heartbut the guff drill Sargent in him made it hard to see unless you really knew him. In 2023 he gave overhis business to his sons. he wanted to spend more time trying to spread the good news. He made hisfirst trip to the Montevideo mountains in Uruguay in 2026. He had a crew of 4 on that trip . Includingpastor Nahum King.

Ruth Streed: She was a Home maker before the robot age. She and some friends formed a ladies indoorsoccer league. So that they could stay in shape. She was very good with small children in our home


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church. She had sailed with Mark on vacation. This was her first time on the mission trip. She had to dothe training just like the rest of us. She was a good sport.

Jabin Dert:I was a auto mechanic at the local ford dealership. The robots did a lot for us . Howeverconsumers seemed to feel a human touch was needed to fix their cars. I did rather enjoy that quite a bit.

I was only 22 when I was newly married to Lois Drisbane. We met working with the teens of ourchurch. Story book romance it was . A wonderful marriage too .

Lois Dert: My wife . She was a local . She told me stories of hurricanes. She was a school teacher atBrenda D. Flacco elementary. Her kids lover her . She loved the kids in Uruguay. she had pictures ofthem in her class room. she was also young at 21 when we got married.

Pat Freeny: He was policeman by day. A big kid at night in church. The Young kids pastor and pat dida lot for the kids of New Hope Church. He lost his wife in 2038. Ever since he carried his police issueweapon with him everywhere . Mark had to assure him several times he would not need it on the trip.pat said he signed up to find a greater peace with God on the trip. plus his love for kids was also areason he came.

Bobby Newport: The fisherman of the trip. He was uncanny in his ability to catch fish anywhere. Marksaid it was great to have him along. it was always nice to have fresh fish . Everytrip bobby had a new fishing buddy to share scriptures with. He made quite the impact out at sea. Hesaid he tried to remember a lot of scriptures .he feared one day all he would possess was the memorizes. he said he could sense a time when it would be unlawful to have a bible. he said that almost happenedin 2025.

Amy Gweeny: She owned a local computer store . She was a electronic guru. She could fix anythingthat had wires in it. this was her first mission trip. She had saved every version of linux during BillGates III campaign . She said she knew it was a good idea. She had backed up all Marks ship softwareto a linux version. Mark always switched over once he got in international waters. She lost her husbandin 2038. He was a news reporter. He went to New Orleans that year to report on a coming hurricane.Hurricane Dan was a category 7 . They thought it was only a category 4 . The city sank thousands diedthat year.


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The Crew of The Last Star

Jim Estley: He was a fishing boat captain and until 2036 was a sea almost everyday. He knew the areawell . he had been sailing with mark ever since 2037. Since then it has always been two ships. Jim lost

his wife that year.His son Issac was 15 at the time .Then he bought the ship from mark in 2033 forusing in the summer for fun. he had no idea the life of adventure he would later spend with Mark. Heenjoyed it quite a bit .

Issac Estley: Jim's son It was his first time on the trip as well. he had spent some time on the last starwith his dad. he was looking forward to getting away form it all having just finished high school. Hehad always wanted to go out with his dad on the fishing boat but there was never a good time.

Gary Fizrketer: The former drugs merchant. Gary was often misunderstood. He was a no nonsensetype of person . he was often blunt with his answers . he did care about a lot of things. people looked athis past not his present state .that caused him to be a bit guarded with those whom didn't know him. Heclaimed to know every hidden cove between Corpus Christi and Japan . He prayed often and those whoknew him well. said he could have probably kept up with James from the bible in prayers offered. hehad been on every mission trip since. 2032. Mark shared the gospel with him in 2028. On one of themission trips .he often tells mark because he didn't judge him back then. he saw the true love of God.

The week before we left . We spent hour praying together as a group. We had our families over on theSaturday of June 1st to say our goodbyes. We were leaving after church on Sunday the 2nd.

Part 5: Departure

Sunday June 2nd. We all got up on stage at new hope church. Pastor Nahum King and the congregationprayed over us at both services. I can say we all just felt a peace that passes all understanding. Themessage was based on Matthew 28:18-20 . It was titled What part of go don't you get. When the serviceclosed the group said good bye to well wishers and family. They were expecting us back in six weeks

We had everything at the pier in morning. So all we had to do was have friends drive us to the pier. Wegot there about 2:30 pm. Jim and mark had prayed together Saturday morning. Both men felt the Holyspirit telling them this would be their last trip. The two of them felt that they would commission othersto go and they would retire. At the pier Mark and Jim spoke to the other eight members of the mission

trip. Mark said. we have two way radios so we can talk to Jim at any time. When we scuba dive ourboats will be anchored together. In the event some thing strange happens both Jim and myself haveincluded specific instructions what to do next. The are in the kitchen cabinets . There is one for amayday and one for a rapture . I'll now turn this over to Jim .


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Jim said Lets all be safe while we will have a good time on this trip . We need to be careful once wehead towards South America . We are in international waters . We need to be sure we look like this apleasure cruise. The great falling away is already gaining momentum. Let us bow our heads. Dear lordbless us on this journey for your kingdom. May we be the lights that shine your gospel were ever we

go. in Jesus name amen. Alright lets get going the sun won't last all day. . So Jim and Issac got on TheLast Star and were making ready to sail . Mark and His crew got on The True Present. Both Ships LeftThe Pier At 3pm

Part 6: Under WayOnce we cleared the harbor. We made our way through the Corpus Christi bay. it took a couple morehours with engine power to get to the Port Aransas Outlet. Once there We skirted the south padreisland state park. We sailed down a few miles past Baffin bay Texas. We got there about 8pm . Weanchored by south padre island state park on the ocean side.

We Got the boats Close enough to have Gary go aboard The last star. He was going to help make surethat in a couple of hours. We could start sailing non stop. Gary and the crew of The last star knew whatwe were doing next . Mark only called the crew of the true present together. While the other three shipmade preparations and had their evening meal.

We all knew about the two manuals for rapture and also for the mayday. Mark Spoke. "We are going tobe going into non stop sailing mode after our evening meal. There is a schedule in the dining area. Wewill hit a few port cites along our way. I prayed for this group quite a bit. God is calling one of you totake this over soon. The reason that speaking fluent Spanish as you second language was a requirementis. When we pull in to these port cites. I do not want anyone speaking English once we dock. " Bobbyspoke up and said " I guess this means i gotta teach them all to fish?" Mark laughed and said "If that'sGod's plan Bobby then he will direct those that need to learn. Now on a more serious note. I expect youall to keep a journal. The reason being when it comes to emailing our new hope church . it will be good

to have something to draw on. I don't like the way today's computers identify your location and youpersonal information. So I'll let Amy take over from here."

Part 7: Protecting Our Mission

Amy spoke up and said "Well Mark has good reason to be a bit worried. What we do is have you writea nice note to friends and family. New Hope never emails these again. they are handed directly to yourfamilies or friends back home. What I do is convert all your letters in to picture files. Now basically Imake them look like failed picture files. We send some nice tropical pictures from the last few trips. Soonce the church gets them. they convert them back to documents . Then print them out for yourfamily. We also use a Linux laptop to send them because the location sent is then untraceable. I know

where the hot spots are where i can make this happen. if i sue the laptop for more than 15 minutes . thelocal authorities will know a Linux laptop still exists and will take it form me and lock me up. I alsoquickly down load local weather and out projected trip conditions. Since i own a computer store. I cantell you the united organization for peace. They want more and more of this information to be tracked.They say its to protect us. I feel as Jim does . this is just another way it will be hard on the believerswho are left to witness . Now Ill let bobby speak."


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Bobby said "I would heed the advice. If any one wants to fish with me remember it has to be the fewtimes we are anchored. stay together when are in port. God needs all of us for this mission. be sure toget plenty of rest and pray a lot. Could i get everyone in here please. " all the crew came in booby said"Dear Lord protect us as we venture out on your beautiful seas. may all we do bring you glory . Thankyou for our crew and the crew of the last star. bless our food and time together in Jesus name amen. "

We all were happy he ended in prayer . We were hungry and also thankful for the blessing. We knewthe times were tough on believers. all those warnings made a lot of us realize . This was an importantmission . Any of us who had thought this would be easy. Those thoughts were dispelled that night.

