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, September 21, 2011

It's the Little Things......


It's the little things that can often make our day here.........crepes on a Monday, cookies at your door on your birthday, a cancelled fire drill, a sunshiny day in the heart of rainy season or a trip to town that takes less than and hour to arrive.

But SOMETIMES it's the BIG things that make our day like the arrival of a shipping container laden with supplies for the ship but more importantly to us, personal items!! When you hear the call over the PA, "Personal items from SL6 container will be available on Deck 8 after 4:00pm", it is music to our ears. Excitement and anticipation mounts! We were especially excited for the arrival of our first lot of goodies-many the things we miss-everything from rolled oats to shampoo to Andrew's birthday/Father's Day gifts, coffee, sox, chux magic erasers (no prizes for guessing who wanted those), toys for Jess and much more! Thanks Mum and Dad for the wonderful package above!!

Jess with mine and Andrew's new pillows. We also got a mattress topper as our matresses have buttons in them which can be a little stabby.

Jess with her Polly Pockets and her new tumbler for frappes in the cafe.

Andy with his new work pants.

Me with my rather late Mother's Day present-a book from my favourite author, Karen Kingsbury.

Everything!!!

The mess to clean up!




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