Aloha Adventures

 Cool! Great! So I’m going to go volunteer in Africa for 2 months with Mercy Ships…what is a Mercy Ship? Mercy Ships is an international charity based organization that operates large non-governmental hospital ships staffed with volunteer professionals to bring hope and healing to developing nations. Since starting in 1978, Mercy Ships visited more than 73 developed and underdeveloped nations world wide, with a focus on countries in Africa. One of the main services Mercy Ships offers are lifesaving medical surgeries for families suffering from disfiguring, painful and preventable diseases.  In other words, I will be working on a big floating hospital stationed off the coast of Africa! Patients come to the ship for their surgery and recovery; and from my understanding, I will be stationed as a ward nurse ON the ship.  I will be volunteering onboard their newest ship, the Global Mercy. With 6 operating rooms, it weighs approximately 37,000 tons, is 174 meters in length, and staffs ov

 Aloha and Hello! Welcome to my mind! I have never blogged before in my life, so bear with me as I attempt to write down my thoughts and experiences. I've journaled throughout my life, but now that people may actually read what I am writing, I should probably filter some of my internal thoughts. Maybe, maybe not. But either way, here we go! This all came about when I decided I wanted to travel to Sierra Leone aboard the Global Mercy Ship to volunteer as a ward nurse. I started to fundraise and look for sponsors, and my mother had this genius idea of starting a blog for my all my  amazing donors to follow along my journey! So, here I am! Stay tuned to see more of me and my antics as I travel to Africa to bring hope and healing to Sierra Leone.