Monday night orientation...

Every Monday night is general ship orientation and safety meetings. There are always more and more people coming on board each week as well as people leaving. As I am typing this the Hollanders are speaking dutch to my right, and there is German being spoken behind me. Sunday I went to a church with a group of us from the ship. We were invited by one of the Liberian workers on the ship. They sat us in the 1st two rows. I was front and center, just even with the large picture of Jesus with his arms spread wide, with the caption "Come unto me". The message was about the Holy Spirit (it was pentecost holiday weekend here). It was good to see that message and think about the verse "Come unto me, all you that are weak and heavy laden..." Not that I am weak and heavy laden, but if I become so, I know who to call upon. This church was very lively with dancing and clapping hands. Something I have seen before, but am uncomfortable with. I figured being front and center I could either dance with them and look stupid, or not dance and look stupid. I chose to dance a little, and I think that was the right decision because I blended in. Not that anyone would have noticed anyways, they were busy worshipping God. It was kind of liberating I must admit, with the drum beat the way it was. They offered us drinks afterwards. It was a non-alcohol malt made by Guiness!! It tasted...well...not so good. But it was worth a taste.

We then went to the beach. There were a lot of other people from the ship there. It felt great, the water was really warm, and I wore plenty of sunblock.

Last night I watched the last half of Die Hard. I had actually never saw any of the Die Hard movies, so it was kind a fun. They showed it on a really big wall in a room just outside my cabin. It was a lot of fun. Let me clarify however, it was not shown by Mercy Ships, it was shown by some crew.

I really do appreciate what Mercy Ships stands for, they are a really unique organization. Today I had my second day of orientation on the day shift. It was a busy day. We had 3 major dressing changes on wounds. One of these was so interesting, but it would take a page to explain so I will skip it. I actually drew blood on a patient today for typhoid, and it came back postive. Thank you Lord for immunizations (I was immunized for that). It is a fairly busy ward, but I think things will be good, because everyone is helpful. Tomorrow is my 1st shift by myself so pray for me! Thank you.

I'm going to say bye for now, because I was just invited to play cards with Jenny from Sweden, Jodi from Michigan, and Tammy from Canada.