Well just a couple days into being back in Memphis, Tennessee, I received an email from my director that I had been given permission from Spain to fly and board the ship.

Surreal to say the least! Within the next couple weeks, my tickets were booked through Madrid. My parents helped me create a master list of things I needed to get in order and do before I leave the country. The Lord graciously…

Well.. that happened.

While in Texas, the sky opened and dumped a foot or so of snow. As most of you know, Texas was not prepared. The Scaces and I had sneakers and some semi-winter coats. It wasn’t nearly as fun as snow has been in the past. We were considering how much food we had, that we were snowed in, and potentially better off then those who were in charge of hosting us at Mercy Ships. I was still feeling…

Van, Texas: Where water runneth and there is power!

After days of no water but still keeping morale high, the Scaces and Lisa had decided to head out on Friday afternoon. I couldn’t imagine staying alone at the guest house on campus without water and a way to leave, so I took up an offer from…

Well… in summary, I did survive this week AND I did pass! I can say in full confidence, I forgot how much I HATE tests. Every day of the week we had…

ep. Over a year and a half after deciding to move onto a medical ship as a photographer for the communication teams, I am still heading there. Its been (what feels like) a very long journey to board. Initially, I was preparing to join the ship in…

Well, it’s been a long and fast three and half weeks. I received my “Onboarding” certificate which means I’m ready to work as a semi-long term Mercy Ships Volunteer. This training included a lot! My mind has…

HI! Its been a couple weeks now living between Tyler and Lindale at the Mercy Ships International Support Center.

I am SO thankful I am here for training. For Mercy Ships, this is called “Onboarding”, which includes the foundations of Mercy Ships (2 days), Faith Foundations (Week 1), Personal/Interpersonal Development (Week 2) World View (Week 3), and ends with…

well….

Last day to early vote! I needed the reminder (thanks @amy_mac.c and @hayes_mac ) I like to vote on Nov 03, because it feels historic and powerful. The nervous and exciting energy to be a part of something called democracy is pretty thrilling for this TCK. The stuff of books. But this year…

So I’m still in America... I was expecting to be settling into ship life off the coast of West Africa in these July days, however as we are all very weary of discussing, Covid19 has had other plans. I have this weird habit of…

I started noticing in the midst of quarantine that when I was finally given all the time I’ve ever wanted, I still ended up on my phone. I still ended up on youtube, TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook. It was humbling, to say the least. I thought if only I had enough time, I would…

Photography isn’t a necessity to life. It hasn’t been around for centuries. Documentation isn’t even a necessity of life, however, as humans we have been documenting through…

“It feels like my heart has finally gotten to catch its breath. It’s finally had a moment to not hurt. Like the hurt is paused for two weeks. Im home.” I wrote this looking out onto the most familiar yet rare sight. With the wind sweeping past …

When you travel, you are in a constant hunt for people you can stay with. It’s one of the beauties of networking and friends. Prepping to fly to Arizona, there was a little anxiety. I was headed to see people who I hadn’t seen since I was 9. The Norriss’ were…