I surely didn't. I only knew my restless soul and quitting college to move into an apartment with my best friend sounded like the fastest way to freedom.
My father saw straight to my heart and asked a new question, "What about missions?" Sitting together one evening in our family's basement office he opened www.mercyships.org
The faces caught me first. Before and after pictures of men, women, and children. Cleft lip and palate, goiters, cataracts, club feet, the joy of restored lives practically jumping through the screen.
"Why don't you do something like this?" Dad asked.
And I did. For two remarkable years I lived and worked on-board the Mercy Ship M/V Anastasis and sailed the western coast of Africa.
Wounded men, women, and children received back their dignity. The lame walked, the blind received sight, a future of promise and possibilities returned for the hopeless.
Mercy Floats is a collection of letters and stories sent home during the ship's outreach in Benin, West Africa.
The opportunity to live and work on the M/V Anastasis was a life changing gift for me. This book is my gift to you. It is my hope that the stories within these pages spark the same intense passion for a healed world in your heart as living them did in mine. They are a testimony of God's grace, love, and mercy for all the world.
To download the book click the book cover. This book is given freely, please feel free to share it as well. May it be an encouragement to you and all who read it.
We have seen the Mercy Ship on TV~~What an incredibly beautiful thing you did by working on it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan! Mercy Ships is a fantastic organisation. Such a wonderful experience to be able to live and work on the Anastasis.
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