Like a Shepherd searching diligently for lost sheep, the Mercy Ships medical team drove hours over bumpy, dusty roads.

Diane Rickard who works with media relations for Mercy Ships was sitting with a family that was going to be featured in a video. 

What does it take to run a hospital on the water?

Many of the patients we see in West Africa have spent their lives hidden away because of their physical conditions that have imprisoned them in a world of isolation. 

Little Sheik was only 2 years old and a bundle of energy! 

Cathy had been reading about Jesus and his compassion for others and she prayed that she'd feel the same love for others. 

A young man named Daniel was blinded when his wife threw caustic soda into his eyes.

Our volunteers come to us eagerly looking for ways to change another's life.

Hawa was a little girl when she came on board our flagship the Anastasis in 2005. 

On a special day in 2007, a patient was guided up the gangway of the Africa Mercy.