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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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      Paris, France

I’m Kind of Sore – Benin and Back

Tweet This weekend I traveled over 300 miles on my motorcycle. This might not sound like a huge distance if you’re using the interstate as your point of reference, but realize that it took us over 16 hours to cover that amount of distance. That’s over 16 hours to get from Spokane to Seattle. So [...]

Screening Day – Togo 2012

Tweet So as you may have heard by now, we held our national medical screening this week here in Lome, Togo. These screenings are usually done only once per field service, and are where we hope to fill our surgical schedules for the time spent in each country. In this screening we were looking for [...]