This is my niece, and I'm fairly convinced that she's the sweetest thing this side of Africa.
I don't like the cold, I miss living on the ocean, and I'm scared to death of driving on snowy roads, but getting to hang out with Mya is making things easier to bear.
I did! =) It was one of my side jobs before leaving for the ship. When I called my sister-in-law to talk to her the day Mya was born, she made sure to remind me to bring my camera home so we could take pictures. =)
I'm Ali; twenty-eight years old, and married to Phil, an electrician, also known as The Husband of Joy (HoJ for short). We live on board the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship, the M/V Africa Mercy, where we work with Mercy Ships to bring hope and healing to the forgotten poor in West Africa. The whole crew, from cook to captain, is made up of volunteers from more than thirty countries who are dedicated to bringing the love of Jesus to the world. So many people say they love their jobs enough to do them for free; we're a ship full of people who actually get to live that way.
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