Week 2

 My second week on board the Global Mercy has been just as rewarding as the first.  We said goodbye to 3 amazing PACU nurses and said hello to 3 new faces.  I now work in a department with 3 Americans, 2 Aussies, 1Dutchie, and 1Swisse.  Our entire surgical team spans the far reaches of the globe.  Being a part of the experience where all of these nations come together for the good of God's people is the opportunity of a lifetime.  The magnitude is not at all lost on me.

This week we did about 65 surgeries including general surgery and maxillofacial reconstruction.  Multiple cleft lip and palate, tumor removals, hernia repairs, skin grafts, wound revisions, lipoma removals, and many more.  The public ostracization of many will be at an end.  I am forever grateful to be a part of this team.

Senegal is unsettled.  A political opposition leader was sentenced on Thursday to two years in jail causing civil unrest in the country.  We have all been confined to the ship for the weekend in order to ensure our safety.  Some of our Day Crew workers have been unable to get home as a result of the riots and are being safely housed on board.  Please pray for peace in Senegal.

In the meantime, I have been enjoying some quiet time on the upper deck getting to chat with crew mates and enjoy the sunshine.