Sierra Leone

I guess our journey started quite a few years ago when we thought about what we could do as an act of service to God for all the blessings he had given us over many years. This idea became more pertinent as our retirement loomed closer. So in September 2022 we enquired about spending a period of time on one of the Mercyships as this charity had become close to our hearts in terms of their purpose, aims and ethos. After many emails, interview, questionnaires, form filling, etc we were finally accepted in July 2025 to serve on the Global Mercy from January 18 to April 18 2026.
In the in between time we had a medical in Bristol (see picture), vaccinations (on-going) and a whole set of online courses from cyber security to food hygiene. The trip to Bristol was rather interesting, I thought we had to be in Almondsbury for our medical. When we got there we discovered it was in Shirehampton! We had 30 minutes to cover 14 km across Bristol from North to West on a tandem. We managed it in 33 min, average speed 25km an hour. When we rushed into the waiting room 5 min late my name was just being called!Read more