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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

January 25, 2025 Another two charitable organizations that we partner with are Hope Partnership Gifts and Christian Service Center. Each of these organizations provide vital services to the homeless. Although Orlando is often identified as part of “The Magic Kingdom” in 2024, there were 1,094 unsheltered people in the greater Orlando area an increase of… Read more

January 22, 2025 Among the many charitable organizations that we partner with, as an author, one holds a special place in my heart. Page 15 is a nonprofit that help children grades 3-12 improve their literary efficiency through after-school-programs, summer camps and an annual high school creative writing contest. Page 15 helps youth who have… Read more

January 4, 2025 Chongae and I, our children and grandchildren, including the newest additions to our family, Olivia June and Eden James wish you all A Most Blessed New Year in 2025! As we begin the 2nd Year of Our Hope for Today Journey I would like to ask a favor of you. My brother,… Read more