Volunteer Stories
Mercy Ships Volunteer Stories
We love to share our stories of hope and healing to all. Our volunteer stories will give an inside look at what it is like to be a Mercy Ships volunteer.
Make Your Mark: Simon Edoh’s Journey
Fulfilling a Lifelong Dream For as long as Simon Edoh can remember, he’d had a dream and desire to serve. He felt...
New Mercies: Mike Kirchner’s Journey
Instead of Retirement, Relocation When most of his colleagues were looking at retirement, Mike Kirchner and his...
New Mercies: Ben Stewart’s Journey
The Best Job on the Ship As a civil engineer in Montana, Ben Stewart was enjoying his career. But, with many...
Make Your Mark: Emmanuel Essah’s Journey
A Dream of Safe Surgery Emmanuel Essah was born and raised in Benin and studied as a telecommunications...
New Mercies: Aby Diouf’s Journey
The Mouthpiece of Her People Aby Diouf had completed her degree in English and was working on a Masters in...
New Mercies: Justin Brunenkant’s Journey
Keeping the Lights On Justin Brunenkant was an electrician but always had a pastor’s heart to care for others. When...
Make Your Mark: Achi Kushnir’s Journey
‘We’re All Humans’: Building Bridges on the Global Mercy® Achi Kushnir had a revelation while taking some time off...
Make Your Mark: Ole Urdal’s Journey
An Exciting New Home Last October, Ole and Kamilla Urdal made a big leap. They decided to come aboard the Global...
New Mercies: Cara Stafford’s Journey
Growing in Compassion through Volunteer Nursing After being a traveling nurse for many years, Cara Stafford had a...
Make Your Mark: Isaac Annor’s Journey
A Birthday Gift Like No Other Isaac’s decision to volunteer on the Africa Mercy® was a 40th birthday gift to...
Make Your Mark: Susan Parker’s Journey
35 Years with Mercy Ships When Susan joined Mercy Ships, she was 25 years old. She only planned to stay five...
New Mercies: Ellee Rollins’ Journey
The Honor of Volunteering as a Nurse Ellee Rollins is a nurse who was raised overseas with her missionary parents...
Make Your Mark: Joe and Agnes Biney’s Journey
The Bineys Celebrate 30 Years with Mercy Ships Joe and Agnes Biney joined Mercy Ships in the 1990s with no end...
Celebrating International Nurses Day
Volunteer Nurses Bring Hope and Healing to Those in Need Imagine, for a moment, the populations of New York City,...
New Mercies: Dr. Mark Shrime’s Journey Part 1
The Work of a Surgeon Dr. Mark Shrime is an outstanding surgeon who has focused on head and neck surgical oncology...