Jimmy was living in the local marketplace when Mercy Ships crewmembers met him.  The 26-year-old had a sweet spirit in spite of terrible pain and the rejection caused by the foul odor of his infected leg.

Windsor volunteers onboard our hospital ship in the Communications Department.  She describes how someone showed appreciation for the crewmembers.

The children undergoing physical therapy at our Mercy Ships dockside rehab center needed miniature walkers.  There were only five available, and we needed five times that number.

Ed Kolpacki and his daughter Meg suffered severe burns in a home explosion and fire.  A 14-year-old parishioner in their church found a creative way to help.  Brooke Ferricks loves theater.  So, she started her own amateur production company in her basement, with a tiny budget and homemade costumes.

Mercy Ships provides free surgeries to the poorest of the poor.  But we also offer training and mentoring to healthcare professionals in the countries we serve.  We love the idea of leaving a lasting legacy of medical care. 

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.