Kate’s Visit to FI
Continuing our links with Mission to Seafarers, Kate, Port Chaplain in Southampton was then given the opportunity to come to the Falkland Islands to help Leeann and see how things are done at the other end of the world. Although it was our quiet time Kate got a flavour of what we do and what […]
Leeann Work visit with Mission to Seafarers
Having met Steve Morgan the Regional Director for Europe for Mission to Seafarers and chatting to him about various Mission’s around the world, he mentioned a new Port Chaplain had started in Southampton. As I (Leeann) was heading to Southampton I asked about the chance to visit with her and compare jobs and maybe do […]
Visiting King Penguin
Not all our visitors near the Mission are of the human nature. This year we had a visiting pair of King Penguins along the path that leads to the Mission, they did wander up the road and it may or may not have been the same one that was also seen at Boxer Bridge and […]
Visit to the Falklands for Steve Morgan the Regional Director for Europe, The Mission to Seafarers
Steve Morgan, Regional Director for Europe for Mission to Seafarers visited the Falklands and in particular the Lighthouse Seafarers Mission to offer their support and backup for what we do. Although we are an independent Mission and operate independently it is always good to have connections and support in the UK and worldwide which is […]
The Use of the Mission
We have seen an increased number of Seafarers in the Mission this year which is lovely, it is what we are here for, they can come in any time of day and night as it is open 24/7, although it is not staffed all the time! They can have access to WiFi which is shared […]
Christmas Tree Festival 2025
This year’s festival was as popular as ever, with 40 sponsored decorated trees and the main display was a life size Gingerbread house with live (yes live) Gingerbread man. It was truely magical and people didn’t realise the Gingerbread man was real until he moved, I think he enjoyed giving people a fright (naughty man). […]
Memorial Service Win Fah Yu 2
An emotional service where some of the crew shared their own thoughts was held on 24th April for Nilrey Pahit. Nilrey was taken ill and brought ashore and then transferred from the KEMH to the British Medical Hospital in Uruguay for specialist treatment, but sadly he passed away on Sunday 19th April. It is always […]
An Fong 138 Memorial
As so often happens to remind us of the dangerous job that our fishermen do around our Islands, the An Fong got caught in some very rough seas, unfortunately this time it caused some severe injuries and a loss of life. On the 11th February 2026 we held a Memorial Service in the Mission for […]
Gift Bags for Trawler Crews
The Lighthouse Seafarers Mission issued new orange drawstring bags to the crews of each Trawler that is licenced to fish in Falklands waters, some of these are still to be issued due to the disrupted season but everyone will get one eventually. Each bag can be easily seen and is splash proof and has drawstring […]
Donation from HX Foundation
The staff at the Lighthouse Seafarers Mission were delighted to host the Captain and some crew members from MS Fram on the 19th December. Port Chaplain Maurice Lake said it was the least we could do after receiving a very generous donation of 5000 Euro’s, this he explained would be used with other donations towards […]
