Insights, Tips, and Stories

Deep breath and say this fast – I’ve been back in the country for 14 days and I’m finally starting to feel grounded. I’ve

1/29/2015 – I’m now in my final days aboard the Africa Mercy, and I find myself struggling with what to write. There are so

01/19/2015 – As I sit on my bunk this morning, I’m letting all that has occurred during the last 8.5 weeks pour over me.

I started my New Year’s Day walking to the Hope Center with two other nurses/friends. The Hope Center is where patients who live far

12/29/2014 – How do I begin to explain Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on the ship? It was a celebration, unlike anything I’ve experienced

12/22/2014 – It’s a little hard to believe that Christmas is only days away and harder still to realize that I’ve been on the

12/17/2014 – It’s hard to believe that I’ve been on the ship for three weeks already. In some ways, it feels much longer –

12/8/2014 – I’ve been thinking I should write about what life is like on the ship since I haven’t said much yet about day-to-day