Take 2 – A Success!

This screening was about as different from the first one as we would’ve wanted and more. It exceeded our expectations on all fronts: the queue was orderly, we had a cloud covering that kept everyone in line and us cool; and everyone was screened, assessed, processed and prayed for with speed and efficiency. We scheduled just over 300 surgeries and waitlisted another approximately 30, not counting the over 700 we have on an existing waiting list from our up North screenings before the ship arrived. It is in the works to have another screening after the rainy season in August or Septemberish. Thank you for your prayers – they mean a lot! Praise the Lord for Saturday’s efforts; for Mercy Ships and the M/V Africa Mercy to be advancing towards His plan!!!!


A couple of our new patients holding appointment cards.

(Appointment cards are what the people receive after being approved for surgeries at a screening and have a scheduled surgery and date to come to over the next few months)
Paula Kirby is a Alumni Mercy Shipper and when she was on board she wrote quite a few poems. This one is apropos for now:

Mercy Ships is…

Many nations with one heart.       
Many cultures with one hope.
Many talents with one goal. 

…to honor the One whose      

       Name we bear.

It’s a wrap!

I will update my sidebar on prayer requests soon…

God bless you!

Love as always,
XX Carol

P.S. I didn’t carry the burdens of the patients and feel confident that I was praying in the Spirit. “There is no one like our God”