Unpacking

Over the last couple weeks, there has been a lot of activity around the ship as we have been setting up for patients. The dental and eye teams were especially hard at work as they were the first to start accepting patients. Redemption Hospital and New Kru Town are two of the areas these teams are based.

Here Esther Biney- one of our ship's photographers- is giving a hand with bringing in supplies.

Dr. Keith Chapman- the gentleman in burgundy scrubs - is one of our long term dentists on board. A native of Texas, he and his wife have two beautiful girls and a son adopted from Liberia.

Here you can see the amount of space that our dental team was given. Although spacious, it will be tight with patients coming and going. The Jesus film will be on while patients are waiting, and hygiene teaching sessions will also be taught to patients and their families.

Many many people come with different types of needs. With the addition of the Africa Mercy, we will double the capacity of patients we will be able to treat. Until then, many will have to wait until we have our large screening in May. We pray with each one we have to turn away for now.


Another part of setting up is making sure we know what blood donors we have on board. Here, some of our nurses are pictured helping with the screening and documenting. The final cleaning on the ward took place, beds set up and pillows fluffed.

After a night of praying and dedicating the ward and the patients we were to serve, our team was ready.