Who Am I?
I'm Josh Teerling and I’m participating in a course called “School Of Navigation and Seamanship”. This school is focused on training up people to work on board the vessels of YWAM, enabling them to continue the work that they’re doing.
My 3 months of training will involve basic sailing theory and deck work, to more intensive training including chart work, tidal theory, meteorology, and passage planning.
Upon completing the training, I will be looking to serve on one of the YWAM vessels wherever the work is most needed.
Outreach is fast approaching for the BlueWater DTS, and acquiring final information from our outreach destination and team preparation is under way. My own return flight home before I leave to join the outreach team in Mexico is approaching even quicker. With that, it has made these last couple weeks some…
Read MoreIt has now been more than a month since I left home. I do apologize to those who have been waiting patiently for an update from me. Because it has been a while, this may turn out to be more of just a simple, factual update. Before I left home,…
Read MoreAnother turn of events = another update. With this one I hope to shed some light on some of the recent events of my life (Which I guess is the purpose of all the updates I write…). First, a bit of back story and context for anyone new here (feel…
Read MoreWe are coming up on 3 weeks since I arrived in Fiji, and it has not been the easiest 3 weeks. The purpose of myself and Dane (fellow YWAM sailer) coming to Fiji was to take over the ships here in Fiji so that they could continue their work in…
Read MoreSo, quick change of plans, which was not completely unexpected andvery exciting. As thought, difficulties with acquiring visa’s to remain in Greece continue. There was always the possibility that I could get a visa signing myself onto the ship when we arrive in Turkey so that I could remain for…
Read MoreLets keep the rabbit trails short and sweet. Almost 1 month has passed since my flight landed back home, and it has been as I expected it to be. Great times with family and friends were obviously something I was looking forward to and expecting, a little down time before…
Read MoreThe 2nd month mark of this school has come and gone; 5 days ago to be exact. As such, our focus now turns to the final weeks remaining of this journey where our time will be filled with preparations for the exam to come, which will complete this chapter. With…
Read MoreIt has been 3 weeks and we are slowly getting settled into our routine. There could be a lot to cover for these last 3 weeks, so lets get started with a quick summary of what happened: March 25th saw me in Split, Croatia to begin my first 2 weeks…
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