Mercy comes in all shapes and sizes and in order to reach the 5 billion people without access to safe surgery, we need a litany of different models. Since 1978, Mercy Ships has been working to increase access to life changing surgeries in underserved areas of the world and Raeanne Newquist from their team joins the show to share about what it looks like to live and serve on a floating city. Raeanne talks with Brandon Stiver about what it's like to serve alongside your kids, collaborating with nationals and stepping out of our comfort zones to see God move in the lives of others.

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Conversation Notes

• 5:51 - Serving alongside your children in cross-cultural ministry
• 9:35 - "If we are followers of Jesus we are to live into the model that he showed for us"
• 11:00 - The specific approach of Mercy Ships and collaborating with large governments
• 15:43 - Working to address the 5 billion people that lack access to safe surgery
• 21:00 - The effects on children and adults when they have medical needs that go unaddressed
• 28:30 - The variety of people that can volunteer and serve on a Mercy Ship
• 31:00 - Safeguarding and risk management with a high volume of volunteers
• 35:19 - Collaboration with the local community to enhance cultural sensitivity and long term support
• 43:27 - Workforce development of Global South practitioners
• 50:27 - Focusing on all that God can do rather than just being overwhelmed by the size of the problems that we face.

Theme music Kirk Osamayo. Free Music Archive, CC BY License