CANADA
ANGEL FISHING BOAT
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n 1975, I was the captain of the Northern Light, a Seventh-day Adventist mission ship in British Columbia, Canada. My wife, Yvonne, and I lived on the ship as missionaries, ministering to the First Nations people who lived along the coast. One day we were asked to visit the Kitkatla who lived in a village of the same name on Dolphin Island. Many of them had been listening to the Voice of Prophecy radio broadcast or
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watching It Is Written television programs, and they wanted an Adventist representative to help them learn more about God's Word. I searched the marine charts for the passage into Kitkatla and noticed that captains were required to have “knowledgeable personnel” accompany them through this dangerous channel. I searched diligently for someone with knowledge of the passage, but I couldn’t find
anyone. Yvonne and I prayed for God’s leading and felt impressed to proceed to Kitkatla on our own. We embarked on our mission on a calm day, and with one last prayer for protection, aligned the ship to enter the passage. Suddenly, we saw a fishing boat coming from another direction, also headed toward the passage. “Praise God!” I called out to Yvonne, slowing down the ship to let the fishing boat enter first. “Now we can follow him!”