Part 8: On The Move

Around 8:45 Jim came over the Ship to Ship Radio. Jim said "True Present Gary has us under way wewill talk to you at sunrise. Thanks to Amy all set for same route. let me know when you get under way ." Jim got on the radio and said "We will do Jim get a good nights rest God bless you old friend." Thenwe were cleaning up the evening meal Mark said " I am going out to pull the anchor and get us underway again . probably wont see the shore for a few days. " I went to relieve Jim . I was the night sailor

that day. Most was handled by the computers but we wanted to be safe as possible. Once in the cabinMark radioed the last star "last star this is mark we are under sails. " Gary replied "Im on deck its apretty night .is Jabin sailing ? " Mark said " he sure is . i have good feelings about him ." Gary said"Ill talk to you later hope you get a good nights rest" .

I didn't hear anything but the sound of the ship cutting through the water. It was a nice night to collectmy thoughts. I had only been sailing during the training with mark. I just really enjoyed the wholeexperience . It was truly a beautiful night on the water. I saw the sun come up on the open ocean. It wasawesome. I knew right then as long as mark was sailing. I would want to go on this trip. around 5:30my wife came out with some coffee and a roll . About 7 am Amy came to relieve me.

around 8am Jim came on the radio "Mark looks like we made some good time last night. " mark repliedback "yeah it looks like we will get to Bobby's fishing spot in a day or so . " Jim said " Wow he likesto fish as much as you like to sail. Whose on deck right now?" Mark said "Amy is up there most of theday . I take it your son Issac has the day part. " Jim said " Yes he will find its not easy out here ." MarkSaid "Talk to you tonight how close are you to the fishing spot? " Jim said ooh about 140 knots . howabout you ?" Mark said were about 150 knots We will catch up just be safe. " OK enjoy the day its niceand clear so far."

My wife had be sailing for a good 5. hours when I came up on deck to say hello. We could see cloudshere and there . mark had told us that storms in the summer could be light to heavy. While it wassummer . We all had warm sailing clothes . It was balmy when we were stopped. that first night isailed i was glad for the clothes. The next day went about the same with other folks doing the nightshift. I did some cooking as well.

Bobby was recruiting folks to fish with. I was not excluded. He came over the next day while i waswashing the dishes and said. "So Jabin are you ready tor fishing? " I said "You know I'll give it a try .A fresh fish dinner might be nice. " So I was the first fishing buddy on the trip for bobby. Mark said"Well Jabin hes got you now .Once you fish with him he will always want to do more." . I said "Well i


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am sure he will try to get everyone once" The next morning we saw The Last Star Anchored in thedistance.

Part :9 The Fishing Spot

We got to the fishing spot around 8am. Bobby was getting ready to get the gear . Then Mark said "OKNow we are finally in international waters . Amy please switch the ship over to our linux system. The

GPS tracker is now off . We are now free to roam where we wish to go" Amy went about making surethe ship was untraceable for the time being. She also went over to the last star and did the same. Isaaccame over to fish with Bobby and my self

when Amy came back on board. Everyone except Jim was on the true present. Mark dropped thebiggest bombshell .When he said "I am going to make sure to show all of you were all the things wehave stored and rotated in the last few years are. There is a third book on both ships this trip. It is themap of every island we have hidden bibles and food for the end times. We lost a ship in 2039 . I neverclaimed the insurance money. Because at one of our islands the Light of the winds is in a coveanchored and waiting. I saved the ship because she is untraceable. Ruth and I plan to settle on theisland which is small but well equipped. We are to be reported lost at sea. One of you will be chosen to

carry on the missions . This also Jim's last trip Gary owns the last star as of may . He will be the secondship from now on. My sons in back home already know and we have said goodbye. I don't know ifIsaac will continue to come. You all have to decide about coming back out on the seas.A lot of otherpeople could only make one trip. Gary and I are going to plan out the next stop . Bobby you and yourbunch see if dinner will be different tonight. "

With that Gary and Mark went into the cabin and pulled out a few maps and their record books. Wewent out and started fishing it was nice to take a break from it all. Isaac said "You know Jabin this hasbeen quite the adventure. Gary was saying how in this area. folks don't pay much attention to us sailboats." Bobby said " I suppose still have to watch out for the cruise ships and stuff out here .It does geta little less congested once we get near Uruguay. Mark has not said anything but sometimes i wonder if

he and Gary haven't laid out stuff between here and japan." Isaac Said "My dad said mark has sailed theworld on his boats. I would not be shocked. " Just then i got a bite . I was glad to have such a good pole. It took all three of us to reel in this 200 pound fish. Bobby was over Joyed. I was hooked after that.we had enough fish for a few days we made sure to share with the crew of the last star.

Pat came as we were putting things away. He said "I was wondering if i should stay at the orphanage, Ihave no ties in the sparkling city . " Isaac said "wow is anyone going back to corpus? " I said "Well Iintend to go back. Pat I would suggest you speak with Mark about this . what about your job? I thoughtyou liked being in the force?" Patrick Said "Before I lost Karen . I did love it. Now it is not the same. Isold my my home. I no longer work for anyone Jabin. " Jabin said "so what were going to do if youdidn't go to the orphanage? " Pat said " Well I figured i would just find on of the South American

countries to blend and disappear in. You know I spent some time in Nicaragua in 2035 . I was lookinginto an American who disappeared there. I learned a lot. "

By That time Gary had gone back to the last star . Mark was in the cabin Pat went in to talk to him . afew minutes later he spoke to Isaac and me. "Well its official I will be staying behind at the orphanage.I will try my best to protect those kids. Its what i feel i need to do and Mark thinks its a good idea. Ifeel a peace I don't understand. It is a nice change" Isaac went back to the last star also. Bobby went totake a nap he would be sailing tonight.


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Mark said "After lunch we set sail again . we are headed to some islands and coves . Gary has thementered in the linux side of the computers only. " Then he brought out an old leather journal. It showedthe place we were anchored with a smile drawing and the word the fishing spot. He passed the book tothe crew and we saw the islands numbered and their names. He said it Will take about a day we will hitIsland 1 The Portal. it isn't on any map because its too small to notice and hurricanes and other keep itpretty barren. We ate Lunch and set sail about noon.

Part 10: The Portal

We were the first to arrive. The Island didn't seem to be much at first . The certainly didn't seem tomuch there. The Portal as it was called was only about 400 or 500 ft across there were some plantsthere . You could tell that it would be an unstable place to stay. About an hour after we arrived . The laststar showed up. We had used about 20 gallons of fuel just getting out past Port Aransas a couple days

earlier . Plus the fuel burned to keep everything else going.

Gary had this 150 ft hose he carried on to the island . He had one end in on the last star. I followedmark and him to a spot about ten foot from the water . The hose only had about 5 foot to spare. Garymoved a plant. and there was a 3icnh thick polycarbonate shed that appeared about 4ft high by 4ftwide . It was sunk in the sand about 4 ft . There were four 55 gallon fuel barrels in the shed. alongwith a set of weapons I had never seen before anywhere. Gary hooked up the hose to one of the barrelsand on the last star Isaac was making sure the fuel was pumped in . About 30 minutes later . Isaac put acap on the end the hose . The hose was carried to the true present . The cap was off and hooked into itsfuel tanks. Then they started pumping fuel into the true present Also.

I asked mark "Mark I have never seen weapons like those. I thought you said those were not needed?"Mark said "I told pat his police issue wasn't needed. Nobody has anything like these. I used my shop tomake them. They fire lasers. " I said "don't you trust God? I am not trying to be judgmental mark. Itjust seems out of place?" Mark said "You remember Jesus warns his disciples of the coming time inLuke 22 35-36Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?"

"Nothing," they answered. He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag;and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one."I said "Yes I do how does that relate to thistrip ?" Mark said "There is coming a time soon when to complete this mission . The person will need tobe able to escape. These weapons I made for defense only. If one of our ships is being chased after therapture. Those people will stop at nothing to stop you and kill you. So if you disable thier ship with

these . You can get away once you have our islands an coves map. There is enough fuel and food for acrew of ten to last the 7 year tribulation and feed others as well. Jabin you are wise beyond your years." I said "well I hadn't considered how dangerous these end times are becoming " Mark said "Jabin dopray and ask God for wisdom.. You would be a good choice to continue the mission. I will be in thearea unless god takes me home first. "


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We loaded the weapons on to the last star. I was still uncomfortable about it. I also prayed aboutweather God wanted me to continue such a vital mission. back on the island Gary capped off the end of

the hose . then he closed up the fuel and lock the shed . He did come back with some canned food aswell. Mark said "the next island is two days away. " We left around noon. I had night watch it startedraining I radioed Jim . I said "Jim do we even stop for this ? " He radioed back "Jabin we will have tosee. lets try riding it out for a little bit." It was looking like it would clear up. A hour later I wasworried it would get worse. When the stars came out. It was a beautiful night. It was then I knew . Iwas going to continue to keep marks vision alive. He could pass the torch to me.

