A Love Affair with MV Doulos and Books

Helping – a very strong word. It is the act when one takes pity to anyone. This is what the crew of the MV Doulos has been doing ever since it was made. They have been crossing nation to nation, helping the people who are poor, oppressed, in war, or even the most corrupt people they have been helping.
Here are some facts of MV Doulos…
The MV Doulos is the world's oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship. She is now owned by the German charity Gute Bücher für Alle (Good Books for All), and is used as a floating bookshop. Over the years, she has been known as the SS Medina, the SS Roma, and the MV Franca C.
History
The Medina was built in 1914 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for the Mallory Steamship Company of the United States. She was a freighter serving the Atlantic; during World War II she served with the United States Coast Guard.
The Panamanian company Naviera San Miguel SA acquired the Medina in 1948; they renamed the ship the Roma, and converted her into a passenger ship with cabins for 287 people, and dormitories for an additional 694 people.
In 1952 Naviera San Miguel resold the Roma to Linea Costa, an Italian company. At this time the SS Roma, a steamship, was converted into a motor vessel and renamed the MV Franca C. She carried passengers between Italy and Argentina. In 1959, the Franca C was adapted into a cruise liner, principally cruising the Mediterranean.
In 1977, Gute Bücher für Alle acquired the Franca C, and renamed her the Doulos. In her current role, she is manned by a volunteer crew and visits sea ports world-wide.
Did you know that it was built only 2years after Titanic?! Wow this boat does has something to be well remembered about.
Why would we say, love affair with MV Doulos? Because this boat is full of love, it takes with them love from every country they go to and in turn they also give love to every country they visit through helping and caring for the pity citizens.
Actually, last February, we visited this historical ship ‘cause it visited us here in Cebu after several years. It docked in Pier I near the South Reclamation Project. We, the students of the University of the Philippines High School Department, were lucky enough to have the special treatment when we visited the boat.
We had so much fun! We read books, ate ice cream, talked with the crew, drank juice, and enjoyed the scenery of the ocean! Actually I was so sad when I saw my crush hanging-out with his male classmate, just enjoying the wind and the scenery of the ocean. Well that’s life.
After enjoying the books we bought and read, the crew made a program just for us and this lame lame school, the Asian College “chuva” something. The crew had several games for us, and our host was Brazilian.
We went home with stomachs full and with books from the boat. (their books were very high quality).
Well that’s it for today….BBBBByyYyYEEEEEEEEeee!!!!!!