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eleven months
Zoe is eleven months old today, and this past month has been one of the busiest yet. A few days after the last update she figured out how to put one foot in front of the other, and now I almost never...
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Things have been more than a little quiet around this blog for the past couple months as we've been spending the summer on board while the ship's been in shipyard in the Canary Islands for some...
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five minute friday: broken
Linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday, a perfect prompt for today. Today's prompt: Broken.Go. On the eve of a voyage, my heart is spinning with anticipation of all that will greet us on...
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#sailwithus - sierra leone
Today, as we sail out of the golden haze of the Harmattan, we remember Sierra Leone, a country that will always have a special place in my heart. When I first signed up for Mercy Ships, back at the...
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#sailwithus - liberia
If Sierra Leone has a special place in my heart, then Liberia has the rest of it. There's something about the beginning of an adventure that just doesn't let you go, no matter how much closer to the...
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quick pics
Since we're remembering a country I never served in today (Ghana), I figured I'd just stop by with a nice little collage of Instagram photos of what the sail has looked like for us so far. And by us I...
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#sailwithus - togo
I'm breaking my Sunday silence to jump on and hit post on this entry for two reasons. I have way too much to say about Togo to keep to just tomorrow, and I want to let you know that the 60 Minutes...
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#sailwithus - togo (take two)
Togo might be a tiny little country, but we've got a lot to say about it around here. I've been thinking a lot about what story I want to share with you today, and I can't get O'Brien and Maurius out...
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#sailwithus - benin
Today is the last day we look back on countries we've already served before setting our sights ahead to Congo. Benin is all a bit hazy in my memory; I had just gotten married, the hospital was running...
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operation gratuite
Hey, guess what? We're not sailing anymore. I feel like I just kind of left you hanging there, and I'm sorry for that. I got caught up in the whirlwind of arrival and exploration and the sheer joy of...
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one
My baby girl is one today. Watching her grow over the past year has been pretty much the most fun thing I've ever had a chance to do, and the HoJ and I find ourselves just sitting and staring at her,...
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yellow cards
This is the card I'll bring with me on Wednesday when I climb into a Land Rover sometime before six in the morning, heading for the school where the main Selection Day of the Field Service will take...
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today and tomorrow and forever
4955: the number on the tiny slip of paper that the final patient handed to the nurse standing next to me in the gathering dark this evening. Four thousand nine hundred and fifty-five, and that's not...
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glimpses
I could post a hundred photos, and it still wouldn't begin to describe Selection Day to you. But since each one is apparently worth a thousand of my words, here are a few of the faces that I saw on...
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And now for something completely different than the usual happenings from Africa. I’m finally back in contact with the internet (albeit somewhat intermittently) after a week spent with friends in the...
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photos from bavaria
As promised, a few pictures from our adventures in Germany so far. When I said that Burgberg was nestled into the foot of the mountains, I wasn't kidding. Here's the cottage we stayed in, right up on...
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five minute friday: mercy
For the first time in a few weeks, I’m linking up again for Five Minute Friday. Head over to Lisa-Jo Baker’s blog to read hundreds more five-minute entries on a single word prompt, and consider...
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walking man
As I type this, my dad is most likely lacing up his boots and getting ready to leave our home in New Jersey. For the next month, he's going to be on the road, making his way north and west until he...
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So, it's been a while. I always have some sort of excuse when I disappear for an extended period of time, but I really do think that this one is valid. The past month and a half has disappeared into a...
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shoulder to shoulder
I had one of those moments last night, the one where your boss posts a cryptic question on your Facebook wall and friends in South Africa, Canada, Australia, and the States join in the guessing while...
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