Last Pics from Benin :-)

We went on a nice little boat ride the last weekend to a place called ''Bab's Dock'' ! It was so beautiful and Miriam learned how to swim under the water without holding her nose and without her floaties - of course she could stand in the water :-).

We were so proud of her and she held her breath for quite a long time - for a 3 year old.

Here she is in our little kiddi pool on Deck 8 on the Africa Mercy. She likes to play with her friends there !

I wanted to give you some more pics, but for some reason my computer does'nt let me download them. So I'll have to try another day again.

Greetings to all of you that are reading or viewing our blog - God bless !!

Sorry friends, I have not been very good with our blog lately. Partly because of health reasons and I guess looking after a toddler seems to keep me busier than I thought :-) !!!
Here are some new pics - enjoy !


Kelly is hosting the german ambassador here on board the AFM. It was a very good visit, too bad I wasn't here, hanging out in New York. But he is coming back next week, so I get to ''hang out'' with him too. It is always fun to have ambassadors here - they are always so amazed of what we do and who we are .

These are some of our beautiful VVF ladies during the dress ceremony. Aren't they just stunning ?! We love to see them change after they receive the surgery and will have such a different outlook on life.

Our Dental clinic is of the ship about a 30 min. drive away in a beautiful facility that was built by missionaries.It has never been used by the Beninian government because of lack of staff and equipment. It comes in very handy for us now - don't you like te little boys sunglasses ?

This is one of our firedrills when we have to master outside on the dock in an event of a fire - part of living on a ship. It can be fun but sometimes it gets quite hot outside !!