• What is this all about?

      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

T minus 2 weeks

Tweet It’s getting down to the final countdown (insert Daniel Walters’ rendition of Europe’s hit) and it’s actually starting to hit me a bit. I’m really doing this. It comes with a combined sense of excitement and sadness. I picked up my parents from SeaTac a couple of weeks ago and brought them home, they’re [...]

Alizma Kotoir Kotongue’s story

Tweet Here’s another recent story from the Africa Mercy, docked in Lome, Togo. As written, photographed, and provided by Mercy Ships: Eight women sat close together on the bench beneath the awning at the Mercy Ships Hospitality Center in Lomè, Togo. They had come from villages – some nearby and some far away – all [...]

Salutations from Seattle!

Tweet I figured I should write from here briefly. I’m on the road, seeing some friends and family. I’m staying with my sister on Capitol Hill here in Seattle, writing this from Victrola, a local coffee roasting joint that doubles as a cafe. It’s the free internet that beckons us. My parents fly in from [...]

From Benin and Togo

Tweet My parents just got to the Africa Mercy docked in Lome, Togo. I thought I would share this Email from them summarizing their field training as I thought it was pretty powerful. Not to mention my mom rode a motorcycle taxi! I think they’re right where the Lord wants them. Needless to say I’m [...]