Sharing my breakfast with Penelope's dad's African Grey, Mr. Bones:
Monday, September 23, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
The trip
For those curious, here is the planned itinerary by major city:
Pointe Noire (Congo)
Johannesburg (South Africa)
Pretoria
Durban
Port Elizabeth
Cape Town
Johannesburg
New York, NY (United States)
Los Angeles, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA
Mammoth Lakes, CA
Sacramento, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA
San Diego, CA
Escondido, CA
Albuquerque, NM
Tyler, TX
Louisville, KY
Lancaster, OH
Columbus, OH
New York , NY
Frankfurt (Germany)
Pointe Noire (Congo)
Believe it or not this is the reduced list with the notable deletions of London, England and Perth, Australia.
11 weeks.
A mix of fun and work.
Over 4000 km via car.
Over 18,000 miles via air.
Pray for rest (and sanity).
Monday, September 16, 2013
South Africa
For those of you who know about my trip, we made it to South Africa. For those of you who don't know about the trip, you do now. More details to follow but for now I'll leave you with a picture of Pointe Noire from our ascent earlier today:
If you look /very/ closely just above the winglet you can see the ship at the leftmost part of the harbor:
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Assessment Day
Assessment day was yesterday and it went very well.
Smooth, orderly, and calm.
The weather even cooperated.
It was our largest screening day to date with over 7300 people evaluated for whether we could help them via surgery. Those that we couldn't (as well as those we could) were offered prayer. All in all we handed out over 4200 cards to people for surgery or further evaluation. A successful (and extremely tiring) day!
For the full story of what screening was and more importantly why Mercy Ships - why I - am here in Africa, read Jay's account.
Dana Perino also wrote a piece on her blog which offers a more nuts-and-bolts description of the day.
Both are worth the read.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
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