Keith R. Brinkman serving with Mercy Ships. This is another way for me to communicate with you all what is happening. I hope you enjoy seeing the photos and entries.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

AFM Logo & SL Flag

This is the beautiful flag of Sierra Leone in front of our logo on the stack of the Africa Mercy. We have started our field service for 2011 in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Advance Team Briefing


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Tonight we had our Advance Team Briefing by our amazing Advance Team on Day One here in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Day One in Freetown, Sierra Leone


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This afternoon, I was able to join the Captain, Mark T, and Donovan with Tracy our Advance Team Leader to see some of the sites in Freetown - Hospitality Center / Dental Clinic / Eye Screening Site / National Stadium for Surgical Screening / Team House / Berth #1 where the water taxis arrive after crossing the river from the airport. This is going to be a great field service!!

AFM on Arrival Day


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View of the Africa Mercy at Berth #6 at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Arrival Day in Freetown


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View of the sunrise at Freetown, Sierra Leone on our arrival this morning with our two Sierra Leonean crew members - Alice & Sheku.

Friday, February 25, 2011

25 Feb AFM


25 Feb AFM
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We are getting closer - we crossed the equator on Thursday morning - looking at arriving in Freetown, Sierra Leone - at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay on Sunday morning.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

18 Feb AFM


18 Feb AFM
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We continue on our journey towards Sierra Leone in West Africa - teams are there awaiting our arrival. I guess we missed a previously mentioned storm as we did not encounter the 15' waves - thankfully.

Friday, February 18, 2011

17 Feb AFM


17 Feb AFM
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Our location as of noon 17 February as we sail to Freetown, Sierra Leone - we are due to arrive on Sunday the 27th of February. Thank you for your prayers for the journey.

AFM Leaving Cape Town

Our beautiful evening departure from Cape Town, South Africa after a 25 hour stop over from our journey from Durban South Africa to Freetown, Sierra Leone. The backdrop is the beautiful Table Mountain.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sailing out of Durban

We are sailing once again !!!! We left Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa on Thursday. It is good to leave and sail once again. Appreciate your prayers for the journey to Freetown, Sierra Leone, - back in West Africa.

Appelsbosch Group Photo with T-shirts

For the non-technical crew who lived at Appelsbosch, a friend designed a t-shirt - "I survived Appelsbosch" and so since we have the t-shirt, we were just missing the photo and so here it is - a photo of some of us who survived Appelsbosch.

Saturday, February 05, 2011

AFM Shipyard in Durban

The Africa Mercy is only days away from leaving Durban here in South Africa and return to West Africa. The Project Teams are doing their final tests and we are having fire and emergency drills and securing for sailing - next stop Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Pile in my new office

I have moved out of my previous office and have returned to Deck 3 Forward of the ship. This photo shows the pile I look at daily - though thankfully over half of these things will leave once we arrive in Sierra Leone as they belong to my friend Jean Claude and to Off Ship Projects. Another photo will follow once things have been moved.