We are on our way to Micronesia.  Actually there was a medical emergency on the ship as we were leaving Nawiliwili, so we had to turn around and speed back. 

Yes.

Soon we will be in Fanning Island(okay, two days’ journey) which is quite near the equator.  I am very pleased with God creating the equator.  I think this is a wise move on His part.   It is about 1000 miles south of Hawaii, and the main reason we go there is because US law prohibits foreign ships from going between U.S. ports without at least one stop in a foreign country.  This is an archaic law dating back a hundred years’ when the U.S. was concerned about Canadian ship encroachment in the great lakes, which makes little sense to me.  Why anyone would want to even be near the Great Lakes is beyond my comprehension…in fact, the other night I dreamt I was moving to Oahu and, instead, somehow wound up living in an apartment in Flint, Michigan.  Flint, Michigan, is not at all like Hawaii–in case you were wondering.  I have seen both, and I much prefer Waikiki to Flint.