Dorina

Over the past 2 weeks I completed the Gateway section of on-board training. A class composed of 45 participants representing 10 different nations of crew for either vessel, remote workers for  national offices or individuals who work on the ISC campus here in Texas. The days were filled with various meaningful sessions and group discussions to…

Last week we completed basic training with my fellow on-boarders. This is a 7 day course that includes everything from security awareness, firefighting, lifeboat/raft training, to first aid to equip all long term members to serve well on the Global Mercy and Africa Mercy. Within this environment a group of 25 strangers closely became friends.…

I can report I have made it safely to Texas, although the travel journey was nothing what I expected. Last Wednesday Jan 8th I woke up to my alarm anticipating to shower and zip close my bags and head to the airport, however when I glanced at my phone I noticed several email notifications that…