• What is this all about?

      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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    • Jay still tweets!

    • Where is Jay now?


      Lome, Togo

Mercy Men of Movember – the followup

I never got this posted in December as originally planned. We’ll blame sailing and movie theaters in Accra. But now it’s time for some followup on the beards. Some of the guys left without getting their final photos taken, others didn’t even make it to the end of the month without shaving. These are the few who did, along with some photos of the craziness that happened post-Movember.

Murray Crawford

Murray-Crawford

 Marty Schwebel

Marty-Schwebel

Josh Young

Josh-Young

Ezra Hong

Ezra-Hong

Sethelroy

Seth-McElroy

Jeff Locke

Jeff-Locke

Rachel Jones

Rachel-Jones

Me – and Marty (because I aspire to his beard-growing abilities)

Marty-Schwebel-and-Jay-Swanson

And now for some other… things

Murray-Crawford-dirty-stash

Reverse-handlebars-Jay-Swanson

Supposedly there are photos of Rob McLeod floating around, and I could have sworn I had one of Dan before he copped out early. If I find them I’ll be sure to add them. In any case, I hope you’ve enjoyed our experiments and foray into the wonderful world of facial hair.