Well, finally we've launched our blog! There are those who thought it would never happen! As we embark on our next great adventure, we look forward to sharing our experiences and thoughts with you here.
"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." Proverbs 19:21
We are in the process of moving toward service with Mercy Ships, which is a global charity that seeks to follow the example of Jesus by bringing hope and healing to the world's forgotten poor. Aboard the m/v Africa Mercy, John will be serving as a photographer and primary childcare giver for Joey(12), Bethany(9), and David(5). Jenny will be serving as Assistant OR Supervisor for the ship's six operating rooms. The children will attend school onboard in the Mercy Ships Academy. So, we will be living and working onboard a 499ft rail ferry-turned-hospital ship with a volunteer crew of almost 500!
We are all looking forward to being able to share our skills and talents with the people of West Africa for the next two years and possibly beyond. We will be meeting the m/v Africa Mercy in Liberia sometime in August, we believe. Before that, John and Jenny will be attending the Gateway program at Mercy Ships' International Operations Center in Garden Valley, TX. This month-long program will prepare us to serve alongside an international crew in West Africa. Gateway begins June 28. Until then, we are busy packing up and moving out!
To come....Confirmations along the way! Please check out www.mercyships.org to learn more about the organization we will be serving with.
Jenny
The Rolland Family
About Us
- The Rollands
- Waynesville, North Carolina, United States
- The Rolland family - John, Jenny and their three children, Joey(15), Bethany(12) and David(9) - have recently been serving together on board the M/V Africa Mercy. John is a photographer & Jenny is an RN, specialized in OR nursing. Joey, Bethany and David are students in the mountains of North Carolina.
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Here is a good link for other un-official blogs of people already on the ship http://mercyshipslinks.blogspot.com and would you like to know what we are eating for meals? http://AFMmenu.com
Michal & Nigel blog link has good pictures, and also Megan Petock has good nurse & general stories and lots of pics and stuff. (available on the mercy ships links blogspot)
Some good things to know (so you can start checking which electrical things you have can take/bring 110v - 240v)
we have three prong british plugs and they are 220v (US is 110v)
Most computers already have a converter built into that big bulky plug you get with a laptop
Adapters (but not converters) are available for purchase in the ship shop (so your computer would need the adapter for the three prong british setup)if you are bringing your own laptop.
Also, I am not an electrician but sometimes the Hz rate (different than the volt rate) fluctuates between the generator(s) causing a 'brown out' which effects 110v US stuff and sometimes burns them out even if you have a converter, so try to stick with multi-voltage appliances.
Like you will notice cell phone chargers (in US & Canada)are usually 110v-220v (in small print on back of plug or equipment), laptop adapters usually range the same, external hard drives, some hair dryers and flat irons [even cheap ones from walmart] range the same voltage but you have to look for the small print. Then you will need an adapter instead of converter and then usually nothing burns out.
If you find yourself with more specific questions I can try to help, just send me an email or leave a comment on my blog (http://tyroneandstephanie.com/blog).
We have also found (Stephanie and I) that if you have cell phone contracts you would like to break and would like to NOT pay cancelation fees, this is what we did: call and ask for the supervisor and explain your situation to them, living in Liberia on a ship…not possible to give an address to confirm living on a ship or in liberia but can prove ’situation’ by sending PDF copy of immigration papers (sent by the purser for you to use on your jouney to the ship and getting in the country) to cell phone carrier supervisor thru email. After the supervisor confirmed the PDF copy came thru email we paid only the current bill we owed and the phone was shut off, no more bills or cancelation fee….
But sometimes you really have to push this options, asking for supervisor, continually asking is there something else that can be done…you know how it is when companies don’t want to let go of money.
Wanted you to know just in case this info might help.
Yeah thats about it I think, safe travels!
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