Our hospital ship serves countries with little or no healthcare. So, hugecrowds show up for the medical screenings. Luke Taje is a Canadian who volunteers as a security officer. It’s his job to maintain order.

Many families in Iraq have fled from ISIS militants, escaping with little but the clothes on their backs. Samaritan’s Purse has set up hundreds of tents for them in northern Iraq. Samaritan’s Purse provides food, blankets, and shelter … and they share the hope of the gospel.

Many volunteers onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, find that certain patients touch their hearts in special ways. Listen as volunteer nurse Molly tells us about such a patient

“My father was a chauffeur for a wealthy businessman in the early 1900’s. One day they parked along the street in a small town. Several boys passed by. One lad limped badly with a club foot.

Albertine is a single mother raising two children under the age of five. That’s especially difficult in the developing nation of Madagascar!

Harmen Valk and his wife Andrea are Dutch nurses serving onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. Listen as Harmen describes his experience

Molly Gacetta is a volunteer nurse onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. Listen to her description of the unique community

Helene was walking home alone through the Malagasy forest. Suddenly a ferocious dog appeared. Barking and snapping, it chased her. She fell into a hole and passed out.

Rosette lives in Madagascar. She earns a modest living washing clothes by hand and is the sole provider for a family of seven. They barely have enough food to eat. But that didn’t stop Rosette from opening her home to Florine.

One morning, a barber named Henry McHenry was taking his first customer – a former military policeman named Michael Cade. A woman who worked next door stopped by to say hello. She had once told him about her abusive husband, saying, “If you ever see a guy pull up in an F-150 pickup, he’s coming for me.”