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      Jay Swanson is working as the Reception Team Leader on the Africa Mercy which is currently docked in Lome, Togo until June 2012. 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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      Lome, Togo

Salutations from Seattle!

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 Togo tomorrow! I’ve missed them a lot so it’s really exciting to have them back. That’s the other reason I’m here, to drive them to Pullman from Seattle so they don’t have to do it themselves.

For those of you wondering, I’ll be in Seattle until Thursday, then Pullman until next Monday when I’ll return to Spokane for a few days. Things get a bit uncertain from there because I need to go visit my grandparents and aunt/uncle that following week. But I’ll be back to Spokane a few times before peacing out, so feel free to drop me a line if you’d like to see me and we’ll get it worked out.

I’ll drive down to Texas with my dad starting on September 6th, and from there I’ll start training and head to Haiti for 10 days. There should be a gap between training and joining the ship, a couple of months by the sound of it. So we’ll play that by ear as well. If I’m on top of things there may be a film project that falls into that space, which would be a lot of fun.

And yeah, this has been your Seattle minute. Hope it was worth it =D

  • http://www.whereisjefe.com Jefe

    well i tried posting from my phone but your site isn’t mobile friendly (more specifically droid friendly) and while i was scrolling down i clicked the like button…i hope you are happy, jerk. but good news i contacted disqus and i guess they have a mobile theme for comments coming out soon, so that will be good…that is all party on and i love the pictures