Ship Life

I am officially on my 2nd full day aboard the Africa Mercy. It has been such a wonderful experience so far. To be honest I feel I am experiencing a bit of heaven on earth. Let me explain....it hit me last night as we were all worshipping together that we had so many different nationalities all singing to the Lord and that is what heaven is going to be like. There are so many different cultures here on the ship and it's a great experience.

Today I had my ward(the official name for the hospital) orientation. I think it will be a bit overwhelming at first but I am told after 2 wks I will get the hang of things and it will seem routine again. So I pray :)

We have a starbucks on board the ship :):) Which for me as a non-coffee drinker isn't a big deal, however they do have really good coffee-free frappacino's :). The ship shop, which is like a mini, mini, mini wal-mart (little bit of odds-n-ends) was open today. So I got to get my laundry soap, chocolates and other personal items.

It is Liberia's rainy season right now so it has rained everyday so far that we have been here but I am sure it is much needed.

Last night we had a visiting pastor from Liberia speak at community meeting (CM). His message was Missions: It's a risk. It was excellent!! Taken from Luke 8 where Jesus told his disciples to get in the boat and cross to the other side (there was a mission that Jesus was to accomplish on that side of the water). Then the storm happened and the disciples were afraid (sometimes there are risks we have to take to get our mission accomplished). There are risks that we take being here on the Africa Mercy but we know that God has called us all to this mission and by His grace and strength we will accompish it.