Seafarers Ministry provides hospitality, support for international sailors in port at Duluth
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by Linda Hanson | Source: Duluth News Tribune
Four people from the Twin Ports Ministry to Seafarers strode up the gangway of the BBC Rosario as it rested in its berth at the Duluth port terminal.
They came Monday bearing smiles and offers to help the international crew, many of whom are away from their families for long stretches.
The captain and crew of the Antigua-flagged ship, which was unloading a cargo of mammoth wind turbine parts, warmly welcomed the visitors. Capt. Adrian Muflic, who is from Romania, said nearly every port has a seamen’s center and they are important to the crews.
“It gets in your heart and soul,” he said.
… Some of the crew had spent the previous evening at the Seafarers Center at 2024 W. Third St., using the phones to call home and the computers to check their e-mail. During the ship’s stay in Duluth, some crew members also got rides in the ministry’s vans to go shopping.
… The ministry mainly visits foreign vessels because that’s where the greatest needs are. While the Twin Ports Ministry to Seafarers is the largest such ministry in town, Duluth Gospel Tabernacle and Jehovah’s Witnesses also have volunteers who visit ships.
Much more to this touching story at the Duluth News Tribune >>