Part 11 : Romance Hits the High Seas

I was relieved by my wife Lois the next morning. Lois said "Hi sweetie. could you please stay herewith me for a bit? " I said "sure is something bothering you ?" . She said "No it is not me. Have you

noticed how. Gary and Amy seem to be looking at each other lately ?" I said "Well he seems to find alot of time to be on our ship instead of his. Is she acting the same way ? " She said " Well sort of shes abit better at hiding it but she does like him you can tell." I said "what do you think we should do? "Lois said "Well i was talking to marks wife Ruth . We have a plan. Today just before sundown Gary issupposed to be coming over . He and mark are planning our stop at the next island . Ruth will have youand I go over to the the last star for a few days . Mark knows about Gary and Amy don't' " I smiled .Then i said "Ooh you matchmakers! " Then i rolled my eyes and laughed. Lois said " don't forget Ruthintroduced us you know" I said "well i am off to catch a nap wake if they marry before then" Loislaughed and said goodnight to me.

That afternoon Our ships were close enough to see each other. for most of the day. that night whenGary came over mark showed us more of the area we were going to be seeing the next day . Thenraised his voice a little bit and said "There is a storm headed toward us but we should be on the islandby then. It has a shelter if we need it. I would not be too worried . It isn't a big storm. but a lot of rain sowe will have the sails down once we achor near the beach. " Then Ruth nudged mark and then he said" Gary and Amy need to go over some things he need to do on the last star .So Lois and Jabin will jointheir crew for the next few days till we go a shore ." This brought a smile from booth and a surprisedlook as well. we went over to the last star and Isaac was ready to go so we took off first.

The night was calm but you sense a storm . We sailed till around noon. when the island came in toview. It was not as desolate as the last one . It was only about the size of a foot ball field . So it was bigbut not a place you'd stay a long time. You could see a shelter of sorts built form tin and wood thatlooked weather beaten. After the fishing spot. I just trusted that mark had some treasure hid aroundthere. For the first time everyone was able to explore the island. We kept one person on each ship andthat rotated. As Night fall came we made a beach campfire .Turns out. on another obscure part of theisland . There was fire wood stored . We offloaded more plastic sealed bibles with the end timesexplanations . All were written in Spanish.

While we gathered around the toasty fire. Amy and Gary went off exploring and were later seenholding hands . earlier in the day bobby and I had done some fishing from the shore. My wife joinedus and she went along with trying after bobby's constant nagging. Turns out Lois doesn't mind it. Shejust wasn't hooked on it like I was. We caught a few things to cook on the open fire that was rather fun.


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Part 12 :The Storm

Jim had me motor the last star to the other side of the island. Just before the storm arrived . It was quitethe down pour. We were glad to be on the ships when that happened. We checked in with mark everyhour or so. Water swayed the ship quite a bit . It would have been easy to get sick. My wife and Ruthwere on night shift.. While we tried to sleep they used the headsets on the ship to ship radio.

Lois called out "True present this the last star we are swaying but stable " Ruth came back " With samehere everyone is trying to sleep . Our love birds are inseparable. We might have to perform a high seaswedding" Lois said "already I though they just started dating? " Ruth said "Well mark says they hadalready been on a few dates they were just trying to keep it quiet at the church. Sometimes people stilljudge Gary for his past. " Lois said "ooh well i thought we were helping . I am happy and also feelcheated we didn't put them together ." Ruth said "No honey God Put them together. They both areexcellent at what they know. Have you noticed Jabin seems very at home out here?" The boat rockedand Ruth hit the floor . She said "Yeow!!" It came over the radio and Lois replied. " You OK Ruth?"Ruth said "Yes just hurt my pride as they say . Now back to Jabin. Do you think he could take thisover? " Lois said " I think so but I'll let the Lord push him that way . It has to be Gods will ." Ruth said

"Ok Lois ill check back With you around 2am " . So it went till the sun came out around 9:30 am.

We checked out the ships and they were fine. We raised the sails and got back under way. Much to mysurprise that small shelter had survived another storm. Our campsite form the night before was washedaway except for the stones we had sat on. there was a light wind to sail with and it was my day to sailagain. I was excited to be cutting the waves with the wind. Those on the true present had composed thefirst email home. In two days we would dock in a small Mexican city called Celestn

Part 13: A Letter Home.

We had a second linux laptop on the ship .Isaac and Jim had composed a letter to send with the bunch.Lois put her letter on the computer while Isaac and Jim had made lunch. I spent the rest of the daysailing . I was excited to write the church. I however could have stayed out here all day . Lois came outwith Isaac around 5om to relieve me .So I could eat the evening meal and sail til 8pm when Jim wouldtake over.

While I was eating. Jim asked "I wonder who is going to take over for Mark when he retires.?" Loissaid "I am not sure Gary seems to be good at this stuff." Jim said "No Gary is a good man but heprefers to be a servant. He knows in his heart it isn't him. He told mark so after The last trip. They haveboth prayed about this the last two years. Jabin any thoughts before you go back out there?. I said "WellI do know who is going to be leading this expedition after mark retires." They both looked at me withshock . Jim spoke first and said "Mark told you already . I had not heard anything yet? " Lois said "howdid you find out? You've been on this ship the last two days." I smiled and said. "Well I know becauseits me . I haven't told Mark yet but I just don't know. When I will have time to tell him. He will say heknew all along. When I come in tonight I'll mention it in my letter. the church does know this is his lasttrip?" Jim said "Yes but they don't expect him to be lost at sea. " With that revelation I went back out tocommand the ship.

When Jim relieved me I went an sat down at the computer and started typing:


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Dear Pastor King ,

I would like to thank you for allowing me to go on this trip. I have been very blessed with members ofour church . I have become good friends with bobby the incurable fisherman. I am also in the loves tofish club now. I also know everyone back home is praying for us . I thank you very much for the

prayers. we survived a storm a couple of days ago. As you know mark has been looking to pass thetorch for this missions trip to another person. Please pray for me . I know God has called me to dothat. please also pray for pat he is going to stay in Uruguay . blessings to you all

Jabin

I saved the letter so Amy could add it to one she would send out when we docked in CelestnI went to sleep happy the decision was out in the open.

Part 14: CelestnWe saw the beautiful Yucatan coast come in to view around noon. Mark had already let us know by thatwe would only be there to fuel up and send emails. We all knew we weren't going to stay the night.When we docked a couple of hours later. Gary and Mark stayed Behind. They took care of anything theships needed. The rest of us went to the hotel and looked at some of the local shops. Every half a blocksome one asked us if we wanted to go on a tour to see the infamous flamingos. Amy made sure shecould connect to the network in the hotel lobby. The she logged off in 5 seconds.

We toured the small village. I bought a few things, the ladies truly loved the shopping part. We ate at asmall Cantina. The whole group except Gary and Amy. Gary had joined us when Patrick went and

relieved him on the boat. Ruth got something to go for Mark he had seen the village a number of timesthe locals knew him well. It only had the one resort .It had a couple other small hotels . I looked like agreat little get away. I was thinking maybe someday Lois and i could spend a week or two in differentports along the coast.

We left the Cantina and headed to the ships while Amy and Gary went to send the emails. About 30minutes later Gary and Amy cam back safe. Amy said "That was a close one. I got on their network andsent the emails. It was close. I had turned the Linux laptop off . About that time it was detected an non-windows computer had been on the network. " Gary said "I had the windows PC in hand Amy's washidden at that point. They checked mine made sure it was OK and went to check others . That's whenwe quietly left. " Amy said "We may have to not email the rest of the trip that was close. " Mark said

"We will have to see , if its that dangerous you could be right" Gary went back to the last star . We leftthe port at 5pm and headed back out the open sea. I planned to tell mark. about how I knew I was leadto carry on his mission.


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Part 15 :The Way Point

We had made it about 30 minutes out on the water. when mark said." In a few hours we will have tostop at the way point. It will be too dark to see all the cruise ships going back an forth through Cancun.We will see lots of them in the next week as we head towards Brazil. " I said "Is this another islandwith stuff? Or just a good anchor point like the fishing spot?" Mark said " Jabin its an island. We don't

keep anything there as tourists often visit the island during the day . " I said " Thanks mark. I have nothad the time the last couple of days . I wanted to tell you . I know God wants me to continue yourmission. " Mark said "Jabin I had a feeling but I wasn't sure. Glad to hear it. You will need to stickclose to Gary and myself on the rest of the trip. " I said "thats fine mark been planning on it." The restof the crew seemed a bit surprise My Wife Lois just smiled. Ruth and her shared a knowing look.

