Josh is a videographer onboard our hospital ship and sees some amazing transformations... like 5-year-old Lucrech. 

The Mercy Ships On Boarding class is a training course for long-term crew. It includes a service project in a developing country. 

Kathy Long worked for the Los Angeles County Fire Department before volunteering onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy.

Edmon Kaiser described noma as "an illness devouring both beauty and life." For Rovelle, a 14-year-old boy in Congo, that's exactly what it did. 

Our hospital ship includes an accredited Academy for crew children. Volunteer teacher Gretchen Bullock felt God also wanted her to teach English to some of the patients. 

Mercy Ships volunteers come from all over the world, expecting to change lives. 

Bethany, the Mercy Ships Eye Team Coordinator, befriended a patient named Josue. 

Before Mercy Ships arrives in a country for field service, our Advance Team prepares the way. 

Jen, an operating room nurse on the Africa Mercy, describes a unique opportunity that our medical volunteers enjoy. 

Each year, about 100 babies receive a free cleft lip and palate surgery onboard our hospital ship.