OFFSHORE with JESUS

Life in offshore is not as easy and simple as we can think. When you're now standing at platform or rig, there is one perception for you which is, you are prisoned at the middle of the ocean or you have been isolated in an island. You need to spent one month or 30 days or equivalent to 720 hours there! Continuously working and sleeping is your life style when you are located at offshore. After working, you can see people fishing or watching TV show to spent their free time. I'd like to say I am a discipline man as I use my time wisely before I'm going to bed. I read book and bible which I normally will not do at home. Sound weird to my family if I told them.Ha.

Everyday i need to attend toolbox meeting with people at barge who come from different places, races, religious or culture. Nevertheless, closing prayer from our Muslims friends is a must in that particular meeting. My thought starts murmuring, why don't I use their prayer time to do my prayer since everyone need to silence themselves at that moment. From time on, prayer for healthy, safety, and my family has been done everyday in my toolbox meeting.

God has plan for me. I do believe it. One special Sunday, I met a presbyterian elder from Indonesia who just move to my barge as medical officer. He was trying to gather all Christian to have a CG at the barge. He obviously make it. So, I do join that CG which is conducted in Bahasa languages. It is quite difficult for me to listen sermon in Bahasa languages. Anyway, I'd like to give thanks to the Lord that I can have a small service although I'm not at land!

I always believe God will make a way where there seems to be no way!