A few hours later as the sun was setting. We anchored at the way point. Our two sailing ships weredwarfed by the huge floating cites. The lights from the cruise ships made it seem like twilight. Mark ,Gary and myself Scouted the way point for other people. We didn't find any one .So we set up to haveanother beach dinner. after dinner the crew prayed for me . It seemed a few of the crew were relievedGod didn't choose them. I could never figure out. Why being called to do God's work was so scary. We

cleaned up and got back on the ships to sleep around 10pm.

The next morning it looked like a traffic jam. I thought I had seen a few ships at night. I could see whymark did not want to leave at night. We got under way around 9am. We were on the radio a lot . Wehad to let a huge number of ships know where we were. It took us till 3pm to get by all the traffic. Wemade much better progress once we got by the tourist traffic. It was amazing to see how many cruiseships still ran when folks to take the virtual tours from home in 3d. It just proves you can't substitutethe real thing. I had not been journaling like some of the crew. I did however make notes about all thestops we took and what was there. I knew everything was in marks journal. I just wanted my thoughtson them saved. Mark got out his map of the islands book and took out a piece of paper to write somethings down.

Part: 16: Open Seas

We kept in contact with the last star as always. Ruth and Lois were very giddy as if up t something. Iasked Lois "what has you so joyful. ? " She said "Well mark has decided to take a little side trip to thecayman islands for a day. " I said "That doesn't seem necessary. " Lois said "Well for our two love birdsit's very needed. mark is going to stop in caymans for fuel instead of Jamaica . he says it will only costus a couple of hours delay. " I said "Sounds nice but they won't have much privacy after the wedding. "Lois said "Mark is already ahead of you. when we stop at the cliff cove . Gary and Amy will sail to thehidden spot. We will spend the night at the cliff cove. the next day we will catch up to Gary and Amy." I said "Sounds like more adventure . I am ready for that. "

Bobby and I played a bit of backgammon as Patrick was sailing today. We often played cards and othergames to pass the time. Patrick was very good at hearts . Spades was Ruth's game. Lois was tough tobeat at rummy. Mark and Gary enjoyed chess . Amy preferred Farkel .she could however keep a gameof chess going with Gary for a while. Isaac love to play Uno. Jim would play anything. We didn't bringalong any board games . We knew space was at a premium.


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We were on the ocean for two more days. We would be at rum point in the caymans by 10am today.Bobby pulled the night shift. I relieved him at 5am so he would be awake for the 1pm wedding. Thiswould be my first attempt at docking the ship. I slowed us down and used the engines to brake the shipeven more . by the time we were 100 feet from the pier . I had the ship under control. It felt good to beguiding her in to port. We tied off and made preparations for Amy and Gary's big day.

Part 17: The Big DayWe tied everything off and went into rum point about 11:30 am.Patrick and Issac Stayed behind.Patrick said he was happy for the couple . He said it was best he missed the wedding. He was stillhaving a tough time after his wife's death. Isaac was kinda of bummed he would miss it but said that hewould enjoy the solitude . He said if he got bored. He could go play cards with Patrick. We lookedaround for a nice place to get tropical clothes . Gary and Amy wanted the dress to touristy. So webought shirts to match. Gary's was a purple color .Bobby and I picked Blue. Mark picked green. Amyand the rest of the gals bought matching dresses .Amy's was a light yellow . My wife and Ruth had onpink versions of the same dress.

We got to the chapel at 1pm . We had reserved a spot over looking the water. The ceremony wastraditional. When it was over .The newlyweds and all went out to a early dinner to celebrate. We allsaid our goodbyes to the newlyweds. They took off at 3:30 pm Jim had gone back earlier to prepare thelast star for their departure. We stayed behind another 2 hours getting fueled up and buying moresupplies. We untied the ship and made our way back out to sea.

It seemed very quiet for a few moments as we left the island . It felt as though it was important theyhad been married. We used an internet cafe to send a small message to new hope . We knew they wouldwant to know. I was enjoying it on deck when mark came out to join me about 5pm. He said " youknow Jabin this has been one strange trip so far. I have you taking over . Two of my closest friends arenow married. It just felt like they should be . " I said "You know . I had that feeling as well. God is

pleased I am sure of it. " Mark explained what the cliff coves island would look like and showed me ona map what to be looking for. We knew that the newlyweds would be out of radio range until we gotcloser to them.

Part:18 The Hidden Cove.

At around 6:45 the small island came in to our view. As it did mark came up on deck with me to showme what to look for. I thought this cove was small because it didn't look that big even a 100 yardsaway. When we got closer I was amazed with the size. We carefully steered the ship in. When weanchored no one at sea would see us . A campfire would not even have been seen .

We brought out sleeping bags and prepared to spend the night out for a change. We got the fire goingby sundown. Lois and I went exploring the cove with flashlights as it was very dark already. Mark hadanother shack hidden in there. Lois found it before I even saw it. I gathered some very dry firewoodfrom the shed. She picked up the extra lanterns mark asked we get also. After we ate Bobby and Isaacwent fishing by where the ship was.


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Mark came over and said "Jabin pick up those two weapons we brought from the portal. Follow me tothe shed and leave the lanterns here. " So I brought them. I was wondering why. We would even needthem. A few minutes later we were close to the shed . Mark then walked about forty feet away from theshed. Then he said "See that dial on the side set it to one. Then point it where I have the flashlightpoint and pull the trigger" I looked at this thing it looked like one of those super squirt guns from thetoy stores . You the kind with a cylinder on top and a long tube underneath . It had a trigger underneath

the tube. It weighted about 8 pounds. The dial on the side looked like it came off and electrics guitar .So I did what Mark said and a flash of light sped toward the back of the cove. It made a small bangafter that. It was very amplified in that cove. Mark then said "You see Jabin this thing can make a smallhole in a ship to slow it down. The object is not to hurt anyone . This is just so you can get away .Nowlets go look at that hole you made. "

We walked to the back of the cove . There was a 6 inch hole in the rock where I had pointed theweapon. I asked Mark. "How come I have never seen anything like this? Ill bet the government wouldhave paid you a lot for this. " Mark said "Jabin I didn't make these . Amy made these. The batteries arein every island you have seen. Please use them wisely. You won't be able to charge those batteries oncethe rapture occurs. You'll be out here on your own. " I said "I understand mark. Ill be careful so there isonly these two? " Mark said "Yes one for each ship. Gary will be getting one of these tomorrow. " Ifollowed mark back to the camp. We would sail for the Hidden spot in the morning.

Part 19: The Hidden Spot.

We packed up the overnight stuff and locked up the shed . Mark didn't think it would be tamperedwith . He told me that night before very few people traveled anywhere near these islands.he just believed in taking precautions. we set sail shortly after 9am. It was a very good day for sailing.My wife Lois was piloting the ship that day.

I brought out her lunch . Lois said. "You know I don't remember last year being this complex. You can

tell mark is making sure you know every detail. " I said " I am glad he is taking the time. if the rapturecame as we left corpus . Any one left would have been at a loss. Seeing where everything is laid out .is very helpful . " Lois said " Do you really think the end is that close? " I said " We never know theapostle Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 5:2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come likea thief in the night. So we just don't know. " Lois said "Well lets hope there is a little time left share thegospel. Our president Bobby Shiver signed over the country to the United nations. after many years ofdebate after the Copenhagen agreement was signed in 2009. " I said "well all in God's plans he loves ustoo much to not give every one a chance. "

A couple Hours later mark hoped on the radio " Last star this the the true present you there?" Garybantered back "Yes we are . How Close are you ? " Mark said "We are a couple hours out .

