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.

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.

Carron Meney volunteers as a physician onboard our hospital ship.

We are blessed with talented volunteers from all walks of life onboard our hospital ships.  But, we recognize that – in the final analysis – healing is in the hands of God.  Our crew prayed for our patients.

Fitia is a rambunctious two-year-old.  But one day, she tripped over a pot of boiling soup and suffered burns to her neck and chest.  In a nation like Madagascar with limited medical care, burns can lead to death.

Mercy Ships volunteer Kirstie Randall describes a conversation with a doctor.  He coordinates transporting women to our ship for obstetric fistula surgeries

Marty Burbank has had a successful career and absolutely loves sailing.  So, he and his wife decided to buy their dream boat.

Fifaliana’s bent and twisted legs required her mother to carry her to school each day.  But the bright, bubbly ten-year-old had a joyful spirit ... a special gift.  You see, God gave Fifaliana remarkable artistic talent.  Her love of drawing became a merciful retreat.  She drew and colored while other children played outside during recess.

It’s a good thing to learn to be a mercy-giver when you’re young.  Carter Leibbrandt is a young man with a heart for helping.  He came up with an innovative idea for showing mercy to the people in Haiti.

In over 25 years of service, Becky Bynum has seen many amazing things in Mercy Ships.  Early on, she helped set up a surgical eye clinic on one of our smaller ships.