• 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

Reception

Tweet Here’s a piece put together by our Marketing Department on Reception, my department. Enjoy! Jim Twining, who works in the Reception Department on the Africa Mercy, is on the phone when an alarm sounds from the opposite end of the reception desk. Instantly, he springs into action, silencing the alarm and sending pages out to [...]

Returning to Land

Tweet We’re nearing Sierra Leone finally and getting ready to start our 10 month field service. Since I’ll be taking the speaker/microphone down to the dock for the Minister of Health to make his speech I’ll be the 2nd or 3rd into the country. We’re really excited to get started, and my dad should be [...]

Getting Ready to Sail

Tweet It looks like I’ll have to do another 2-week 1 photo/day post next week since I’m falling behind again. I’m running into all sorts of issues with my phone right now so uploading photos got difficult today. And my kindle got stolen this week (allegedly) so it’s gotten a bit rough. That and the [...]

My Job Description

Tweet Over the past few months one of my more challenging tasks has been to nail down what exactly my job description is. I had numerous conversations that gave me similar frameworks for my job, but with plenty of conflicting information thrown in. As I finally piece it together I’ve been given a very comprehensive [...]