Port Everglades is a busy port.  Even seafarers who don't regularly call at Port Everglades come through the port periodically.  One afternoon last month Pastor Steve was walking through our campus when he heard someone shout his name.  It was Daniel, a mariner that Pastor Steve has known for nearly 10 years.  His contract hasn't taken him through Port Everglades in nearly 3 years, but he came to our shores and went straight to Seafarers' House.  Over the next hour Daniel and Pastor Steve caught up on each other's lives, families, and discussed some of the feelings Daniel has now that his brother has retired from a career at sea and returned to their hometown in Honduras.  For Daniel, coming to our casa was like "returning home".

Resolve Marine Group. Bronze Sponsors: Cliff Berry, Inc., The Federation of Public Employees, AFL-CIO; Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance; JM Family Enterprises, Inc.; National Maritime Services and Watchstander; Port Everglades of Broward County; Port Everglades Pilots Association, Scanship. VIP Yacht Sponsor: Mahoney & Associates Media Sponsor: South Florida Business Journal

If you are local to us, our friend Roxanne H. hosts painting sessions most Saturdays from 1 pm to 10 at the Grind Coffee Project at 599 SW 2nd Ave., FLL . Watch for her planned Saturday sessions posted on Broward County Rocks, or paint on your own and give the gift of terra firma this holiday season!