Home sweet home

Home sweet home
The Africa Mercy
"Greater things are yet to come,
Greater things are still to be done in this city"
"He does not forget the cry of the afflicted" Psalm 9:12

Monday, November 7, 2011

Thank you for the wonderful questions! here are, hopefully, some answers.
"what food do we make for the crew every day?":
For breakfast the baker, Oreta, usually makes pancakes or oatmeal or hard boiled eggs. For lunch we usually have left overs from dinner the night before but made into something else. Like if we had hamburgers the night before we might have chili for lunch the next day. At lunch and dinner there is always fresh made bread and ham(right now we don't have any...only tuna) and cheese slices available for people to make sandwiches (we call them toasties cuz we have grill/toasters). I call them hammy whammies cuz that's what Grandma calls them :) there is also almost always white rice or pasta with lunch. Dinners vary based on what meat we have available. Right now we have ground beef and sausage and that's IT. Im really sick of ground beef and sausage. We are supposed to get a frozen container soon so then we will have more meat. When we have ingredients we've had pizza, lasagna, tacos, curry, hamburgers, ribs, chicken fingers, meatloaf, breakfast for dinner. We eat a LOT of pasta and rice. There is always a fruit with each meal, usually apples or bananas. Also, we generally have a salad bar with lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers (that varies on supply as well).
"What do i do in my free time"
I do a lot of knitting. I'm currently working on 4 different projects. I also read, i've got 3 books i'm working on. I'm on the puppet team so i work on editing scripts and practicing/performing for the hospital and at the hope center. There is always someone to hang out with, we play games, walk around town, go to the hope center. When all else fails, there is a 'Join Us' binder that has sign ups for different trips and activities happening throughout the week.
"What languages are spoken on the ship?"
English is the main language, you have to speak some English to work here. German, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Russian, French, Krio...i'm sure im missing some. I believe our nationality count is around 32 right now.
"How many day workers are there?"
I heard somewhere there are between 100 and 150 day workers. In the Galley we have 8 who rotate days. The day workers do everything from interpreting in the ward to painting the side of the ship.
"Do I go to church?"
Last week i went to an African church, it was quite interesting. We have community meeting/church on the ship every thursday (it's really like a worship service). Sunday evening we have more traditional church on the ship. I usually try to go.

Hope thats not to much information. Loved the questions! Keep them coming!!!

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