On our final day at Emerald Bay Marina on Great Exuma, we attended Sunday service at our home-church here, Ebenezer Union Baptist Church in Rolleville.
Mother's Day is always a special day here. Pastor Adam Joseph Brown, although a passionate preacher, is usually in control emotionally, but Mother's Day seems to be an emotional day as he remembers his mother and grandmother that raised him.
He preached a wonderful sermon on an unnamed 'great woman' from 2 Kings 4:8-37.
Towards the end of the service he called all the mothers and mothers-to-be up to the front of the church to be recognized. He then asked that the rest of the congregation go forward to wish each of them a happy Mother's Day (Bahamian church services don't pay much attention to the clock).
During this time, he broke into a solo rendition of an old song that we had previously sung - 'If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again'. From congregational singing, which often is without musical accompaniment at Ebeneezer, we knew he had a strong voice but this emotional rendition was incredible - he could be a gospel singer.
Following is a recording of the song he sang - it is NOT him singing - he was much better.
On Monday May 9, we traveled from Emerald Bay up Exuma Sound to Black Point. The wind was from the ESE at 15-20 knots, gusting to 23 and we had a great, but bumpy sail. East winds quickly build up a wind chop across Exuma Sound.
We sailed with our head sail only, having lost the use of our main sail on our sail from Cat Island a while ago. Our sail track (which holds the sail to the mast) developed some cracks and portions of it chipped out, making the attachment of the sail to the mast, tenuous at best. Fortunately, this is the 'best time' in the trip for this to happen. A mainsail is most important sailing to windward, and most of our return trip will feature the prevailing easterly winds on our beam or behind us.
We plan to spend about 2 weeks here in Black Point, before starting our trip back to the States
Tom
Anchored Black Point, Exuma.
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