Beautiful Dancing Girls

The Africa Mercy Ballet Troupe performed for our community last Friday evening...and by "performed" we mean "led us in worship."  We're so thankful to be a part of a community that invests in our children...and we're grateful to be in a place where our girls have the chance to dance....and, even more so, a place where our girls are taught to dance unto the Lord as an act of worship.   

Many, many thanks to Kalinda and Amy for investing so much time, energy, teaching and love into our girls week after week.  It's amazing that so many of the people who come to volunteer on this floating hospital ship end up volunteering even more in their spare time.

From Mrs. Gretchen and Miss Suzanne and Miss Moriah the past 2 years to Miss Kalinda and Miss Amy this year, God has been gracious to provide ladies with a passion for dancing and a willingness to share their skills with our community.  We're praying that God will send a few more dancing queens our way to continue the lessons and the loveliness.

Surely there will be more to come.

Zakael...a reminder.

I (dianna) needed this reminder tonite - maybe you do, too. 

  

...the reminder that life change happens.

...the reminder that our God is still in the miracle working business.

...the reminder that we serve a God who sees us...and works on our behalf to make our lives the best they can possibly be. (OH! that we would only cooperate with Him and His grace.) 

...the reminder that things can feel and look hopeless and devastating...but it doesn't always stay that way. 

The smile says it all. Zakael’s stay on the Africa Mercy was short but in only 7 days his life was changed! A few short weeks ago, Zakael was ashamed of the cyst on his neck and was teased by the neighborhood kids. Now the world awaits this young man who wants to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and become a soldier. Huge blessings, Zakael!!

I needed the reminder that we are here on a ship called the Africa Mercy off the coast of Madagascar so that lives like Zakael's can be forever changed.

I needed the reminder that we are here on a ship called the Africa Mercy off the coast of Madagascar so that lives like ours can be forever changed. 

Surely there will be more to come.