Erich Orrick is a retired veteran who received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He’s also the founder of Wish for Our Heroes, which assists service members who are coming home.

A Mercy Ships volunteer shared an unforgettable experience. 

Kelly Long of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, was shopping at a bookstore in town when she locked her keys in her car. The owner of the bookstore and his wife graciously offered to babysit Kelly’s children while she solved her key problem.

Little Aicha spent her entire 18 months of life in darkness.  She’d never seen the world around her. She’d never seen her mother.

Kevin So volunteered as a nurse onboard the Africa Mercy.

Matt Burson hadn’t driven on Starr Road in four years.  But he’d offered a co-worker a ride home. Suddenly, he noticed a house was in flames! 

A crew member shares a description of some super-heroes in the Mercy Ships world: our screening team. 

It was October 2016.  Angel Fiorini and her 3 children — ages 7, 3, and just 17 months — were asleep.  

Baba’s hands were severely burned. He came to our hospital ship several years later for a free surgery.  

Mercy Ships serves the poorest countries of the world – countries where people die needlessly from the lack of healthcare.