Work in the pantry/galley

Upon joining the Logos Hope, most people are assigned into 1 of 5 departments: angels (accommodation - cleaning), engine room, deck (cleaning & maintenance of the outside of the ship), pantry (dishes) and galley (kitchen).

I became a part of the pantry team. It was shift work for 7/8hrs a day: either 6am - 2pm or 1pm - 8pm and our job was to clean and maintain the dining room and clean all the dishes. Each team consisted of a pantry and galley team working together - we started every shift together in prayer, then at the end if one team was finished early we would join the other team to pitch in until everyone was done and finish in prayer. It was great fellowship and we worked hard, but had some amazing fun together at the same time.

My first galley/pantry team

Random photo I like, taken during a pantry party
out on deck 8.

The Awesome Foursome - over our 6 months together, many others
joined and left, but we four stayed as the core together and
had some marvellous times together.

One of the downsides of cooking for 400+ each meal is that you rarely
see the entire meal put together until it reaches your plate - on this day,
I grated over 1m cubed of cheese...

When you live on a ship, you are dependent on others to ensure you
will have enough water. This was during our time in Colombo, Sri Lanka
when during a public holiday weekend the water barge didn't come
as scheduled and the ship ran out of water. The galley functioned on
a few spare bottles, nobody was allowed to take showers, there was no
laundry and we went through every single plate and piece of cutlery
onboard, so we started using plastic and the alcohol cleaning
solution to wash our hands...

On the same day as the above photo, with no more plates to wash,
things got a little interesting in the pantry... ! :) 

With Madeleine (Sweden), my pantry shift-leader

Farewell party for 2 of our workers on deck 8