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      Jay Swanson is working as the copywriter/editor for Mercy Ships' Swiss Creative Pool from Paris, France. The Africa Mercy is Mercy Ships’ flag hospital ship, dedicated to alleviating the suffering of Africa’s poor by providing medical aid and long-term preventative measures.

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    • Where is Jay now?


      Paris, France

The Moment of Truth

Tweet Or perhaps better entitled “the days of truth.” I’ll know in the next couple of days whether or not I have enough monthly support raised to leave at the end of the month or if I’ll have to stay here until September. This has been a source of struggle to say the least, but [...]

Connections: June 2010

Tweet Each month Mercy Ships comes out with a new Connections video with various updates and details about the ministry. Here’s June’s:

IMS down…

Tweet Intro to Mercy Ships is over, for those of you wondering. I’ll see if I can impart some of my new-found knowledge to you here. It’s been like drinking from a fire hose, but I’ve learned a lot about Mercy Ships (MS) that I didn’t know or had only previously heard in rumor. Of [...]

Man I’m tired

Tweet So I’m leaving for Texas tomorrow and I think I’m ready. I think… I hit a wall this week finally, I’ve been going so hard at the support raising that when I finally finished work this week and sat down for a minute I lost almost all momentum. Thankfully the Lord has put some [...]