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Continue reading →: Settling In
It’s hard to believe that we are midway through October and the first quarter of the school year is behind me! It just doesn’t seem possible. There is a ship saying that says ‘the days are long, but the weeks are short’. I get that now. Time here feels somehow…
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Continue reading →: Growing in Faith
Hello from Sierra Leone. As of this morning, the Global Mercy has completed 125 total surgeries (including general and reconstructive plastic) since we arrived a month ago! Second, at Mercy Ships we are constantly pushed into discomfort to enable growth. Particularly in our faith. So, last Sunday I gave my…
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Continue reading →: The Surgical Mission Starts Today!
Our mission is to provide safe surgery (at no cost) to the poor in Africa. Please pray for us as we begin our surgical mission.
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Continue reading →: Mission POSSIBLE!
Marci and I arrived (as did everyone else on the Global Mercy ship we serve on) on August 11. We have been very busy preparing to open our hospital and begin this “field service”. We anticipate our first surgery will be on September 2. Marci began school (3rd grade) on…
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Continue reading →: WEEKS OF ROUND THE CLOCK WORK
…and toil have been put into the #GlobalMercy. With jobs complete, we had our last update with the Navantia team (the company coordinating and completing everything). These amazing people have given their expertise and skill, and because of them some people in Sierra Leone will walk normally, will see again,…
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Continue reading →: GOOD MORNING FROM THE GLOBAL MERCY!
Today is a big day as we welcome many of our crew and families from around the world. #OneStepCloser to our mission in Sierra Leone…
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Continue reading →: MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK”
“UN-DOCKING” the world’s largest private hospital ship is a monumental task. I have mentioned that we are undergoing our annual maintenance (and that the ship is out of the water to complete that required 5-year inspection). Everything looks “GO” to slip back into the ocean tomorrow. It is a long,…
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Continue reading →: ALL ABOARD!
ALL ABOARD! Marci and I have officially begun our service on the Global Mercy. We arrived (in Cadiz, Spain) on Monday. The ship is in her first “dry dock” (required every five years). This is when the ship is taken out of water for maintenance and inspection. We have a…
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Continue reading →: Farewell and good night
She brought us lemon snaps. To be fair, she also brought fresh berries from the farmer’s market so that we could ‘snack’ on our drive to Atlanta. Seeing her smile brought me back to the moment we saw her smile the first time. She was mowing her lawn, on…
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