For twelve days we sailed north up the coast of West Africa and arrived this past weekend in the Canary Islands. Many Mercy Shippers had already left the ship to return home or help with advance team preparations for our 2010 field service in Togo. The rest of us enjoyed the sail north with a number of ship wide events all week long.
Every night people fell asleep to the sound of the waves and the rocking of the ship up on Deck 8. Here are Jamie, Becca and I out underneath a meteor shower with our rafts (the best $2 investment for Mercy Ships) singing Christmas carols before sleep time.
Each night consisted of a different Christmas event on the ship. There was a story telling night, Christmas craft night, Santa Lucia event and a Christmas sale. At one of the Christmas events Danae, Jamie, Christina and I got a branded Christmas photo with the Mercy Ships mug!
Christina and Becca acted out our Legend of the Candy Cane story for the Mercy Ships families on the Christmas story telling night. They did a great job!
I also teach piano lessons on the ship. Me with my two star students Caleb and Ken after our Christmas recital. They are so precious and just the cutest guys ever!
We've seen quite a few beauties here on the sail - dolphins, whales, meteor showers and even a water spout pictured above.
My HR office after a rocky night
The sail was relatively painless the first eight days, however the last two days were quite a bit rockier due to the swells in the water. I would sit in my rolling chair in the office and every few minutes I'd roll to the other side of the room! This made for an interesting experience to say the least. I've never been on a cruise, but I can imagine that sailing on the Africa Mercy is a little more authentic with the constant rocking back and forth!
The view at sunset - absolutely breathtaking. All in all, very memorable times sailing up the coast of Africa. Next up, Tenerife, Spain!
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