Victoria’s face was covered in bandages, but her eyes still sparkled brightly. A crew member pulled up a chair and sat next to her on our hospital ship.  

Jodi Schmidt is a third-grade teacher in Oakfield, Wisconsin.  She heard about Natasha, a first-grade girl with a chronic kidney condition, who was missing many days of school.

A Mercy Ships crew member sat down next to an obstetric fistula patient.  This woman had suffered for years from incontinence and rejection from a childbirth injury.

A woman with six children and a full-time job sent in an anonymous description of her hurricane relief efforts.  When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, she bought big boxes of diapers to help displaced families. 

Listen as volunteer eye surgeon, Dr. Glenn Strauss, describes a BIG transformation in a SMALL patient.

Dr. Carl and Carol Luther are medical missionaries with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Papua New Guinea.  They describe a special celebration.

Victoria has silver eyes that sparkle in the sunlight and a smile that brightens her whole face.  But she didn’t feel beautiful.  

Listen as a crew member tells about two special friends who met onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy:

David Fajgenbaum had just left home to attend Georgetown University when he learned that his mother, Anne Marie, had a terminal brain tumor. David promised her that he would be okay and he would help other kids cope with loss.

Mercy Ships offers treatment for obstetric fistula.  This childbirth injury causes incontinence, isolation, rejection and deep emotional pain.