of light and no light
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Oh shipyard. How you are an adventure. It seems that power may come and go
regularly, along with hot water and air con (as my friend Penelope calls it
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Mercy Ships on 60 Minutes
The List
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Controlled burn... - Seeing a row of large flames approaching your home can be quite a scary moment! Thankfully, we discovered that it was just a controlled burn to get rid of...18 hours ago
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Guinea Statistics - Every year Mercy Ships releases the statistics from the field service. They just finished up field service in Guinea. These numbers are incredible – and th...1 day ago
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Overwhelmed - Reverse Culture Shock (Dara) - I was so excited to just get in the car and drive to Target to get some underwear for Elijah. How easy we have it here in the United States; to just hop...1 day ago
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Guinea Statistics - Every year Mercy Ships releases the statistics from the field service. The numbers are always astounding. More than I could ever imagine. I look at the num...2 days ago
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Letters from Texas, part 1 - Imagine with me that you are a droplet of water tumbling through the rapids of some impressive river. Careening off rocks and fallen trees, you bounce and...2 days ago
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best friends forever - Today is a sad day around these parts. I know I've tried to talk a big game and pretend like I'm good with constant change and people leaving, but I said a...2 days ago
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Peace in the Mountains - Spending time in the fresh mountain air has been good for my soul. The smells of the city have faded and been replaced by the scent of fresh flowers. Today...2 days ago
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Shipyard. - We're definitely in Shipyard. I often feel as though I should be wearing a hard hat just to walk through Reception. The deafening noise begins around 8, I ...2 days ago
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Sunday Veritas: The Intercession of Heaven and Earth - In one of those nights when is almost impossible to distinguish where the water ends and the sky began the M/V Serra Verde sailed quiet the south Atlantic....3 days ago
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what a reunion! homecoming 2013! - A stop by immigration at 4 in the morning, a landrover ride, 3 airplane rides & a car ride...and, just like that we're across the ocean - home in Columbus,...4 days ago
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Extravagance - I love sailing. The hectic pace of life slows into final reports and meetings and handover, a time to think over all that God has done the last few months...5 days ago
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Now Boarding... - I'm departing today for the Canary Islands. It's a bittersweet moment, as I'll be leaving behind my three lovely ladies for three working weeks on board th...5 days ago
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Sunset - As the sun sets on this chapter of my life with Mercy Ships, I look forward to what God has next for me as I go stateside. One thing I know for sure that t...1 week ago
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Updates and ‘lowlights’ - A nice British familyIt’s hard to believe, but Jonah and I leave the UK to return to the USA to begin the visa renewal process just 3 weeks from tomorrow! ...1 week ago
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It is Time - Well, after a lot of preparation, it is time for me to fly to the U.S. I will leave late tonight (or early tomorrow). I will miss all of you who live on th...1 week ago
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There and Back Again - It is summer once again and as the ship takes some time for maintenance and repair - I will be doing the same! If you will be near or around any of these...1 week ago
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The Mystique of Batik - The art of batik making is as ancient as it is varied so it was with great intrigue that I went along with a group of women folk to try my hand at batik ma...1 week ago
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The little girl that wanted to be a kid again :) - **G’day G’day, So after ortho comes plastics. And just like ortho, you have those plastics patients that capture your heart. For me Jaka is one such litt...1 week ago
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Mohammed's story - I write this having just arrived in the Canary Islands. Our 10 month Fields Service in the Muslim nation of Guinea has finished. I have many memories. My f...1 week ago
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"So, how was Africa?" - 17 days I have been home. 17 days I have enjoyed the company of friends and family. 17 days I have eaten every type of food I could dream of. 17 days I have ...1 week ago
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An End - When Steph and I returned from Masanga to the Africa Mercy, the ORs had just closed and the hospital wards were only open for one more week. I happily wor...1 week ago
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We are in Gran Canary - The sail from Guinea to Gran Canary was beautiful. The sea was very quiet, no big waves. We spent a lot of time in the bow , locking for dolphin's And w...1 week ago
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Sailing! The Photos Say It All - The sail from Guinea to the Canary Islands for shipyard.1 week ago
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Last day of the sail: sunset on the bow - (Crazy friends) :) And then this morning.....land ho! Thanking the Lord for a beautiful and safe sail here to Las Palmas1 week ago
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A Year Has Passed - Yesterday was the last full day out at sea and I had so many different emotions. For the most part the water was smooth and the sun was out … a beautiful d...1 week ago
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British Crew - It was nice to gather all the British crew for a photo last month. When you live with 400 people, it's often difficult to find all those that come from y...2 weeks ago
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Faithful God - We are sailing! And while I can't quite describe to you the pure joy involved in that statement, I want you to know that it's amazing! As always :D In th...2 weeks ago
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an interview with Levo League - Levo League is a supercool online career resource for women that recently asked me to tell them about my decision to leave my “real job” and go to Africa. ...2 weeks ago
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Destination Gran Canaria - Bye bye Mercy Ships I am writing this as I look out of the window at the water. Water, water everywhere. We are sailing. Somewhere off the north-west coas...2 weeks ago
