crew member shared these insights about Christmas.

A study published in December 2015 concluded that getting into the holiday spirit can be good for your mental health.  It found that performing small acts of kindness helps us deal with stress.

Many wonderful volunteers work together to provide the free surgical care offered onboard our hospital ship.  Listen as a crew member explains.

The free surgeries provided onboard our hospital ships change lives … and futures.  Volunteer Matt Tveite explains.

Sheila Deane of Tennessee shared a special Christmas memory. 

Africa is a beautiful continent full of beautiful people – people with giant dreams and giant hearts.  And the volunteers onboard our Mercy Ship discover that serving Africa changes them.

Griffin Furlong’s world fell apart after cancer stole the life of his mother.  He and his father were homeless for 12 years – living in shelters and sleeping on friends’ couches.   

Listen as crewmember Matt Tveite describes a moment of mercy patient to patient.

The East African mother lifted a cloth off her newborn daughter’s head.  A doctor from World Gospel Missions stared in disbelief.  The child’s brain was hanging in a fragile membrane.  Without surgery, the baby would certainly die.

A team of Mercy Ships volunteers were making home visits. They were checking on the sick and dying in a small village and giving needed care.