We should be there by about 6pm. You have the gates ready? " Gary said "Yeah they we a bit stiff . Igot it working though . " mark said "How is the light of the winds.?" Gary laughed and said " Markyou worry too much. Amy checked out the electronics. you be visible to other ships but not to trackers.its in great condition . nobody has even disturbed a palm tree around here. "


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I slept till noon. I walked down to the ship to see what was going on. When I got inside the cabin Marksaid "Hi Jabin , Amy and I are making sure she is fit to sail electronic wise. We have been down sincethis morning. You do good work the motor sounds much better. " Amy Said "Mark she checks out . Iupdated the Linux . I made sure there are back up electrical parts . She will be ready for sail when youcome back in a few weeks. " I said " we will be back this way in only a few weeks. ?" Mark Said " YesJabin, When we come back this way . We won't stop as many times it will be much quicker. It is always

Best to leave here at dawn or dusk. So we will leave around 7pm " I asked mark "So Mark you neverhave trouble with unwanted visitors in this hidden lagoon of yours?" Mark said "Not people. We oncehad a shark roaming around in here . when it got dark that night i opened the gate. Then closed it bydawn. He had left by then. " Amy said "Mark where are we stopping next? " Mark said "When weleave tonight its straight to Jamaica , Kingston's Port Royal. Our pace picks up quite a but from there."Amy Said "Lets take a Group shot to send back to the church" Mark said "Sounds fun were only goingto be there long enough to renew our coastal sailing permits and any supplies we need . " We closed upthe light of the winds and went back to the house.

Part 21: On The Move Again

It was Dusk when we left. We motored both ships out a safe distance. Gary hit the remote switch . The

Trip to Kingston's Port Royal in Jamaica took a few days. We came in with the sunrise. We tied off andthe Police there watched the ships. We all went to the customs office. After that Amy took her groupphoto. She sent that home from a windows laptop. We would use that one in the mountains. When shewas done Amy took the battery out so it was now untraceable .till we turned it back on .

We went to a nice restaurant for lunch . Took another taxi back to ships. Mark had picked up somesupplies . he had four or five bags full of stuff . We got out on the water about 1pm . The last starCrew had changed a bit . Amy and Gary were now together on the crew . Bobby and Isaac wereitching for a few days of uno. So Jim obliged . He would stay with us till we made our way to Port ofLa Guaira, Venezuela.

At the evening meal mark had checked in with our newlyweds. They said bobby an Isaac played gamesfor many hours. We has played hearts with Patrick quite a bit . Lois was night sailing again. Mark said"We did not stop at every island . That we have supplies or end times things at. Once we reachVenezuela. We we will have by passed the panama traffic jam. It will seem to go fast then. " PatrickSpoke up " You Know I miss you all. I have enjoyed these past few weeks. This mission will be in myprayers as log as i am with the mission. "

A few days later we passed. What seemed like a broken convoy of freighter ships and oil tankers. I hadNight sailing that day. It was a nice night . I became more skilled at it . It was good to have thecomputers. Mark had been training me to use every instrument we had. Here I was being handed thekeys to a big responsibility . Yet I felt a peace that was sometimes a bit scary. I also felt like I was in

some secret club. I wondered how much more stuff was hidden by Mark and Gary. I knew everythingwould be in those rapture log books he kept. I just somehow felt there was much more to that then itlooked like.


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Lois was sailing a few days later she brought us in at Port of La Guaira, Venezuela. I tied us off andgreeted Our newlyweds , Isaac and Bobby. They had docked about an hour before we arrived. We wentto check the current news. It seemed the world was getting smaller. The middle east was as close topeace as it had ever been. Israel had not had border violence in two months. We were careful to wait tillon our ships to discuss what this meant in great length. Jim re-boarded his Ship. then we left therearound 1pm.

A few days later we passed by the famous island of Grenada. We stopped in New Amsterdam Guyana.We had planned to leave there in 4 hours . Bad weather kept us there for a day. Patrick called hisbrother to have send a few things of his to the mission. He told his brother to keep or sell what ever wasleft. We passed by the mouth of the Amazon River a day later. We dotted the coast of Brazil for a fewmore days. We ported in Laguna Brazil.

We Left Laguna around noon. Once we were under way mark said "Well I hope you have your landlegs. We will be taking jeeps into the mountains tomorrow at 3pm. We should arrive in montevideoaround 1pm. We will have to go through customs and pay to dock the ships there for the 9 days." Isaid " I will miss the sailing to be honest. Its been quite the adventure. " I saw a few other nods. Whileit would be a welcome change. There was such peace in the sailing for me .I knew I would miss it. Thenext day we arrived in montevideo at 1pm just like mark said we would .

Part: 22 Land Under Our Feet

We tied off and gathered our gear around 2pm. We locked the ships up as we would be gone 10 days orso. We went to check in with customs. Patrick's check in took awhile as he also applied for a visa tostay in the country a while.so after an hour that seemed like all day. we headed over to the docks wherea shipment of our stuff had arrived. Gary and bobby went to get vehicles that we would be renting. Wehad two range rovers,. One cargo type truck which Gary drove with Amy after we loaded the supplies

on it.

We went to the local markets and purchased food . We bought a lot for the orphanage as well. Floridawas about a 6 hour drive . We hit the road about 4pm. The city of Montevideo was big and touristy .We saw a few cruise ships on the way there. When on the highways it seemed pretty normal.There wasa heavy amount of traffic. We were all thankful there was no accidents on the way. It was already verydark when we pulled into florida.

We started for the orphanage . It was 10 miles from Florida on back roads,. That took another 20minutes as the roads were gravel . Mark was up front driving very carefully so we could follow him. Iwas glad because the road was bumpy and as dark as it was. who knows where you could have ended

up. It felt like home on that drive because of the bugs and the heat. We arrived at Casa de los niosbendecidos (house of the blessed Children) around 11pm. We greeted the children who were happy tosee us. It was around 1am when we bedded down for the night.


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Part 23: Casa de los nios bendecidos

The Next morning we got a look at our new home for a week. Even with all the computer technology inthe world. This place looked an old ghost town in many ways. I wondered if that's why Patrick wantedto call it home. It was such a simple place. There were five buildings. There was the Guest house wherewe stayed. The dinning area was able to seat about 100.The boys and girls had separate buildings.The

staff Building housed a good 20 workers and a nurse for medical needs. They met for services in thedining hall

It was a dusty place. There was a play ground for the kids . The equipment was new looking. Mark didnot say what we were going to do for them this week. We continued our tour with Jorge. He showed usthe well our church put in a couple years back. There was a soccer field (Ftbol here) . The orphanagegot their power from Florida. I just went out a lot so there was a generator also. I had not seen Patricksmile as much in the years i knew him . As he did that day. He was liked by the children. He did somesimple balloon animals for the kids and it was a big hit. Then he would try and catch up with us . Jorgejust smiled at Patrick knowing he was to involved with the kids to pay much attention.

The orphanage was self sufficient except for power. They farmed vegetables and raised chickens totrade for things in Florida. Mark had solar equipment shipped. I wondered why there was so muchstuff. They did have radios for weather reports. Mostly the children went to school here and lived here.Once in a while a family would come to adopt a child. Jorge said " It seems the world it self isbecoming more selfish by the moment. We don't see as many families wanting to adopt these kids .God has blessed us thanks to your church. " I said "Jorge that is too bad these look like great kids"Jorge said "They are Jabin. It is my prayer when the Lord raptures his church . That these children allgo home to be with their heavenly father. For he loves them more than we can imagine. " I said "JorgeI'll keep them in my prayers. Has mark told you Patrick is staying? " Jorge Smiled and said "ooh thechildren will be overjoyed." I said " I am glad they seem to be inseparable. " Jorge said "more than yousee sometimes " . With the tour over we broke for lunch.

After Lunch we unpacked the crates mark sent ahead of us. Mark said "With the end times so close . Iwanted to make sure they wouldn't need power or anything else that would require the mark of thebeast. So that what we will be constructing on the other side of the soccer field.. I pray we will be ableto get it done before we leave. " So we worked day and night to get this assembled. On the 5th day itwas all ready to be put on the buildings. It took another two days to get all the brackets and wiringworking. It was at the end of that day Amy said it was all set up. She had spent the last three daysgetting all the electrical working . Patrick spent his time entertaining us and the kids. the very next dayAmy switched the solar panels on and they ran the orphanage all day. Mark said "Thank you all forhelping with this . When we come back we will do some wind power projects for them. Tonight we

will celebrate. tomorrow we will head home. " We took another couple of photo's . Now to spend ourlast night with Patrick .


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Part 24: Goodbyes and Sunsets

The night before to much cheering and smiles. Patrick revealed to the children he was staying. Whenwe picked up everything at the docks . What he wanted shipped was there. We said goodbye to Jorgeand his new employee Patrick. Mark said "Dear God with your son retuning soon. Please take care ofour friend Patrick .The mission to help children know you. As we leave again for our homes bless this

home . thank you lord in your name we pray. " We all hugged Patrick one more time.. We the fired upthe truck and the jeeps and rolled out of there about 9am.

