Abigail has arrived!!


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My friends Eric and Aresa Erb announce the arrival of their daughter Abigail May on May 14th at 04:12, weighing 7lbs 2 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. Mother and baby are healthy. They met each other on the Caribbean Mercy and married last year and are living now in North Carolina.

Boys on the ward playing the drum

Here are some of the younger boys who were on the hospital ward recovering from their surgeries. Rueben is the one you had face surgery and the other two with surgeries on their hands from burns. It was great to see the difference from their initial days on board and here to this photo as all three were ready to go home. They were playing the african drum for the staff photographer.

Dr. Glenn & Last Eye Patient on ANA

An era has come to an end – on Wednesday, they conducted their last eye surgery on board the m/v Anastasis. In the photo is Dr. Glenn Strauss our eye surgeon and our VP of International Programs and his team in the operating room. All surgeries will be started up once again after the Africa Mercy arrives and is set up for patients.