Kirsten Murphy, volunteer Wound Care Nurse onboard our hospital ship, describes her job. 

A white building with golden domes is the spiritual and cultural center for 140 Muslims in Victoria, Texas. On January 28, 2017, the building was destroyed by arson. 

Carron Meney volunteers as a physician onboard our hospital ship.

The children undergoing physical therapy at our Mercy Ships dockside rehab center needed miniature walkers. There were only five available, and we needed five times that number.  

Volunteering onboard our hospital ships in Africa may seem like a really big step… and it is! 

Leon Logothetis used to be a broker — sitting at a desk, working 12-hour days.  Something had to change.

Mercy Ships volunteers entered an 8-foot square structure, home to a young bedridden woman in a poor African village. She’d had a stroke and lived with her mother, who also faced physical challenges.       

In Africa, a benign tumor can be fatal because, without surgery, it can suffocate the patient. 

Jean Burgmeier of Dubuque, Iowa, is afraid of heights. As a child, her parents warned her to stay away from Eagle Point Bluffs.

Mercy really is love in action. And you can see that every day on our hospital ships.