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Continue reading →: Onboarding: Tips and Tricks and questions answered!
What is “Onboarding”? Traditionally, this term is used to identify the process of bringing a person into a job or organization. Usually through Human Resources (which Mercy Ships calls People And Culture (P&C)). At Mercy Ships, Onboarding is the program (like an extensive orientation) for folks who have recently come…
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Continue reading →: Episode 10: “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!” (Onboarding/Basic Training)
After years of standing watch on the bridge at sea, the bosun had developed a sixth sense. He squinted his eyes, twisted his head and sniffed the air. He dismissed the salt and oil smells and detected a faint smell of smoke. And the two things any good Bosun is…
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Continue reading →: Coffee Break: The Murray Minute (March 8)
After a long week of basic training (watch for the blog on this cool week), we took a weekend trip to Waco, TX. Marci has always wanted to see the “Silos and Magnolia Market”. As a fan of Chip and Joanna Gains’ “Fixer Upper”, she wanted to get the vibe…
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Continue reading →: Episode 9: In the beginning was Onboarding
ACT 1 Texas looms large. It borders both the states of Louisiana AND Colorado. Why, the Texas city of El Paso is closer to Denver than fellow Texas city Houston. The Dallas/Fort Worth airport is almost as wide as the panhandle of her cowering self-conscious neighbor, the state of Oklahoma,…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 8: A FORK IN THE ROAD
“Be vulnerable.” This has often been the advice that ‘Mercy Shippers’ have given me when I ask how to be successful in the organization. Vulnerable. To be fair, so far the tone of this blog has been upbeat. Informative, but with a sense of excitement and adventure. And those sentiments…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 7: BIG CHANGES – You can’t bring your pet(s) on a hospital ship.
A few years ago our long-time dog, Bella, passed away. We were devastated. We decided NO MORE PETS as we never wanted to feel that loss again. But, as with so many things, that wasn’t how things worked out. Our daughter-in-law Olivia (a professional dog-trainer) met with Marci and asked…
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Continue reading →: Episode 6: The ‘bitter’ in the bitter-sweet.
As you know we are preparing to move to Africa for two years. TWO YEARS…in AFRICA! We are beyond excited, and very blessed. It’s fun to watch YouTube videos about Mercy Ships, and what it is like in Sierra Leone. Learning about all the incredible folks we will work and…
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Continue reading →: Coffee Break – the Murray Minute (Feb 5)
Today marked a painful milestone…. Vaccinations #9, 10, and 11. Specifically for Typhoid, Polio, and Yellow Fever. We have been getting poked for months now. Including both Hepatitis A & B, Tetanus and Diphtheria, Measles mumps and rubella, and Tuberculosis. That’s a whole lotta shots and some very sore arms!…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 5: Getting Ready to Serve
When we learned about Mercy Ships it may be odd to hear, but we both knew it was right for us immediately. Within a week we had both researched the open positions (click here) and applied. And the more we heard, the more we wanted to know! Enter Carys Parker…
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Continue reading →: Coffee Break – The Murray Minute
Once in a while we will do a quick post with some up to date details…. Here is the first! Matt has been busy with Mercy Ships meetings. This morning he started at 5:30 am PST (makes it easier to virtually meet with folks in Africa). Then there was a…
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