We had lunch on the road. We found a exit that went to farm land it looked like. We all pulled overabout 12pm. During lunch I said " Mark they don't know your not coming back?" Mark said "That istrue Jabin but when I am lost at see they will hear about it. Amy is going to send more pictures to thechurch. Once she does that she is going to preprogram some information i gave that i need for the lightof the winds. " I said "Wow mark I hope i have this all figured out by next year." Mark said "Jabin theLord changes things by his clock not ours. So i hope your ready now anything can happen at sea. " Isaid "We shall see . I am looking forward to the oceans breeze again. " Lois Said "Mark see what

you've done you made him a sailor .I can't complain I love the oceans breezes too. " Gary Said " I hateto be the one to break up all the good words. Its time to get moving again. "

So we drove for another 3 hours and pulled into Montevideo around 1pm .We picked up a few items forthe journey home. We dropped off our rental vehicles . Amy sent all our pictures . Mark let pastor Kingknow on the phone Patrick was staying at the orphanage. We got all loaded up by 6pm . We Were out topast all the buoys and port of Montevideo by 7:30 . We saw no more of the big city's lights as the sunsetat the beginning of our return trip.

Part 25 Sailing and Goodbyes

The next morning was my turn at the controls .The ocean felt good on my skin . I was growing a beardon the trip . I had planned to see my barber for a good hair cut when I got home. Home seemed to bemore i was now than The Sparkling City where we planed to be again.. Lois came with some lunch.After we were finished she said "Jabin do you feel at home out here ? " I said "Much to my surprise itslike I was meant to be out here on the ocean." She said "Yes that's how i felt last year . This time morethan ever " I said "Well I guess i should enjoy this while i can today."

We dotted the east coast of South America for three more days . We passed the island of Grenadaaround noon on the fourth day. We planned to port in Port of La Guaira, Venezuela. It was Going to bethe last time Mark would speak to his boys. They were prepared some what. We stopped there andexpected to spend a couple of hours. A heavy storm forced us to spend the night. Jim planned to sail outwith the true present for a few days . This would give Bobby and Isaac some time to hang out. He alsowanted to spend a few days with mark before he cleverly disappeared. .Bobby had caught a few fish inVenezuela.


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We got under way the next day around ten in the morning. We sailed for a couple of days . We pulledinto the hidden spot around 8pm . the sailing had pretty uneventful. We knew the implications of ourstop here. Mark and Ruth would be reported lost at sea the next day. We got to the house around 8:45 .

Jim spoke up "Mark I will miss you . I pray God's hand upon you as you prepare the way. I know you

have been preparing the way for the gospel to be preached after the rapture. I will miss you. " Isaacthen Said "Mark this has been one grand adventure. i am glad to have shared it with you." Then Garysaid "Mark and Ruth I wish you the best I am thankful for all you have done. " Amy spoke and said"Mark your commitment to the lords work has rubbed off on everyone. Look at Jabin here. He remindsme of you when I first came on this trip." Lois said "blessings to you mark and Ruth. May god's handbe upon you . " I said "Mark I pray I will make the difference you see in me. " Bobby said "Mark mayyou enjoy the fishing and the time to do more of the lords work. " Ruth said "All of you may god blessyou as you carry on the torch mark is passing to you . This trip has been a blessing to me"

Mark Said "Also I extend my blessings to you all. There is some business to attend to. Jabin In thedocuments of the true present you will find the boat title signed. So you can take ownership when youget back to the sparkling city. Also the Islands You haven't visited are in the ships computer. It is onlyon the Linux side . Amy has that well protected. I will miss you and new hope church. Gather aroundplease so we can pray. " We did that and mark said "Dear God please bless my friends as we part ways .May your gospel be preached through them to those whom need it. " Then I added "Lord please blessMark and Ruth as they move forward on your calling. as we ask these things in Jesus name Amen."

There was a moment of silence afterward. I think we all knew that the change was coming. I just don'tthink we knew how deep it was going to be. We all hugged Mark and Ruth. I felt a peace and also asense of urgency unlike anything I had felt before. We shared a small meal. the we went to sleep . Allwould be different in the morning when we left at sunrise we wouldn't see this place or our two friendsuntil we visited them in heaven.

Part 26: Things Changed

When we woke up the day seemed different. It was like something was missing yet at the same time.My sense of urgency about mission Mark had passed to me was even more present. I went to see if Icould find mark . I almost ran over Gary in the kitchen. Gary said "Amy and I though we were alone .It seems like the rapture occurred while we were sleeping. Is Lois with you?" I said "Yes shes asleep. Iguess we had best have breakfast and look at the rapture manual Mark wrote. I thought we had a fewmore years. " Gary said "Well in 1 Thessalonians 5:2 the apostle Paul said "for you know very well that

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So I got Lois up . She sat down with us and said "I dreamt last night that the lord came and said to me .Tell the others carry on Mark's mission. tell them i am with them. Tell them the ocean is now yourhome. You are no longer citizens of any nation. You are the light in a darkening world. Fear not I amwith you. I was scared at first but I know we must do our part in the post rapture world" Gary said"Wow well lets have some breakfast we will probably need a day or so to read all of mark'sinstructions. " I said "sounds good" after breakfast I got one of the books out. I also brought one of the

island map books he made.

We opened the book Mark wrote "If your are reading this . I was promoted to heaven and raptured.Hopefully by the time you read this I have given my boat title of the true present to someone. if not takeit out to sea and scuttle it. Use my Islands map for your supplies . There is an abundant supply of foodfor the next ten years. this will allow you to share some with believers you run into. many will be inneed .after the mark of the beast is the only way to get any thing. If you are at sea get to the hiddenspot. If once there . the two ships we take on missions are in tact . If the the light of the winds is there.Then if Gary is raptured scuttle his ship too. If Gary is with you have him sell his ship depending onhow many are left. If the title of the true present has been passed. Sell both ships if there are less thanfour people. You can do this in the sparkling city. "

We were bowled over with the fact such nice ships would be gone and their good deeds forgotten. Weturned to the next page marks instructions continued. "since I am not with you make the hidden spotyour new home. when you get to corpus sell off what you own. Hopefully this happens before hurricaneseason. Fly your selves to the caymans rent a sailboat . Get to the hidden spot sail back to thecaymans. To return the boat. There is a beach where you can pick up the crew members you need toboard the light of the winds. In the islands book i have a list of places you can put the light of the windsinto shore undetected. from now on when on the light of the wind. Carry the lasers Amy made. If she iswith you she will take all our data off the computers at the fishing spot . if not she left detailedinstructions on the next page. I can only say God bless you . You will soon be wanted in severalcountries. I only showed you a little bit of what I stashed around south America and the gulf of mexico.On the next few pages are maps of islands between Uruguay and Indonesia . It Is quite extensive . Sois your mission now. In the hidden spot you notice that I have the rapture story in many languages. Itwill take some time to get every thing passed out. May god bless you ." In red he wrote "Now GetGoing!!!"

We packed everything up. We browsed through the maps it was a lot of information. I was excited andyet missed mark a lot already. We hit the open seas at dusk. We locked down our new home. We wereon our way to new adventures.


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Part 27: The Journey Home.

We sailed for a few days until we got to tampico Mexico. Amy called competitor who had offer to buyher business last year and asked if he was still interested. I called the shop I worked for . I told them Iwas quitting and id like my final pay. Gary also Quit his job that day. Lois was going to file the paperwork when we got home as she wasn't really employed again till September.

We got the things set in motion to leave the sparkling city for good. I was having a sense of adventure .Along with a regret to leave a place I really enjoyed calling home. We sailed for a few more days . Weanchored by south padre island state park on the ocean side. I got on the radio I said "last star this thetrue present are you all anchored? " Amy came back with "True present this the last star we are stoppedas well. Just think in 10 hours we will be in the sparkling city. " I said " Yes I know but it will be bittersweet . We will be there and then be gone. " Lois Got on and Said "Hows Gary Doing is he ready forthe adventure once we get back to the caymans. " Amy said "He is Doing great . He is looking forwardto cutting ties. He likes being out here as much as Jabin seems to. " Lois Chuckled and said " Yeahlooks like Mark and Gary made him into a sailor after all. " Gary came on and said "Get some sleep wewill radio you in the morning so we can get to corpus at the same time. " I said " Sounds Good. "

The next morning when I woke up. i heard Lois talking to Amy on the radio. Amy said "Once we pullinto to the docks .I will come over and put the true present back to factory settings on the computer.then we can sell both boats as mark wanted." Lois said Sounds Good . We took a couple more hourswith engine power to get to the Port Aransas Outlet. The About 3pm we pulled into Corpus Christi'sbay. We tied off around 4:30pm. Amy came over and made sure the True Present was clean of ourtravels. Pastor King Picked us up . We were home in one sense . We all knew this was also going to begoodbye to everything we knew. The world as a whole was still picking up the pieces from the rapture.We knew our time to get to sea unnoticed was growing short by the minute.

