BOAT TRAVEL!              DFO 337C                  1/75

         1. IN VIEW OF THE CONTRASTING EXPERIENCES OF SOME OF OUR TEAMS I WOULD SUGGEST THAT BOATS ARE THE BEST YET FOR TRAVEL, not only cheaper but also easier & with much less trouble of changes, delays, layovers, etc. & it always gives the prospective team members a chance to relax & recuperate en route from the usually last hectic days of preparation & packing to go, as well as the nerve-wracking last-minute rush to the scene of departure. You can also carry about four times as much LUGGAGE & travel at about HALF as much cost.
         2. SO I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND BOAT TRIPS FOR YOU EXTREMELY BUSY PEOPLE who need a little time out between rushes & grinds & pressures. And if you must keep in contact with the home scene in cases of emergency, there's always the radio telephone. So you're not completely isolated or totally out of touch & can be contacted or contact others if necessary. It gives you anywhere from a day or two to perhaps a week to catch a breather, & TRANSOCEANIC it gives you two to four weeks VACATION, PTL!
         3. WE GOT SOME OF OUR GREATEST REVELATIONS & WROTE SOME OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT LETTERS ABOARD A SHIP when we had time to relax & pray & think & get alone with the Lord, PTL! So, as busy as we are, if WE have time to do it, why not YOU? Squeeze, don't jerk! No matter how many times I've written these things & recommended boat travel, very few of you have ever taken me up on it or followed these recommendations, except those I INSISTED travel that way at my own behest.
         4. INSTEAD OF BEING JERKED OUT OF ONE HECTIC SITUATION & IMMEDIATELY PLUNGED BY PLANE INTO ANOTHER just as hectic, it gives you time to catch your breath & rest up for the next battle as well as eliminating all the time-lag fatigue which affects so many plane-flying globe-trotters.
         5. IT WAS NOT SO WHEN I WAS A LAD: OCEAN LINER LUXURY WAS CONSIDERED THE ULTIMATE in luxurious vacation travel and probably saved the World from a lot of hastily-made decisions & split-second diplomacy in the days when men took time to think on their leisurely travels. So I don't know why WE can't do the SAME.
         6. YOU'VE GOT NO IDEA HOW RESTFUL & BEAUTIFUL TRAVEL CAN BE UNTIL YOU'VE TAKEN A TRIP BY LEISURELY SHIP. My idea of the most luxurious & comfortable travel known to Man is floating silently along through space on God's first great spaceships which have become the modern luxury hotels of the average steamship line. So why in the World don't you give it a try?
         7. IT'S CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER FORM OF TRAVEL, TOO, when you consider that you're getting your room & board as well. Only the transoceanic trips are more costly than the average plane fares, but you still bring a lot more with you & sometimes even work your way if necessary.
         8. YOU FOLKS LIVING NEAR GREAT DEEP-SEA PORTS HAVE A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY to enjoy the pleasures of boat travel & are foolish not to take advantage of it. So why don't you at least TRY it once? You'll not only LIKE it, but LOVE it!
         9. NO CHANGING PLANES OR TRAINS OR BUSES OR HECTIC DASHES from one terminal to another or uncertain connections, frantic rides, dangerous takeoffs or landings, rough air currents, jerky starts or stops, bumpy roads or rattling vehicles. You just go sailing smoothly, quietly along with rarely a storm or a wave to rock your boat.
         10. MEANWHILE, YOUR LUGGAGE & BAGGAGE TRAVEL JUST AS SECURELY WITH YOU & are much more sure of arriving safely at your destination at the same time as you do instead of getting lost in the shuffle from plane to plane or train to train or getting banged around as much & suffering so much damage with so many changes, or being dropped from the cargo hatch of a plane to the tarmac 30 feet below! So why don't you try it just once at least & see how wonderful boat travel can be. Boat travel can be beautiful!--And certainly much more restful! PLEASE try it!

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