Getting into it!

I'm finally getting into the engine work routine! After having spent a week of night watch (from 12pm to 8am) in the engine room with Olya (Russia) I'm starting to get a hang of the engine machinery. Though I must admit that my sleeping schedule was totally disrupted and I didn't feel like doing anything during the day. This coming week I'll be doing day watch (first watch alone) which will be kind of exciting and stressful at the same time.

The picture above is of Jaimee Moses (one of my room mates from South Africa) and I cleaning out the starboard black water sewage tank (fun!!!).
It's the tank that stores all the toilet water... luckily this one hasn't been in use for quite a long time and all we have to do is scrape the sediments off.
The mask we got to wear is a BA set (Breathing Apparatus) connected to a pressurized air line. This air allowed us to breath because we were in an enclosed space where we could be lacking air which could lead to passing out and even dying. As I was scraping away, the thought of someone shutting the air line came to my mind... nothing of the sort happened but once I got dressed after work I got to thinking:

The BA mask could be compared to Jesus Christ that God gave to us, giving us air to breath and keeping us alive. People without the mask eventually pass out and need someone with a mask to help them out (in other words someone who is born again preaching the good news). On the other hand people with the mask could have the air line closed on them by satan trying to destroy them, yet when they start to lack air if they react fast enough they can turn the air back on. The last category is those with the mask who take it off and pass out, ending up in the same situation as the first people.
This is something I've learned the past months. God took the first step, gave us Jesus and let us know him. Those who've had that privilege are now responsible for keeping the mask on, staying close to Jesus and turning on the airline when satan turns it off. For many the first step has been taken, that's easy because God took that one.
The next step is ours to take... not as easy... !

-Please pray that I keep progressing in my journey with Christ, that I will not wait for him to keep working in me, but that I keep working and searching harder to know him better.

A big thank you to you all who are supporting me through your prayers... It really does make a difference! God bless you!