Part 28: Counting The Cost

Well all got home around 6pm. Watching the news was the worst it had ever been. The world wasconvinced that alien ships had taken people. Governments were all signing over there sovereignty tothe united nations. The Americans were holding out. The rest of the world was threatening war. Wecalled a Realtor to get the house selling process in motion. He came over the next day . We listed ourhouse for a minimal mount to force a quicker sale. When it was all said and done we would have someprofit . We intended to use all our money to survive sailing . A couple days after we put the houses upfor sale. Gary and myself put our ships on the market.


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Amy lived in an apartment above her shop. It seemed an odd set up to me . Amy said she preferred itthat way. We went to visit her . So we could be out of the house for potential buyers. We walked in tothe freedom computer store . Amy spotted us and motioned for us to meet here in the back. She said tothe clerk helping a customer . "bill i am going to be on the back for a few minutes. If Jason Sleeshadycalls let him know I'll meet him here. " Bill said "Ok Ms Gweeny .Er I mean Mrs Fizrketer."Amy said"That's ok bill I am Still not used to it . So went to the back Amy said "Well Gary says the ships we be

sold later today cause the price is right. Jason is all to eager to buy this place. I have taken a hammer toever hard drive platter that has any information about what we are doing. I have one laptop we will betaking to the caymans. " Lois said "our house is up for a quick sale. I hope people are buying. " Amysaid "Well Gary sold his condo in less than two days. I have every computer on windows 20 now. Ihope Jason has all the paper work ready . I am itching to get going. I am really going to miss the peoplearound here. You know what it is like closing some 20 email accounts . I have settled every debt. I haveone credit card which we will need to for the ship in the caymans. It really does cut to the heart to thinkwe have to leave this all behind. " About that time Gary walked in and said "Sold folks, Both boats onebuyer. I couldn't believe it . I will miss them though. They did much good in the pretribulation world. "

Just then Bill came back with the phone. He said its for you Mrs Fizrketer. Amy said "Hello?" Jasonsaid "Hello Amy. Are you sure this isn't some kind of joke? You owe no debts yet you are willing to sellme your shop for 20% less of what i offered 2 months ago. " Amy said "Things change Jason. Are youwill to accept my offer to let you steal this business ? " Jason chuckled and said " I would be a fool notto take your offer. I have the legal papers all drawn up. I have everything we need to proceed. We canall meet there in say an hour?" Amy said "Jason you know . That all i am taking it that apartment is myclothes . You get everything in there. Right down to the hand soaps in the sink" Jason said "Hmm. Illhave to make a huge donation the salvation army. ?" Amy said "Do what you must see you soon. "

Amy was tense about the meeting. It was difficult seeing that check was what she now owned. insteadof a business it felt so impartial and cold. Gary was staying with friends . Amy said goodbye to all ofher now former employees . A couple hours later she joined Gary who was already at the house . Wedid have a pretty good bank roll . We were not sure how long it would last. There were so many lawsrestricting cash most people never used it . We ordered a few extra parts for the light of the winds .Mark and Gary had put a few things away. Gary bought what he thought we didn't have.

The Realtor called us early one morning saying he had a cash buyer for the house. We were surprisedon one hand things were going so smoothly. On the other hand we were super worried that someonewas on to us. That's what happened by being around Gary. He was always looking over his shoulder. Itseemed out place at the moment . I however felt he was like a Kings trusted guard. I knew someday itwould come in handy.

A good number of our friends were gone with the rapture. We were surprised to find pastor king at thedocks that day. He said mark had always planned for that. So here we were two weeks after cominghome. Free from all ties to anywhere. Lois had filed her paper work to quit the school district and leftthe church as her forwarding address. We all did that. Even though we knew . That we would beleaving in a few days it was still a difficult process. Our flight to the caymans was set. we used thechurch as a forwarding address we expected no mail.

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We left the sparkling city for good on august 22nd. It was a nice day we called a taxi to Bob's house. itwas going to take them about 30 minutes to get there. Bob Phergus and his wife Karen had housed thefour of us . We were very thankful for that. Bob prayed over us.He said " dear God be with our sailorsas the go spread the news of salvation. Even in these times be with your children give them wisdomand strength. Bless Amy, Gary, Jabin and Lois as they travel today.In Jesus name we pray amen. " Wesaid our good byes to bob and his family . The taxi came shortly after that.

The trip to the airport took about 30 minutes. We all just seemed to be caught up in the moment. It wasa very quiet ride. When we got to the airport . We saw on several channels. How the world was stillblaming the rapture on aliens. The worlds economy wasn't in dire straights yet but it was on the brink. .There was a group of folks in Cairo who had a new space religion . They even had a charismatic leader.He was trying to get elected prime minister of Egypt. It seemed people liked him in Israel as well.. TheAmericans and Russians were at the brink of war for the first time in decades. The United nations wasconsidering a motion . To make the Copenhagen treaty of 2009 include a one world army andgovernment . It seemed to have much support even from the Americans . They had seen peace for thelast 20 years and seemed eager to sacrifice anything to keep it.

I could sense that people were looking for answers. The people in the airport were glued to the news. Itseemed they wanted to believe the propaganda on the TV news . yet they still seemed confused. wekept to ourselves . we didn't want to attract too much attention. We had prescripted conversations. Wehad practiced for a couple weeks. We talked about our wonderful vacation to the caymans. We talkedabout how we would only be there a week . We were all relieved to get on the plane at 4pm.We got tothe New York Newark airport At 11pm that night. We spent the night at a hotel across from the airport.

The next morning we checked out of the hotel . We got to the airport and had to wait three hours to takeoff. We made mention about renting a sail boat. when we got down there. The midnight star tabloid hada crazy story .They claimed Christians were at fault for all this mess. Listening to the idle chatter in theairport. It made the time go by very slowly. It seemed people wanted a scape goat for the messeverything was in .Christians seemed to be the choice of the day. we boarded the plane at 11pm . Wearivved in the Caymans at 4:30pm. I could smell the sea air when we got off the plane. It was great. Werented a hotel for the night We would be sailing in the morning. The Journey was about to begin .


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Part 30: Celestn and OnwardThe next day We rented our sail boat for 4 days.. I took the wheel the first 8 hours. Gary took the shipover until the breaking of dawn the next morning. Amy piloted us into the hidden spot. I was so happyonce we got there. It was nice to get settled in our new home. It took a few hours but we unloaded allwe had on the rented ship. Gary brought extra sails and engine parts. Amy brought her computer tools.

We knew we would need them all.

We prepared the light of the winds. I checked the engine , pulleys , electronics and the even the lasersthat were near the wheel . I was hoping . That I would never have to use them. I got out mark's book ofinstructions. I was amazed at the amount of resources he had stored. It was on too many islands tomention. We spent the next day preparing to head back to the caymans.We had a meal and cleaned up. Ihad a sense of adventure in my heart. . We set sail at 8pm with the sun settling.

We sailed till morning. We found a small island. we anchored and got some sleep.We got underwayaround 4pm. . There was a beach we anchored the light of the winds at. Then I swam out to the rentedship. We would be getting into port in the caymans around 10 am. We tied off and locked up the ship.We paid the rental place and took a taxi to a beach. The cabby asked if we would need a ride later. Weinformed him that he could check in a few hours . We told him if he didn't see us .we had already beenpicked up. We made sure he was gone and walked the trail down to a small beach where the light of thewinds was.

Gary Got us out to sea again. I opened one of the pamphlets we would be dropping off in variousspots. it started with a page called where did the missing people go. It spent three pages for that. Itwarned about the mark and the Antichrist . The past page had a prayer of salvation. It was a smallpamphlet . I knew it would be effective. We ported in Cancun for a few hours. We dropped off a fewthere. I saw a person pick one up. they looked intrigued. We made our way to Celestn.

It was more of the same there. We did go on the famous flamingo boats. Amy didn't try and get on theInternet. We did spend the night there. We made sure to leave pamphlets any where they wouldn't beconsidered trash. I opened marks book . He wrote. Once you get to Celestn skirt the coast of Mexico.Then head to the way point and empty it out. We would sail for a few hours drop into a beach and leavea few pamphlets on any cars we saw. We got ran off the beach in Tampico Mexico. Then we set sailfor the way point. We were able to take all the supplies out and left the storage shed open. We passedby Celestn but we didn't stop. We were planning on hitting the beaches of the caymans next.

