The last couple of weeks have been a bit well Crazy, with all that’s been going on I feel somewhat over whelmed by the idea that this is a functioning medical ship, in Togo.
The first week of February saw the first screening in Lomé, Togo at the stadium. I got to be part of the security team, which meant keep the teams safe that were doing their roles with screen patients. It is a very different thing see pictures of the types of things we are here to treat, but seeing these people with all manner of conditions in real flesh, being able to interact on a real level. I had only one task for my whole day, this was to make sure the nurses doing pre-screening were not over ran with people and not able to do their jobs.
Here are some pictures from the day.
The ship has slowly become alive with people running around, trying to get things ready for the first set of patients that will be arriving in the next couple of days. Its not like we simply open the doors and they are all here we have to do so much work to the ship. This ship is a working ship when we sailed from Sierra Leone to here via Ghana the ships was transformed into a sailing vessel (not like a ship with sails but a motor vessel), all the medical equipment was packed away cars were loaded to the decks. And areas of the ship suddenly became off limits for safety reasons, all this normal for the long term crew and I just went with it.
Now we are here in Togo the ship has yet again been undergoing a transformation from a sailing to fully functional 1st world hospital. It is such a privilege to be a part of this mission. We pray that God will bring us the patients that we need to see so we can show his love in action, not because it is what is expected from a western ship but because this is what Jesus expects us to do. Bring hope and healing to the worlds forgotten poor more than just a motto but a calling.
Each person on the ship has a role and each role is needed and some times its hard to understand this small fact but in light of the bible it becomes very obvious. We are all part of the body of Christ.Now we are here in Togo the ship has yet again been undergoing a transformation from a sailing to fully functional 1st world hospital. It is such a privilege to be a part of this mission. We pray that God will bring us the patients that we need to see so we can show his love in action, not because it is what is expected from a western ship but because this is what Jesus expects us to do. Bring hope and healing to the worlds forgotten poor more than just a motto but a calling.
The first week of February saw the first screening in Lomé, Togo at the stadium. I got to be part of the security team, which meant keep the teams safe that were doing their roles with screen patients. It is a very different thing see pictures of the types of things we are here to treat, but seeing these people with all manner of conditions in real flesh, being able to interact on a real level. I had only one task for my whole day, this was to make sure the nurses doing pre-screening were not over ran with people and not able to do their jobs.
Here are some pictures from the day.
