Some might call it a chance encounter – we would call it divine.  The Mercy Ships Hospital Director Kirstie Randall met Medical Aid International Managing Director Tim Beacon in a restaurant in Madagascar. The result was an exciting and transformational project.

Greyston Bakery in Yonkers, NY, makes wonderful brownies. But it also serves mercy. Every job applicant’s name goes on a list. When a job becomes available, it’s offered to the first person on the list.

One day, Marcia came across a cute photo of her grandchildren dressed up as elderly people, complete with homemade walkers.

Everyone who steps onboard our hospital ship is blessed – volunteer and patient, alike! While our crewmembers are serving the world’s forgotten poor, they’re getting blessed right back! Emma Heatley, an accountant onboard the Africa Mercy.

Youth With a Mission has a training center in Kona, Hawaii. A small group of Mission youth gathered weekly to skateboard at the Ohana Court. It quickly mushroomed into over 60 people – from affluent to homeless, from well-behaved kids to drug-users and just plain troublemakers.

Nurse Sonja Dawson took her first voyage with Mercy Ships in 1994, intending to volunteer for 3 months. She stayed 12 years! She says, “You get to see so many transformations, it’s incredible!”

Torrential rains hit East Texas, and many homes were flooded. Nancy had water in the basement of her housee. But mercy came to her rescue.

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.

Opportunities for mercy may be in your own backyard. Leslie Ring of Allyn, Washington, saw a need in her neighborhood, and she found a way to help.

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