Tuesday morning worship and devotions in the OR!!! Loved it 🙂 
Songs in English with a verse or 2 in French. 
One of our Chaplains gave the message on Psalm 23 but from a unique perspective…how it relates to our Mercy Ship journeys. 
Tuesdays are my favorite work day aboard ship. We meet as a unit (O.R., Recovery room, anesthesia, day crew, translators, sterile processing, etc staff) for worship and devotions before morning announcements. This morning we even had instruments!! Word sheets and books help as well. I tried to add the video but so far no luck. I will try again. The message on Psalm 23 was timely for each of us as he viewed from our Mercy Ships journeys…The first section we are taken care of by our Shepherd. He makes us rest, he restores us, refreshes us, leads us in calm waters and green pastures. The next section is our first time serving…we are nervous, did we make the right choice in coming here? Will we be welcomed? Will we be useful? What were we thinking!!?? But even though we are nervous/anxious He is walking with us, (no longer a shepherd but a constant companion) comforting us, calming our fears and nervousness, preparing our way. Then in the last section He is You…You prepare for me here…there are others who have come before to make sure we have food, water, clean rooms and bedding, etc. Our cups surely are overflowing. His goodness and mercy is all around here. I can see Him in many ways all the time. They truly live by their motto of bringing hope and healing to the worlds forgotten poor.
Off to work… I get to help people regain their sight this week. On the schedule today are 11 cataract patients and 2 pterygium patients. Most their sight is so poor they can’t make out fingers held up from 6 feet away. We have translators with us for each as they speak French basically but 3 or 4 other dialects as well. Our eye surgeon this week is Dr. Joe from Tuscon, AZ, USA. We start each morning with in eyes with introductions, if needed, a brief sharing and prayer for the team as well as the patients and the day. One man’s surgery was cancelled after he got in the eye room…his eye was good enough for glasses and he can’t see out of the other eye. He was too young to take that risk when glasses would serve him well. Beautifully explained by Dr. Joe through the translator to the patient he was grateful that Dr. Joe cared that much about him. He would be issued glasses at the eye clinic.
This weeks eye team 
Our casual look!!
The eye team this week (left to right, front to back)
Karalee (USA) Charity (CAN) Analee (SWE) Me 🙂 Hanna (KOR)
Daryl's travel nurse adventures 