Penny and me at part of the Reception Counter! It's coming together and looking good! Penny is one of the receptionists.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
The Reception Counter is delivered!
I was sick and stayed home yesterday...and of course missed the delivery of the Reception Counter! When I came in today...there it is...upside down and ready to put up. We look forward to soon seeing it in place. It's huge!
Rachel....she loves to clean!
This is Rachel, one of our receptionists and we have begun cleaning the ship! This is one of the windows in the Dining Room and Rachel, along with many others, cleaned these maticulously as it took about 3-4 hours for each window! They are looking good now!
New Date for Completion of the Africa Mercy
Here is the new sign in Reception for the Africa Mercy Project Completion...the date has been changed from 31March06 to 31May06! The spaces completed are increasing and the ship is looking good! We are hopeful that we will make this date and then have some time to get the ship up and running, the crew moved on board and ready for Outreach to Ghana in October!
Monday, March 20, 2006
In Australia - a program to watch!
Wednesday, 22 March 06
7:30pm Channel 7 Australia
In this week's episode of BEYOND TOMORROW:
7:30pm Channel 7 Australia
In this week's episode of BEYOND TOMORROW:
- The ultimate economy car - drive across Australia on one tank!
- Matt Shirvington at the world's biggest gadget show.
- The ultimate X-Ray for Border Security.
- What's cooking in the 'Kitchen of Tomorrow'.
- How baby boomers can throw away their glasses.
- Onboard an incredible floating hospital. (This is about the Africa Mercy!)
- Plus you won't believe what you can do with Cola!
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Three of the Receptionists have arrived!
The receptionists have arrived and joined Denise in reception! The reception counter is being built and there is a template now on the floor! From right to left is Penny (from South Africa), Helen (from Canada), and Rachel (from the UK), so we make up quite an international team!
We also installed the satellite on the ship last week! Here is a picture of the satellite being loaded on board. The satellite will provide phone service and internet for the ship where ever we are. It will also allow us to have a phone number that will not change no matter where in the world we are...our number will be a US number (Florida, I think). So when we are in Africa, you can call us and only be charged for a call to the US! We'll let you know as soon as it is hooked up and ready for calls!
Thursday, March 09, 2006
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2006
We have posted the daily devotions for the 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2006 on a new site. Please click on the following link to go to the devotional site. http://mercywatchdevotions.blogspot.com
We hope that you will pray with us during this lenten season and as we prepare the Africa Mercy for it's first sail to Ghana, West Africa. Lent is a time of preparation and we are using this time to prepare ourselves as well as the ship! Only 90 days till the torch is passed from the Anastasis to the Africa Mercy on June 4th!
We hope that you will pray with us during this lenten season and as we prepare the Africa Mercy for it's first sail to Ghana, West Africa. Lent is a time of preparation and we are using this time to prepare ourselves as well as the ship! Only 90 days till the torch is passed from the Anastasis to the Africa Mercy on June 4th!
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Reception Wall
Denise on duty standing by the reception wall with the concept pictures of the reception counter.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Rob taking his 1st ever Train ride!
We took a long weekend and traveled to Inverness, Scotland for Thursday, 9Feb06 - Monday, 13Feb06! We traveled by train on the GNER (Great Northeast Railroad). The train ride was Rob's first ever! We had a lovely ride and really enjoyed our time!
Kathy, Yvonne and Denise on the train
We had a great ride up to Scotland. Train travel is not like I remember it! Bump, bump, bump! It's very smooth and they have Wireless Internet! Unfortunately, I have not reloaded my wireless since the computer crash this fall...so I wasn't able to take advantage of the 5 hour train ride with Internet! We did enjoy the lovely scenery and green hills! How do they keep the grass so green all winter? I've not yet figured that out!
Snow on the mountains!
As we continued North...we did see snow! The green hills gave way to snow capped mountains! Still beautiful scenery from the train!
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
A concept drawing of the Reception Counter
This drawing is a concept of what the Reception Counter will look like. The single shelf will be up against the wall in the reception area and the double shelf will be the counter top and the desk area for the equipment in the reception area. I hope this gives you an idea of what reception will look like when completed.
Reception Area of the Africa Mercy
This photo was taken on 5 February 2006. The area was cleaned up and the wiring and ductwork has been worked on recently. You can see outside to the gangway out the glass doors. The insulation is being prepared to install.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Prayer Requests and Praises
1. Praise!!! Denise was able to invite three of the five receptionists that she will be serving with to come join the Africa Mercy crew on the weekend of March 11th! Please pray for them as they prepare to join us. They are Helen, from Canada; Penny from South Africa; and Rachel from the UK! We will have a training class the first week they are here and then prepare to sail to London on April 3rd!
