"ABC's of the Africa Mercy..."

Estelle, our kindergarten teacher, was working with her class earlier in the week on an alphabet book.  Now, most classes you would hear "A is for apple...B is for bat..."  but here on the Africa Mercy the alphaphet came out a little different.   (Thanks Estelle!)  Here goes...

A is for acid bug.

B is for blackouts.

C is for community meetings.

D is for drills.

E is for fire extinguishers everywhere you look.

F is for fan-ice.

G is for goodbyes to good friends.

H is for hospital.

I is for cabin inspections.

J is for the joy that patients have after surgery.

K is for Kindergarten.

L is for life boats and life vests.

M is for medical staff.

N is for nurses.

O is for operations.

P is for pancakes on Wednesdays.

Q is for 'Quiet in reception, please!'

R is for roommates.

S is for sailing.

T is for Tenerife.

U is for unexpected experiences like dinner with the president.

V is for visas.

W is for ward church.

X is for X-ray room.

Y is for 'yovo'.

Z is for zimmis.

 A few of the things you may not have heard about, but have become very familiar to us here. 

Acid Bug (Rove Bettle), is a bug that if you squish it on your skin it will leave a nasty looking burn mark.  Both Mike and Alisia have experienced this pleasure. 

Blackouts-Recently we have  had to have 2 blackouts (no power on the ship) so the engineers could work on the engines to get ready to sail.

Drills-Every two weeks we have fire drills where we go to our muster stations
Fan Ice-(according to Alisia) is a frozen mixture that is similar to the consistency of something between a popcicle and ice cream and comes in a bag...yum.

We are still in the process of getting things ready for the sail. pray all the technical difficulties can be sorted through.   Have a blessed Sunday!