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Goodbye to Guinea - The Africa Mercy crew invited to the People's Palace in Conakry for a thank you event Tuesday night. It was a fun evening complete with presentations from...2 weeks ago
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No little devil - Every African momma dreams about having a beautiful baby of her own. But for one woman, the birth of her son came with surprises, as well as disappointment...2 weeks ago
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The Call - It was as I suspected…….. I had long speculated that the chiefest among reasons for me being out here... was to come, pray & intercede. I must admit,...2 weeks ago
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The Call - It was as I suspected…….. I had long speculated that the chiefest among reasons for me being out here... was to come, pray & intercede. I must admit, I suspe...2 weeks ago
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Because I Can't Say It Better - Sometime, someone else says exactly what you feel. Sometimes, they put it in a song. At this time in the Guinea field service Matt Redman's song "Never...2 weeks ago
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Thankful for the days behind but excited for the days ahead! - Seven weeks has come and gone so fast, and yet, seems like I had surgery soooo long ago, not just seven weeks ago! But some of the most exciting things hav...2 weeks ago
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Lasts - These past few weeks have been full of lasts. The last day of surgery. The last day of the hospital. The last day for day workers. The last day of school....3 weeks ago
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The Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) - I’ve sent out the emails, but now it’s time to be a bit more public. Mercy Ships has asked me to come back to the ship as their PR Coordinator for the upco...3 weeks ago
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Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing. - [image: IMG 2861] Carys graduated from high school on board the *Africa Mercy* in Conakry, Guinea last night. Each of the three graduates …3 weeks ago
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Come see us in Evans, GA, on July 6th! - We'd love to see all of you!! Click the link below for all of the details. *http://eepurl.com/zwvyX* **4 weeks ago
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2: infection!!!!! - You know that spill I took yesterday... Now an infection... Africa had one more illness for me... Thankfully I was paying attention to a line growing up my...4 weeks ago
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Thoughts on Mother's Day - To all the Mothers out there: This past weekend I got the tiniest glimpse of what it feels like to be part of your "day". Mother's Day. One day a year ...4 weeks ago
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Bel Air and the Little Rasta Man - Friday me and Anneke caught a taxi up to Bel Air, a long stretch of beach (7 km) a few hours north of Conakry. As we arrived we walked past the big hotel i...4 weeks ago
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KRB Update - Community - 14 May 2013 Greetings from the nation of Guinea, West Africa. One of the very unique and powerful aspects to life serving in world missions with Mercy Shi...5 weeks ago
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Important Mission Update - Over the past two years you have partnered with me bringing hope and healing to the world’s forgotten poor. It is through partners like you that I’ve be...5 weeks ago
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Hello There USA - How do you sum up four months living on a ship in Africa? I am not quite sure. I have had much time to reflect during a grueling 30 hour trip back to the ...5 weeks ago
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Congo - Having received my acceptance letter from Mercy Ships, I thought it was time I went into more detail of where I am heading to. I will be joining the ship i...5 weeks ago
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50 Things I Will Miss - When we leave from this phase of life, this community, this part of the world, and this journey, there are many things I will miss. Here are just the firs...1 month ago
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On Boarding … DONE! - I still can’t believe that after a year of planning to attend Gateway/On Boarding I have actually completed all of it! I have been stretched, broken, taugh...2 months ago
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Just another day on the Africa Mercy Ship - The Africa Mercy Ship provides many surgeries that cause patients to lose a significant of their own blood requiring transfusions. Since the ship is unable...3 months ago
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Memouna Laughs! - What a marvelous story of hope and healing! Shalom ~ Nils Go down two flights of stairs on the Africa Mercy, and you’ll find you’ve stepped out of a ship [...3 months ago
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Middle of the Grind - Long time no post. We are just over half way through the field service. The grind continues. Diane returned yesterday night from Freetown. She was covering...4 months ago
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Middle of the Grind - Long time no post. We are just over half way through the field service. The grind continues. Diane returned yesterday night from Freetown. She was covering...4 months ago
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Set those DVRs Folks! The Time Has Finally Come!! - Yeah! We are so excited to announce - and for some of you - announce again and again, that THIS SUNDAY the segment that 60 Minutes filmed at the ship i...4 months ago
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New blog address - Hello All, First of all, I wanted to thank you ALL for visiting my blog over the years. I think you'll agree with me that this has been an amazing ride! My...4 months ago
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Brokenness aside... - I am sitting here in a Internet cafe in Philadelphia as I write this post. Everyone around me working intently on projects. For what I wonder and grad scho...5 months ago
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Nepal 2012 - [image: Mixbook - Create Beautiful Photo Books and Scrapbooks!] | Start your own Photo Books | Create custom Christmas Cards5 months ago
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and hope does not disappoint - "Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the the Holy Spirit who was given to us." Romans 5:5 NKJV Their...6 months ago
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Guinea: the first 7 weeks - We’re nearly two months into our 10 month field service in Guinea. Following is a pictoral timeline of our our adventures thus far. Anusumane Sylla, on th...8 months ago