Again and again the plight of South Africa’s AIDS orphans replayed in Yvonne Greig’s mind. And God’s mercy-seed was planted.

Mercy Ships hires local people in the countries we serve to work as day-crew. Edward Carew is from Sierra Leone, and he joined us in 2011. He serves as an engine hand in the engineering department onboard our hospital ship.

One day, Nurse Noel Grant was working at her desk on our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, when she had an unexpected visitor!

Evelyn Davies lives in a bungalow overlooking the sea in Wales. She offers a ministry for people affected by serious illness. She doesn’t offer a cure. She simply offers a listening ear and a quiet retreat.

Mercy Ships volunteer Rosie Timms thought spending Christmas onboard our hospital ship might be lonely. But she was surprised.

It was December 1943.  Young Charles Brown was on his first combat mission.  His B-17 bomber had been severely crippled by enemy fire.

Some of our crew got creative at Christmas.

Eight-year-old Atasse received a free surgery onboard our hospital ship in the Republic of Congo to correct his misshapen feet.  His grandmother described her gratitude.

A man named Simon emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States and married an American woman.  Their three children married spouses from Panama, Portugal and South Korea.  Now that’s an international family!

Salvation Army captains Russ and Linda Keeney heard about a family that needed help at Christmas.  They decided to check it out, and Russ described what they found.