2. Financial Support - we are nearing...but not quite fully funded for our next season on the Africa Mercy! We have some financial needs to prepare for our cabin and jobs...uniforms, chair, TV, Linen, kettle, transformer (we need to replace the 110 voltage with 220 voltage UK). Please pray that God will supply our needs financially!
Praises - Thank you for the gifts while we were visiting the East Coast prior to coming over to England. We have paid for the flight over and are up to date with our crew fees for the ship, and rent for the last month in Texas. In January, we will still have some utilities and medical bills to pay.
3. Transportation - Please pray for Rob as he is driving a big mini bus here in England to transport some of the technical crew to and from work. The Land Rovers and a few other cars are available to sign out for short periods of time.
Praises: So far...driving has not been necessary for personal use and the Metro train and bus are convenient and easy to use. We are also getting good exercise walking to the grocery store, shops and church, just a brisk 5-10 minute walk from our flat.
4. Housing - Not yet on the ship. Please pray that all the crew will be able to move on the ship in April 2006, if not before! It is very expensive for the ministry to house crew in flats off the ship. So the crew has been limited to only those with technical positions ... to prepare and finish the ship.
Praises: We have picked our cabin...4423 and our fellow crewmembers are currently picking theirs, too! We are privileged to be here as a part of the predeployment crew. We are living in a lovely flat with the Transportation Manager, Andy. We know that the Lord wants us here in England and He has mightly provided for us here! Praise the Lord and give Him the Glory!5. God's guidance for the work we'll be doing in planning for the future ministry of the Africa Mercy and for our outreach in Ghana, West Africa in the spring!
Praises: The advance team to Ghana and the assessment team to Liberia (our next field assignment after 10 months in Ghana) leave in February! The tickets were purchased last week- January 26!
The Lord has given us our hearts desire to join the crew in England before sea trials! We have much yet to learn about serving with the Africa Mercy.....we will keep you updated with the news as it progresses.
2. Financial Support - we are nearing...but not quite fully funded for our next season on the Africa Mercy! We have some financial needs to prepare for our cabin and jobs...uniforms, chair, TV, Linen, kettle, transformer (we need to replace the 110 voltage with 220 voltage UK). Please pray that God will supply our needs financially!
Praises - Thank you for the gifts while we were visiting the East Coast prior to coming over to England. We have paid for the flight over and are up to date with our crew fees for the ship, and rent for the last month in Texas. In January, we will still have some utilities and medical bills to pay.
3. Transportation - Please pray for Rob as he is driving a big mini bus here in England to transport some of the technical crew to and from work. The Land Rovers and a few other cars are available to sign out for short periods of time.
Praises: So far...driving has not been necessary for personal use and the Metro train and bus are convenient and easy to use. We are also getting good exercise walking to the grocery store, shops and church, just a brisk 5-10 minute walk from our flat.
4. Housing - Not yet on the ship. Please pray that all the crew will be able to move on the ship in April 2006, if not before! It is very expensive for the ministry to house crew in flats off the ship. So the crew has been limited to only those with technical positions ... to prepare and finish the ship.
Praises: We have picked our cabin...4423 and our fellow crewmembers are currently picking theirs, too! We are privileged to be here as a part of the predeployment crew. We are living in a lovely flat with the Transportation Manager, Andy. We know that the Lord wants us here in England and He has mightly provided for us here! Praise the Lord and give Him the Glory!5. God's guidance for the work we'll be doing in planning for the future ministry of the Africa Mercy and for our outreach in Ghana, West Africa in the spring!
Praises: The advance team to Ghana and the assessment team to Liberia (our next field assignment after 10 months in Ghana) leave in February! The tickets were purchased last week- January 26!
The Lord has given us our hearts desire to join the crew in England before sea trials! We have much yet to learn about serving with the Africa Mercy.....we will keep you updated with the news as it progresses.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Kathy arrived safely at the Africa Mercy!
Kathy and Rob in front of the Africa Mercy! Kathy arrived late on January 24th about 9:15pm. She came in on the 25th to fill out her paperwork, go to the safety briefing for the Shipyard and see the ship! We're glad to have her here!
Denise in Reception - January 25th
Rob came rushing over to the Business Office to tell me that the Shipyard workers were cleaning up the reception area! Nothing much had changed in the looks of reception for just over a month, but they had been working all over the ship in many other areas!
So today, it doesn't look much different from the photo..but they took a lot of parts that they had stored in the reception area and moved them to where they were installing them and it opened up the reception area quite a bit.
The shipyard has added a sign in the reception area to indicate the number of days left before completion and it is in the post below.
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