Sailing Adventure Music Video
Here is a Music Video the Schafer kids recorded during their year long 2013 South Pacific Sailing Adventure. It was recorded, edited and created completely by our 7 children (ages…
Family of nine returns from year-long South Pacific sailing adventure
If you live in or near Victoria, you are welcome to join us for an evening where we will be sharing experiences from our year long sailing trip and how…
Stop in China – We sure stand out!
Today was our first full day in China. Instead of heading straight home we decided to stopover in China for a few days to break up our trip. After arriving…
Our Homeless Nightmare (by Alyssa)
My aching limbs screamed in protest as I tried to readjust my position. We were waiting in the van as Dad walked into yet another building to ask if there…
St. Helena Island – Australia’s Alcatraz
We had an exciting excursion planned for the day only ten minutes away from where we were staying in our 3 bedroom apartment at West Wynnum. We had arranged to…
Too Much Luggage!
Thomas had offered to take us somewhere to weigh our luggage this morning but by 8:15 he had not yet arrived. I called him in desperation, “Oh ya... Are you…
Alyssa gets her Mission Call while in Tanna
It was a busy morning with visitors. We had four people between 8 and 9:30 am show up at the Lenakel wharf whistling or calling over for us to come…
A family of monkeys
The truck skidded and slid and we made our way up one of the more driven “roads” in Tanna Vanuatu as we headed for the World’s Largest Banyan Tree. Passing…
Mermaids of Fiji (I agree with Sebastian)
I tried my best not to hyper-ventilate as I jumped backwards into the water with all my scuba gear and started my descent. Within seconds, however, the exact opposite happened.…
4 Kids become Certified Scuba Divers
Bubbles floated upward as I hovered near the coral ocean floor. It was exciting to see Alyssa, Jaeden, Dailin and Orin all in the water with me and their dive…