Preamble

We are a family of three; Andrew, Jodie and Jessica (aged 18) from Tasmania, Australia who are currently serving in Douala, Cameroon, Central Africa on the M/V Africa Mercy, the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world, through Mercy Ships International. God has called us on a journey that has been many years in the making. For this season we call Africa home, as we seek to bring hope and healing to the poorest of the poor.



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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Getting into the Spirit


Approximately every six weeks the Mercy Ships Academy has a "Spirit Day". Basically this a free dress day with a theme. The kids have great fun with it and despite the limitations of costumes on the ship there are some very creative minds about! Above is Jess at her very first Spirit Day on the sail from South Africa to Sierra Leone in February 2011. In keeping with our destination the theme was African dress. It was a bit of a scramble for us as we didn't have any African clothes as yet. Luckily the Boutique (the ship's op shop) came to the rescue!

Jessica's 4th/5th grade class in their African dress.

Next came pyjama day-an easy one!

This one was a bit more tricky-Compound Word Day. Can you guess what Jessica is? Black mail!

Moving onto grade 6-the infamous 80's Day. This was a fun one. The teachers managed to dig up some music for the occasion. Of course none of the kids were old enough to remember the 80's. All of them were born in the nineties and 2000's. Still it didn't stop many of them being authorities on what their costumes should look like! 

Jessica's 6th grade class in their finest 80's wear! Yes, her class are all boys!

Most recently we had Wacky Day which means anything goes.

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