Why do our dedicated volunteers serve at Mercy Ships?  Volunteer surgeon Mark Shrime explains:

It was July 30, 2016, in Ellicott City, Maryland.  An afternoon rain shower had become a torrential storm.

Esther is a California surfer who shared a story from 30 years ago.  Listen:

Emma Campbell was a college student in Gainesville, Florida.  One day she looked out the window of her apartment, and she saw some teens playing in the building’s eight-foot-deep pool.

A Mercy Ships crew member and his family were cruising down the highway.  The sun was blazing.  Suddenly the truck’s temperature gauge shot up, and the engine lost power.  

Grandparents often encourage their grandchildren.  But sometimes it works the other way around.  Dennis McNicholas has a grandson named Jack who was born with liver disease.  The baby fought for life and received a liver transplant before he was two years old.

Mercy Ships depends on donors – individuals and corporations.  It takes a great deal of money, supplies and equipment to operate a hospital ship in an African country.  Volunteer eye surgeon, Dr. Bob Burlingame, explains:

The small town of Broaddus, Texas, has found a creative way to help get kids ready for school.  Joan Rives shared the story.  Listen:

Lydienne had every reason to be discouraged.  She’d had cataracts in her eyes for over ten years, causing her vision to be cloudy and limited.  She missed being able to work as a seamstress, seeing her grandchildren play, and traveling without the help of others.

In 1994, Ken Dunn and Dan Peterman created a nonprofit community bike shop in Chicago to refurbish discarded bicycles.  It became known as Blackstone Bicycle Works.