Day 58 - 07 Sept - At Sea to Saipan

We lost an hour of sleep last night due to the ship's clock being advanced. And this morning cane early with a coffee chat with our EXC photographer, Ben Smith. Ron Orenstein gave a chilling talk on the effects of the brown tree snake in Guam (virtually all of the native bird species became extinct). Bruce Petty continued his series of oral history tales talking about the battle of Saipan and another talk about the home front in New Zealand. Lance presented his port talk on the two upcoming ports of call in Saipan and Guam.  

We enjoyed a lovely LIDO dinner with Terry & Yoko Greenberg before watching the Emperors of Soul perform the evening entertainment. Afterwards Bruce Petty gave a good presentation on the Aircraft carriers of WWII. Angela watched ROCKETMAN movie while I prepared for tomorrow's sermon in the interdenominational Bible study.

Tomorrow we re-enter US territorial waters and have to go through immigration which starts at 7:30AM for our group 1 assignment. Hopefully we can get through in time for me to lead the interdenominational service. Stay tuned.