Summary

Logos Hope Word on the Week 1st August 2026.
The MV Logos Hope plans to visit Dublin from the 9th to the 16th August. She is a vessel of 12,500 tons and 434 feet in length. In a previous life she was a ferry between the Faroes and Iceland but since 2009 has been recommissioned and works for Operation Mobilisation.
O M is a well-established Christian organisation which has had ships in the past. It has undergone renovation which transformed this vessel from a commercial car ferry into a multifunctional mission ship. A new deck was inserted into the former vehicle deck to create a public Visitor Experience area, and an additional deck was added at the stern to accommodate an on board school for families serving aboard.
It has among its assets the largest floating bookstore, specialising in educational and Christian books. In its conference rooms it runs culturally appropriate events. These are done by the 300 volunteers who bring their own stories to the occasion.
My first encounter with OM was in 1976. While working in Inverness I read in the Scripture Union Magazine of the conversion to Christ of Pat and Cas on the MV Dolos in Dublin. We as a family were preparing to move to Dublin to live, I planned to meet them. The Lord led me to them and to cut a long story short they are taking part in the ships visit next week!
Vera Khor was another lifelong relationship. I met her on board the OM ship in Dublin many years ago and from her Malaysian base she joined Wycliffe Translators. Now turned 71 she continues to work with the Obo Manobo people. In her most recent letter she quotes: ‘Sovereign Lord I put my hope in You; I have trusted in You since I was young, I have relied on You all my life’ (Ps 71 Good News Version).
Among many others from Ireland who served on board OM ships are Marcus Joel who now serves as Baptist Pastor in Belturbet and Madeline Joyce who found her experience on board the ship to be life-changing and is now with her husband Kirk, doing Missionary work in the West of Ireland.
Then there is the redoubtable Jean Giff who among her tasks on the ship spent 15 years doing the arrangements for berthing the boat. This involved arranging harbour facilities with the local authorities. Jean was the front runner who made the arrangements in advance, always operating to a deadline Although no longer with us she was a force for good in many lives, ‘precious in the eyes of the Lord are the death of his faithful servants’ (Psalm 117 verse 15).
May I encourage you to plan a day on the Ship. It is an opportunity not to be missed.