Log update received from Mary last night:

 

May 23rd, 2021
Departure day. 11:20 am - 3:05 pm. "A short first day. We cleared all bridges and anchored at Rabbit Island. Soft, silty mud bottom. Quiet, beautiful night with a slight breeze. We head toward Gulfport in the morning"

It still doesn't  seem  real.  The last few weeks were especially  stressful  with so many last minute things to deal with. But here we are, beginning  the next steps in God's  plan and call on our lives.
Last year when we first got the sailboat and had to deliver it from Fort Pierce, FL. To Slidell, LA., it was the height  of hurricane  season. The vessel systems  were unknown  to us and we were exhausted from three months of non-stop  work regarding selling the ship, moving everything  off, and making two trips  to Florida. But right before we left Florida  with the boat, the Lord encouraged  and strengthened me with an Elizabeth  Elliott  quote. 'When you pray, but God doesn't  take away  the fear, you just do the thing afraid.'
Going ahead, even when I was afraid, gave many opportunities  for the Lord to comfort me with His promises:
' I  will  never leave you nor forsake you'
' The Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run to Him and are safe'
' Many are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all'
Now the Lord has given me a new quote by Corrie Ten Boom. 'You can trust an unknown  future to a known God'