-
Pole to Pole…
January 27, 2025 It is hard to imagine that we are starting the second year of our Hope for Today Journey-Seeing God’s Hand at Work…Around the World. My, how time flies! We began this new 131-day adventure from Ft. Lauderdale yesterday. We will be sailing down to the South Pole, Antarctica and then all the…
-
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic…
January 29, 2025 Christopher Columbus had some trouble with financing and that fact alone determined who controlled the western hemisphere and how the first European settlement in the Americas would be established. That story unfolds in our first port of call Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Some people believe that Christopher Columbus, known as Cristobal Colon…
-
Santa Marta, Colombia…
January 31, 2025 As gold from the Dominican Republic significantly helped replenish the coffers of Spain in the 15th Century, the Spanish conquistadors now set their sights on the northern part of South America, now known as Colombia. This gold exploration, or rather, exploitation was one of the three contributing factors that shaped the history…
-
Puerto Limon, Costa Rica…
February 1, 2025 When you have sailed around the world inevitably you are going to visit ports you have been to before. So, it is with Costa Rica for us. Yet, there is something very comforting about the familiar. Sailing into Costa Rica, you pass sparsely inhabited islands, but Port Limon has a population of…
-
Cruising the Panama Canal…
February 2, 2025 Over the span of a decade a little more than a century ago, tens of thousands of workers drilled dynamite holes, drove steam shovels and labored withpickaxes, all the while fighting malaria. While the French builder of the Suez Canal ultimately gave up in Panama, American crews persevered and createda route allowing…
-
Fuerte Amador, Panama…
February 3, 2025 I have been to Panama numerous times both for pleasure and business. Some years ago, I invested in an organic mango plantation. You may not know this fact, but the mango is the most widely consumer fruit in the world. Because of its many variations, dried, juice, purée (used commercially in deserts…
-
Manta, Ecuador…
February 5, 2025 Manta is known as the Puerta del Pacífico, or the Tuna Capital of the World. If you have eaten Bumble Bee tuna, it was probably caught in Manta, they have a large tuna processing plant here. Canned tuna is a good business. Recently, Taiwanese tuna trader FCF Co. acquired Bumble Bee Foods…
The Hope For Today Charitable Fund. Seeing God's hand at work… Around the World.
Ever dream of getting on a ship and sailing around the world? Tom & Chongae did! Join us on this epic journey. We look forward to you traveling with us.