Luke is trying to convince other people to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program . He wanted other people to join him in the Seagoing Cowboys program because their was many fun activitys to do . The cowboys were playing baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. More fun games their were table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time. Luke thinks more people should join these fun activitys because they help kill time, fun to play,and is something you can do with more then one person. LUke thought being a Seagoing Cowboy was alot better then going on the adventures he went on and saving animails. He wants more people to injoy the experince of being a Seagoing Cowboy just like he did . Luke thinks it opened a new world for him,it made him more aware of other peoples needs in other contries,and the awaredness stayed with him,leading his family to host a number of international students and extange visitors for many years. So Lukes main porpose of trying to get other people to try the

Seagoing Cowboy is so they can experince it like him like he had a fun time playing their games and it changed his piont of view towerds people in other contries and their needs .