"In the early morning hours this past Saturday, crew onboard the Africa Mercy here in Freetown, Sierra Leone, woke up before sunrise and prepared for an extremely important day serving those in need.

"We had an incredibly successful day of medical screening! Approximately 3,000 individuals waited calmly and patiently for many hours—some arriving the day before—with hope that today would be the day they would hear, “Yes, we can help you.”

As Chief Medical Officer I have attended a lot of screenings, and this one went very smoothly. God was gracious even in providing cloud cover to bring respite from the harsh West African heat!"

From the above pictures one can see that the second screening day was much different than the first."
Dr. Gary Parker, Chief Medical Officer