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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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1 Photo per Day Round 11

Tweet Talk about overdue. If you haven’t been following on Twitter or Facebook you might be thinking I just don’t do this any more. It’s not true! In fact I’m over 100 consecutive days with photos now. If only I’d started right off the bat I’d have one for every day I’ve been with Mercy [...]

Not to leave you hanging

Tweet I haven’t posted in a long while, so if you’ve been checking back regularly I apologize for that. I got sick the day of/after screening day and am going through a new and exciting illness right now. I’ve also had a lot of work to do, so I’m pretty well wiped in general. We’re [...]

Screening Day – Freetown

Tweet Ever since I’ve joined Mercy Ships I’ve discovered that every day is unique. Every few that pass prove to hold some form of significance that I would never have experienced outside of my time with this ministry. The places we go, the people we meet, the things we end up doing while working or [...]

Nils was here

Tweet My dad was here for the last week which was fantastic. It’s great to get a chance to catch up and I’m blessed in that he’ll be visiting the ship 3 times per year while I’m here. His job is to run the logistics for Gateway’s field service (we went to Haiti on mine [...]

1 Photo per Day rounds 9 and 10

Tweet MAN I’m behind on these. It’s almost time for round 11 and I’m just barely getting on top of the last two. Granted I’ve been working obscene hours and spending what free time I have editing my book but still, if you actually look forward to these updates, sorry. Here goes, basically covering our [...]