So this is our first offical blog entry! We are off to the USA in just 4 weeks to do a course called " Gateway" that will allow us to serve with Mercy Ships long term!. Mercy Ships is a non governmental organisation but more importantly a Christian organisation that has a Hospital Ship called the M/V Africa Mercy. The Africa Mercy is based in West Africa where it gives hope and healing to the world`s forgotten poor!.
This is the continuation of a love story!
It is a love story because the reason we want to go and serve as volunteers is because of the love God showed us when He gave His son for us on the cross at calvary!. Because we have this salvation and thereby know God`s love we want to share it with the world! This blog is called "Gone fishing" because thats what the Lord called us to do! He called us to go and make disciples of all nations and be fishers of men!. We will be doing this in varying capacities. Michael is still to find out what his offical job will be and my job is as an ICU/ward nurse caring for patients post surgery. The suregeries include cleft lip and palates, eye surgery including cataracts, large maxillo facial tumour removals, club feet, VVF (fistulas on ladies post obstructed child birth), plastics including release of contractures and skin grafts, goiter and hernia removals and more!.
Our surgeries are done for no cost to the patients and we do not discrimanate according to race, gender or religion.
The love story also continues in that this is where Michael and I met and now because of God bringing us both from opposite ends of the earth to Africa to serve we now get to do Mission work together as a married couple!. We have had nearly a year away from the ship to grow together and now we are so excited to get back to doing the work we feel we were created for! We are really excited to share our journey with you!
So here we go...................
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