Wrapping it up

Yes, change is in the air.  Tomorrow is the last day of surgery.  I wanted to show you pictures of baby Paul, who is probably the patient who has been here the longest.  He was too small for his cleft lip and palate surgeries.  As you can see from the before and after pictures, he is now all smiles!

Nurses are cleaning the hospital wards, getting ready for the ship to sail.  The pack up team is here,  seven people from Holland, England, and the US, who come every year to help at the end of the field service.  They have been washing the admission and outpatient tents on the dock, and are taking  the tents down today.  That's hot work!

We're saying goodbye to lots of friends.  It's a Mercy Ship tradition to go down to the dock to say goodbye, then everyone waves as the van leaves for the airport.

Mercy ministries is also wrapping up.  This is a picture of my last visit to the  Hope Center.  Maurice always leads the "cadeau" song, which is French for gift.  One cadeau this week was Mama Debbie.  I like being a gift!

Debbie