Mercy Ships operates the largest non-governmental hospital ships and has volunteers from over 40 countries. They all receive their call to serve with us in a personal, and yet often unexpected way. Even a vacation! Here is one such story from nurse Agnes Pen

Florida police office Bobby White responded to a complaint about youth playing basketball too loudly. But he didn’t scold the kids or break up the game. Instead, he joined them and promised to come back for a re-match.

Listen as nurse Heather Morehouse shares the story of a special little patient who came to our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy

Romino is a three-year-old bundle of energy.  And he doesn’t let his bowed legs stop him from having fun!  But he does hear the whispers of the other children calling him “bancale”, the French word for bowed legs.

Here’s an amazing story about two friends, Robin and Cynthia, and a kidney exchange – when someone donates a kidney to exchange for a kidney from a compatible donor.  Listen to the account from Robin’s blog.

At Mercy Ships, we follow the 2000-year-old model of Jesus,   providing free surgeries to the world’s poorest.  And the result is absolute transformation!  Crewmember Tabitha explains.

Smelling blood, the tiger stalked the small band of wounded American soldiers on a jungle hilltop. But the tiger was a good thing. The North Vietnamese were afraid and moved back. The American soldiers escaped, and army helicopters rescued them the next day.

Vivabet was distraught at the birth of her fourth child.  The baby’s tiny face had a gaping hole under her nose.  The shocked villagers made cruel comments about her baby’s bilateral cleft lip and palate.

Mercy Ships provides free surgeries in the world’s poorest countries. But we also offer free training to local healthcare providers. Mercy Ships volunteer nurse Heidi Niclas describes training nurses in Madagascar

Ed Robinson of Niles, Indiana, had been diabetic for many years. He had a stroke in 2005. The stroke combined with the diabetes negatively impacted his kidneys, and he went into renal failure.