Prayer Ministry

Last Saturday, we had a chance to pass on our passion of the Theophostic Prayer Ministry by facilitating the basic seminar for a few members of the crew, including the chaplain and the executive director's wife. With enough fruit platters, snacks and coffee, we settled down around the comfey living room of Ann Berry to watch three sessions of lectures on dvd. In between we had a break and discussed the ideas; they took to those well and either were excited by what they learned or tried to grasp the concept outloud. The day was so enjoyable that it sneaked right past us, so we waited to watch the rest of the video on the following Tuesday.

Counting Down the Days

March 31, 2006 is the historic day when A & P Shipyard has scheduled the completion of the M/V Africa Mercy. Where there were empty hall ways there is now the bustle of activity. As you can read on the sign 5 spaces or cabins are completed. Excitement is in the air as the crew and subcontractors prepare the ship for service in Africa.

BEYOND TOMORROW

Just wanted to give you a heads up that the Beyond Tomorrow program on the Africa Mercy which aired in Australia in October has been sold to Discovery Science Channel in the US and Canada...
Here are some tentative air dates (subject to change) so you may want to keep an eye out for these on your local listings in the USA and Canada so you can alert folks to watch with a web alert, let alumni know etc. etc...
Their website hasn't rolled over to the exact dates yet but should soon.

BEYOND TOMORROW program airs in the USA:
Feb 1, 2 & 5 - The Africa Mercy will be featured in Episode 17 on the Beyond Tomorrow Series, Discovery Science Channel US

Shortcut to:
http://science.discovery.com/schedule/series.jsp?series=115556&gid=0&channel
=SCI

BEYOND TOMORROW airs in CANADA:
At this point, Episode 17 looks to be aired April 27 on Discovery Science Canada 8pm and 11pm ET

http://discoverychannel.ca/on_tv/releases/beyond/

Changes in Mercy Ships

The Anastasis and Caribbean Mercy are both to be retired after serving as effective tools.
Both the Caribbean Mercy and Anastasis are over 50 years old. International maritime regulations indicate significant additional expense should the two ships remain in service. Many of the crew from the Anastasis and Caribbean Mercy are considering service on the Africa Mercy.

On April 6, 2006 Mercy Ships will commission the flagship of our future, the Africa Mercy. Due to a significant increase in the hospital and community development capacity, the Africa Mercy will double the amount of people served by the Anastasis and Caribbean Mercy combined.