The irony is Facebook exists even in the poorest countries that have zero access to safe surgical care.

Barbara Danner was waiting in the drive-thru lane at Dutch Brothers Coffee Shop in Vancouver, Washington, when she witnessed amazing mercy.  The car in front of her was occupied by a distressed young woman whose husband had passed away.

Many different jobs are vital to run things smoothly on our hospital ship.   Larry Hewitt is a biomedical technician. Even though he isn’t directly involved with patient care, he keeps medical equipment operating correctly.

Eight-year-old Heidi VanSumeren loves to read. You can imagine her distress when a fire destroyed her family’s home and all her books.

Haley works at the Mercy Ships International Operations Center in Texas. She wrote a letter about a hard day that ended with mercy.

The patients onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, experience amazing physical transformations. You can also clearly see the emotional changes. Serious, sad, or vacant expressions are replaced by joyful smiles and sparkling eyes.

Tony Robbins is a best-selling author and a supporter of Feeding America. The organization provides millions of meals to hungry Americans. In an interview, Tony described a childhood memory

Yusra was a member of the first Olympic team of refugees. She and her sister left war-torn Syria in 2014. They joined 18 other passengers on a tiny boat made to hold 6 people.   They were traveling across the Mediterranean Sea to Greece.

Here at Mercy Ships we put our faith into action through providing surgical medical care to people in some of the poorest countries in the world – and lives are changed forever. Listen as volunteer Harry Porter describes the transformations

The professional medical volunteers onboard our hospital ship perform thousands of free surgeries each year. They’re all important to the people who receive them.