Monthly Archives: July 2008

Baby Greg went to meet Jesus last night at 6:45pm. He has fought a long, hard battle here on the Africa Mercy. He had his surgery about 5 weeks ago and has had good days and bad days, but he kept trying. He had a very hard time breathing and he would kick and flail is noodle like limbs. But last night he had enough and without drama he left this world and went to be with Jesus, to rest…. finally.

Marion is Baby Greg’s Mama. She… READ MORE!

Cinnamon Swirl Bread, delicious with coffee…toasted and spread with real butter.

It takes a coating of cinnamon and sugar (I like 2/3 brown to 1/3 white sugar) to the flattened dough, a triple fold over on to itself…then smash it flat (I don’t use the rolling pin, just my hands) and then another coating of the cinnamon & sugar, then just protocol the dough up like you were making cinnamon rolls.  And roll it as tight as you can get it before dropping it into… READ MORE!

Elizabeth is a 60 year old woman who is devoted to Jesus with her whole heart. She noticed a lump on the right side of her neck 4 years ago and it continued to grow and grow. Her family brought her to the ship on Thursday and was seen by our general surgeon Dr. Bruce. She was diagnosed with a large thyroid mass that would be risky to remove. The mass has invaded her neck and forced her trachea (wind pipe) to the side causing a problem when trying to secure an airway for surgery.

As Elizabeth walked down… READ MORE!

Eddie, the baker, is on vacation for the next two weeks…and this being the volunteer organization it is, well, I guess I’ll be covering that position the next two weeks as well as mine.

We are down a few people in the galley but a few more are coming in. Although you lose a lot in transition because of the experience that just left and the new training that needs to be done for new crew.

I fully expect to enjoy myself baking though…I’ll be taking pictures and discussing technique when I get a chance… READ MORE!

Have you ever had a conversation and all of a sudden things clicked in you head? The kind when you say “I get it. I finally get it.”

When I was 19 I felt the Lord call me to be a nurse with Mercy Ships in Africa. I had such clear direction from the Lord which helped me get through some large obstacles along the way. I felt like I had this carrot in front of my face the whole time urging me to continue on the journey to get to my destination.

When I arrived I went… READ MORE!

I was under the impression and education of books and colleagues that minced beef was just the English term for what North Americans call ground beef.  But lately my intrigue in figuring out why my minced beef seems to be so strange to cook, stay pink in the center, and not quite taste exactly like any ground or minced beef I have ever tasted has led me to ask you, the reader, what’s in your minced beef?

Here’s what’s in mine ~

*Beef