Part 31: Caymans and Tribulations.

We made our back to the hidden spot. We spent the night and again headed for the cayman islands. Wewent to a small cantina for lunch. Where we would could watch the local news. The middle east had allturned its attention on attacking Israel. The prime minister of France. Who was now the leader ofthe European union. Was on his way to broker peace. The minute we heard that on the television. Itseemed as if a great evil had been let loose. It was like when you hear about mass murder it just makesyour gut wrench in disgust. We saw that in America churches were being burned . The sad thing wasmost people they interview didn't seem to be bothered by it. In fact it was if they enjoyed it.


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We were stunned by the news .We didn't expect those events to unfold so fast. While most of the folksthere on vacation didn't even flinch. We made our way to several popular hang outs always leaving apamphlet or two behind. We spent two days in the caymans doing just that. We were on our way backto the light of the winds. Then some people shouted at us . They called us liars and traders . They

started to chase us as we got into a cab. We told the taxi where we needed to go and told him we wouldpay double the fare. He raced through streets . We had him drop us off near the grand old house. Wescurried to the beach. We swam out to the light of the winds and by the time we set sail. A group of 200were shouting things from the beach and throwing rocks. Gary had his hand on the lasers but didn't fire.

I knew after this confrontation. We would have to be more careful. We could tell the prime ministerwas either the Antichrist or his messenger. We sailed again to the hidden spot. Once we got there Garysaid "If you look at marks maps Jabin you will see the path to Monte video and a different route thatheads towards Jamestown on st Helena island. " I said "Gary I see that but why then does it show toLagos , Nigeria ?" Gary said "Jabin we are going to sail to near Japan and back young man." I said

"You and mark never mentioned anything this big. " Gary said "Jabin of course we didn't. It was all inmarks books. He knew that if he couldn't make it happen God would choose others to carry on hisvision. We are those people Jabin." I said "Sure seems odd but so has these last few months. " Gary said" We have a network of safe spots. we will go by Jamestown we wont port there. we can tie of nearLagos but not in Lagos. Jabin you must think like a outlaw. " I said "we aren't outlaws were doingGods work. " Gary smiled and said "In Gods kingdom we are heroes and warriors . In this world we arethe enemy . You must think like an outlaw never staying anywhere for longer than a few hours and saillike your on the run . " I said "Does that mean its more of a hit and run with these books?" Gary said"Very much so we will leave a few in Lagos and move out to an island make camp or anchor off shorewere we wont be bothered. Right now the world is in chaos . The Antichrist is going to come in anbring a false peace. if you think the caymans were rough wait a few months. "

We had to stay in the hidden spot a few days it seems a few rioters for the caymans were looking for usand sailed by the island few times. Once we were sure no one was close by we left at dawn an closedthe gate there was no one around. we took a wide berth from South America and headed towardsNigeria. a couple days later we passed by Grenada . It was without incident. we found a few smallislands to sleep at. there was always of course and island or two with food or diesel . I was always onthe look out for being followed . The truth was a fast boat or airplane could have spotted us . The factwe had no gps tracker made us virtually non existent to the rest of the world. about a week later wepassed by ST Helena island. We went to a few more secluded islands . It must have taken mark yearsto find all of them. It was a few days after passing ST Helena .That we pulled in to a hidden cove . Wecamped and laid out our plans for our 4 hours in Lagos , Nigeria.

Part 32: New Friends and World Chaos

We planed to get in to Lagos and distribute some of the pamphlets . The we planned to browse five orten world news sites with our Linux laptop . Then we planned to leave. Amy said " If i can find a goodwireless signal close to the beach . That will help us . It only takes 3 minutes in America . To find aLinux machine on a network. With windows 20 in every home . It will be harder to get in to thesenetworks." I said "We are tied off. Are we going to use the rubber boat today? " Gary said " We aregoing to have to after the caymans we can't afford to take any more chances." So with that we secured


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the boat and dropped our four person rubber boat in the water.

A few minutes later we hit the coast and hid the boat. We strolled by a few places to see a news paper.We had some naira to buy things like coffee with. Gary and I had been growing out beards. We lookedkind of rough. We made a great effort to look like tourists. The paper had a story that last week. ThatRussia and Iran had Tired to attack Israel from Lebanon . Out of the sky it said a stream of light. That

was so bright. It could be seen as far away as 2000 miles any direction. It came downand swallowed those armies in an instant. Also the leaders of Iran and Russia were struck by lighting .It was so fierce witnesses said it knocked out everything within a mile of where the leaders were at thetime. We had not realized it while we were having coffee. We had spent one of our hours reading theincredible news.

We shuffled out of the coffee house . We found a few places to leave things. We gathered as a groupwhen Amy said in Spanish " The Internet signal is good 100 feet from where we can run to the boat .we have about an hour left before we must leave here. " I said also in Spanish "sounds good Amy" . Wewere not prepared for what happened next. A man came to us spoke in Spanish . He said "You fourcome with me . " I said "sir we don not know you why should we come. " He said "I know why you arehere. I knew the ship of light was coming. I prayed for it . You have storybooks don't you ?" I said"Yes we do "

He motioned us to follow him .He was around 6ft tall and a muscular build. He spoke gently for such abig man. he appeared to be in his 30's .He led us to a basement where there were 20-30 people . It wasa church. everyone looked healthy but they also looked afraid. The man then said "I am PastorAbimbola . If you have food next time you pass by please come to my church here . We can get you inand out of lagos safely for now. How many books do you have? " I said well we have about a hundredwith us this time. we only passed out 25 or so before we met you " Pastor Abimbola said "May I havethe 75 you have left. We can pass them to The citizens . do you have more ? " Gary said "YesPastor Abimbola . however it may be weeks before we come back this way. We are passing these outthrough out the world." Pastor Abimbola said "When you come back I will know of it . Godhas brought us together even in this difficult time. " The he paused and motioned some of the membersof his church to him. They laid hands on us and prayed "Dear God I do not know the name of the shipthat brought our brothers and sisters here. I call it a ship of light for it brings your message of salvationto a world that no longer knows you . Bless them as you continue their mission in Jesus mighty namewe pray."

Pastor Abimbola then said "We have Nigerian clothing for the four of you. do you have any naira tospare?" I said "We do. I thought we would need when we came back" Gary said "We don't need all ofit . We could give the pastor some for his troubles." Pastor Abimbola said "Likely by the time youreturn there will be a world currency. Your naria won't be worth much then. When you visit again withyour books and food . We give you anything you need . Next time you visit us I will ask you if youneed any thing . I will take your story books and food and send you on your way. You must know thatafter this visit they will be looking for you ." I said " Well then you can have my naria .I'llgo change into these clothes."


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We changed and then Lois said "Pastor Abimbola it has been a pleasure meeting you " Pastor Abimbolasaid "It is our pleasure to welcome God's soldiers . I will go with you now so you can get to a safeplace. To log on the Internet. So the pastor led us to a hidden spot where Amy got the news for the lastmonth. downloaded. she turned her laptop off . Just then the police seemed to be looking forsomeone. Pastor Abimbola Said in Spanish "It looks like they know you were on the network

Amy" Amy said " they are getting so much better at that. This laptop may be useless soon." Pastor Abimbola said "I will pray you find help where ever you go . I would destroy that laptop soonAmy . It may hinder your mission if you don't. "

Amy said "Once we catch up on the news I will destroy this one. " We showed Pastor Abimbola wherewe hid our rubber boat. He said "I will have some one here looking for you in a few weeks . He willwatch for your return." We hugged Pastor Abimbola and rowed out to the ship . There was an uneasycalm it was like that moment before a big storm hit. We sailed for a few hours to another stash of foodand pamphlets . We got settled Amy was reading the news from the computer . Gary said " That wasgood we met with Pastor Abimbola. We are likely to see a few more like him. We still must becareful. " I said "I agree that could have very well been a disaster. I am sure God is with us . " Gary

was making notes in a log book of sorts.

When I got the computer . I was reading the news on it. The prime minister of France was killedin Lebanon . It turns out he and a few folks in the European union . They were trying to keep Israel offguard to help the attack. The Finnish Prime minister looked to be in charge in Europe. After Godrepelled the attack on Israel. Many of the Countries surrounding her . They all war ready and the wholearea seemed to be at a boiling point again. The American President was pushing for a oneworld Government. The Finni

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