Welcome! I have presented the Logos Hope to dozen of visitors who come on board. So to start this new year that will se the launch of the Logos Hope, I would like to share my environment with people like you who are far away, so follow me for a virtual tour! 
OM Ships Logos Hope is part of OM International, a Christian mission organization with over 4,500 workers in over 100 countries. Operation Mobilisation started with a man called George Verwer more than 50 years ago. For several years, OM has been working to bring literature to India with trucks. In the late 60s, he and some friends were praying around a world map and realized that as most of the world is covered with water, the best way to reach to people would be through a ship. The first ship was the Logos, bought in 1970. After that others ships followed, the Doulos, the Logos 2 and in 2004 we bought this ship, the Logos Hope. 
George Verwer   
The Logos Hope was formerly the Norröna 1, a ferry operating between Denmark and the Faroe Islands. We have been renovating her to fit to her new role has a floating library and bring Knowledge, Help and Hope to the Nations. 
The Norröna 1
Knowledge Literature is one of the main means by which Logos Hope brings Knowledge to the people of the world. In every port, we will open the book shop. Our book hold can store up to 500 000 different books, with about 6 000 different titles. There are a wide range of topics meeting many different needs: these include Christian literature, novels, children’s books, education, hobby books including cooking books, but the Bible remains our number one best seller!! 
Help The Logos Hope is 4 times the size of its precursor, the Logos 2. This ship will give us more possibilities to help the populations of the ports we visit: we will build a new area for visitors called the journey of life. Here we want to bring awarness of some disaster that happen in this world, like the AIDS crisis in Africa, the slavery of the Dalits in India or the natural disaster. We also want to share what difference our faith in God makes when we face these issues in life, and ask people where would you put your hope if these disasters would happen to you our to your family. We also want to bless the community that welcome us and to Help through practical work. We partner with churches or local organizations to bring various help. For example when the Doulos was in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami, a team was sent to help to build houses. This year during our time in Germany, I helped a church that gives food to homeless people in Hamburg. In this way the ships crew brings the love of Christ to those in need in a very practical way. 
Hope We recognize our limitations since we are in each port for just a few weeks. We could not do anything without God’s help and the help of local believers. Working along side them we visit places such as hospitals, schools, prisons, elderly and children’s homes and share about the Hope that we have in God. We also have a conference Theater on board with 430 seats. We will use it to organise different types of events aimed at youth, women, pastors and a special program geared for school children. One of our biggest events is our International Night where we show our cultural diversity and share what we believe in. We don’t want to show religion, but we want to share the relationship we have with a personal God.  
Different traditional dances
Volunteers At the moment we are 350 people living on board from 45 different countries. Everybody from the captain to the cook, came as volunteers. We do not get paid for the work we do. Yet everyone on board has a job – for example, some people work on the deck department, some in the engine room, some in the book fair, and some in the Galley, which is the ship’s kitchen. Through working together, we each play a small part to keep the ship operating. Some people like the engineers use the skills and expertise that got from a professional career to work on board. But there are others who don't have qualification or who work in a very different area from their past experiences. Hence each new crew member receives a training when they join the ship. 
The crew during dry dock in Landskrona, Sweden (June 2007)
Security Security is very important on a ship. Therefore we have a fire fighters team that practices weekly. I am part of one of a support teams which give support to the fire-fighters and evacuated people in case of emergency. We also have 6 life boats and 6 life rafts that can contain altogether 492 people. The life rafts are smaller than the life boat and they are released automatically in case there is no time to lower the life boats. Once a week we have a drill, to stay in practice in case of a real emergency. 
a drill of abandon ship. In addition to these equipments, we have 2 rescue boats. The rescue boats are available for use in case someone falls overboard or to prevent an oil spill to pollute the sea. Hopefully, most of the time, we only use it to take pictures of the ship. More information about drills and security
Bridge and Engine Room The Bridge is the captain’s command center, where communication and navigation take place. Fire doors and water tight doors can be command remotely from this place. Thus there is a watch keeper in the bridge 24 hours a day to respond to any alarms that go off. 
The bridge The Engine room is the engineers' Lordship. As this place is responsible for producing electricity, hot water, and ventilation, there is also a watch keeper that monitors the engines and the generators 24 hours a day.  The engine control room 
Cleaning a tank
Dining room Welcome to our dining room. This place can seat 350 people. Our Chef and his team cook 1200 meals every day! We also have a crew mess where engine and deck people can eat in dirty clothes. Aside from having meals, crew uses this space to relax with friends outside working hours. This is the end of our visit. I hope you enjoyed the tour, if you visit Denmark, I would love to give you a real tour on board! Martin 
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