We have wonderful holiday traditions. During the week before Easter we had special experiences made available to us. One was an “upper room” with the 12 stations of the cross, for people to come in any time over the Easter weekend to pray, think, and consider what Jesus went through on the Friday He was murdered. Here are some pictures of the room and my friend Lesley.
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Each year the students from grades 6-12 take a week to shadow a worker onboard the ship. Here you see a few of them giving their reports to the school, having just completed their work experience. Some worked in the deck department, some in the galley, a couple worked with our photographers and writers, one was in Reception, one with IS working on ship computer systems, one in Ship Shop… It is a great way to learn about careers. Some of the students in the British school in
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We have professional photographers who work in our communications department here on the ship. They take before and after pictures of patients, as well as PR photos of special events. To support the crew, they set up a photo booth in our “
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One of the fun things about this mission is building friendships around
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About once a month the Academy declares a “spirit day.” Everyone decks himself out according to a theme. This month it was “whacky” day, and boy were we whacky!
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I love how people from different places in the world can all speak with a smile, a hug, or a bottle of bubbles!!
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Beginning in the dark of the morning, and working through the heat of the day into the evening, crew members screened thousands of potential patients and comforted the weak and weary.
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