Happy Birthday M/V Africa Mercy!

12 years ago today, Mercy Ships bought the Africa Mercy then known as the Droning Ingrid an old train ferry.

Refurbishing the ship took 9 years to complete and 68 million dollars. It was deployed in 2007, and it’s first outreach was Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa.

The pictures below are the most recent we have and were taken between Durban and Cape Town, South Africa. Some of the aesthetic changes that were done to the ship while we were in the Republic of South Africa are the logo on the funnel and the website painted on the sides of the ship. Above is taken from one of the lifeboat safety checks Above is taken from the air as we were leaving Durban, RSA. Both the above pictures are looking at the port-side (left side facing the bow) of the ship.

Above is when we had 25 hours in Cape Town before sailing to Sierra Leone. My Cabin is the 14th porthole from the back (which is what you are looking at) slightly left and right above the M. This side of the ship is starboard (right side facing the bow), and I am about halfway down on the 4th floor which was added to the ship when it was refurbished.

From inside my cabin looking out when we were docked in Cape Town. Great view!! I even had a Ferris Wheel in my backyard….hehehe

 

 

 

I definitely don’t have that view any longer.

Thank you Carole for the pic of the Wheel of Excellence.