Georgette came to our hospital ship with a severely diseased foot. But her story had a happy ending.

Lindsey Johnson and Craig Woodruff planned their wedding for June 2016. But the fragile health of Craig’s dad changed things. So, the date was moved to August 2015.

People volunteer with Mercy Ships for many different reasons. God can use anyone and everyone on our hospital ships.

Five-year-old Fandresena can’t stop smiling – in spite of the severe burns to his face and hand. In fact, his hand is so badly burned that he’s unable to write. So he struggles at school.

An orphanage in Xi’an, China, asked a nonprofit called Children’s House International for help. Together, they provided a one-week camp for 17 children who were hard to place in families. Some were boys, and many families prefer girls. And some of the kids were older.

Georgette came to our hospital ship in Madagascar with two medical problems – a childbirth injury called VVF and a severely infected foot. Volunteer surgeon Dr. Sherriff describes her treatment.

Sierra and Dustin Yoder’s unborn son had a rare condition. His brain was growing outside of his skull. Doctors encouraged them to consider abortion. But they couldn’t do it.

Beth Herndon, a nurse and a former Mercy Ships staff member, came upon an accident on Interstate 20.

Duda had lived with the challenges of club feet for many years. You can imagine her dismay when her grandson Alex was born with the same deformity! She sadly watched the little boy struggle for the first four years of his life.

Anja Loven found a little two-year-old boy wandering the streets of Nigeria. He was starving and riddled with worms. His family threw him out because he was born with a congenital birth defect.