On Saturday we had a day of celebration. It was the 30th Anniversary of Mercy Ships. I was working a day shift, but a lot of the crew made teams to play in fun events to celebrate the occasion. The team that I would have been a part of, had I not been working, won! Sweet!
We took the patients out on deck 7 for a couple hours to watch the events. It was a really nice time with them, because the patients were quite stable, and we were able to just have fun with them, without worrying about the medical side of things all the time. We played pin the tail on the donkey, which was new for pretty much all of them. They seemed to really enjoy it.
In the evening there was a presentation about the history of Mercy Ships and the various ships they have had. It was really amazing to think about all of the surgeries that have been done over the years, and all of the lives that have been changed because of this ministry! I feel so privileged to be able to be a part!
These last few days I’ve been working nights, and they’ve been fairly quiet. Tonight was so quiet that I was able to call Alma’s to say hi to the Priscilla Circle ladies! It was such a treat to hear their voices!
We have a lot of pediatric patients in the next few weeks, so it’s a bit out of my league, and we could use prayer for that because most of us are not pediatric nurses!
We’re doing a lot of facial surgeries, eye surgeries and some abdominal surgeries these days. Most of the plastics patients are gone, except for those with infection. Slowly they are getting better and are able to go home. One lady has been with us for 2 months and has not seen 4 of her children in all that time! She’s really anxious to get home! Sometimes it’s a bit sad to see them go because they become pretty special to you!
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