tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67524015726735733332024-03-14T15:42:29.705+00:00The Jacobsens' Journeys"As for me and my house we will serve the Lord..."Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.comBlogger484125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-78333834690503472232012-06-29T10:41:00.000+00:002012-06-29T10:41:06.843+00:00"The End..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
To everything there is a season...one month shy to the day, three years later, we are leaving the m/v Africa Mercy. It has been an incredible journey which has marked and changed our lives forever. </div>
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The disembarkation forms are signed...</div>
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We wave good-bye to our home for the last three years...</div>
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Joshua, Mike, Alisia, and Deb</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When it's all been said and done<br />There is just one thing that matters<br />Did I do my best to live for truth?<br />Did I live my life for you?<br /><br />When it's all been said and done<br />All my treasures will mean nothing<br />Only what I have done<br />For love's rewards<br />Will stand the test of time<br /><br />Lord, your mercy is so great<br />That you look beyond our weakness<br />That you found purest gold in miry clay<br />Turning sinners into saints<br /><br />I will always sing your praise<br />Here on earth and in heaven after<br />For you've joined me at my true home<br />When it's all been said and done<br />You're my life when life is gone.</span></div>
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As we look back at our journey, we can almost see, but definately feel the presence of all those who walked this incredibale trek with us. To all of you who prayed for us, supported us financially and gave us moral encouragement we give a heart felt thank you. You may never know how important each and every one of your are to us. To those who followed us on our blog, thank you, in times when we wondered if it really mattered, we would notice the numbers increase in those following our blog. Yes, we physically walked the journey - but ALL OF YOU gave us the strength.</div>
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The end of this journey...we wait upon God to show us the next...</div>
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<br />Tomorrow we will walk off the gangway of the m/v Africa Mercy for the last time...it has been an amazing three years!Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-55472573191566503222012-06-26T06:00:00.000+00:002012-06-26T06:00:06.401+00:00"Arrival..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
After 10 days at sea, we found land...Tenerife, Spain. This will also be our last port arrival for the Jacobsen family. </div>
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I took this picture for my dad...the Tenerife Opera house or as most of us call it "the Helmut".</div>
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Our new friend decided to ride the ship into land instead of fly...</div>
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Joshua and his friends...</div>
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Alisia...</div>
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Mercy Ships flag...</div>
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The Pilot boarding the ship...</div>
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Docking...</div>
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AHHHHH...the mountains of Tenerife....</div>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-11746483003892573872012-06-24T13:20:00.001+00:002012-06-24T13:20:13.039+00:00"Power..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The last few days have been a bit more rough...but really not that bad! I am always in awe of the majesty, beauty, and power of the ocean.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Thanks Shelly for the pictures</span>.Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-62310025854198105862012-06-22T09:33:00.001+00:002012-06-22T09:33:41.090+00:00"Activties..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When you are on a hospital ship with 240 people sailing from West Africa to the Canary Islands for 10 days...what does the crew do?</div>
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Hang out on the bow with friends enjoying the sun...</div>
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Watch for flying fish and dolphins...</div>
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Play for Open Mic Night...</div>
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So what does being at sea look like?</div>
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View from where we have come from...</div>
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View to where we are going....</div>
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View from the port side...</div>
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...basically 360 degrees of water...</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">From: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge</span></h1>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-56952022308055491872012-06-15T14:22:00.000+00:002012-06-15T14:22:15.281+00:00"Good-bye Africa..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The time has come where the Land Rovers have been lifted onto Deck 8...</div>
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Where they have been secured for the sail...</div>
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Where patients once slept, now hospital supplies are tied down and stored...</div>
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All crew members have been accounted for...</div>
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The dock is empty and clean...</div>
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We wave good-bye to friends...</div>
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Sharing this moment with family...</div>
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And we waved good-bye to Togo...to Africa...it is our prayer that one day God will bring us back to to this amazing continent...Africa will always remain in our hearts...the drums will always resound in our soul...we have forever been touched and changed by the people we have met and the worship we have shared...<br />
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“The <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> bless you<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Num-6-24">and keep you;</span></span><br /><span class="text Num-6-25" id="en-NIV-3849"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> make his face shine on you</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Num-6-25">and be gracious to you;</span></span><br /><span class="text Num-6-26" id="en-NIV-3850"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> turn his face toward you</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Num-6-26">and give you peace..." Numbers 6:24-26</span></span></div>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-41879349504161244212012-06-13T06:00:00.000+00:002012-06-14T02:30:55.780+00:00"Endings pt 2..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
With the every changing life on the m/v Africa Mercy, the one constant is the good-byes. The last few weeks has proven to uphold that fact. We have seen an almost mass exodus of over 200 crew members in the last three weeks. All the scenes are pretty much the same.</div>
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Crew gather on the dock to say farwell to their beloved friends.</div>
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Joshua and his best ship bud Ethan.</div>
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Our friends Barry and Cheryl, whom we first met at Gateway in 2009. We have travelled a long road together!</div>
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Sharon and Tim we have shared many adventures in the towns, on the beaches, and at the local pools. We have walked many miles together!</div>
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Our ship-daughter Becca and ship-son Greg. God has blessed us with the privilage of seeing the matuaration of a beautiful couple. (Becca was with us at Gateway in 2009 also.)</div>
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And of course, precious friends....</div>
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Good-byes are never easy...so we try to say "see you again".</div>
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Towards the end of our time in a country, certain events begin to happen which add to the reality of the ship leaving-dock pack up and on ship drills.</div>
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We have a Mercy Team* here helping us pack up the four tents we were using on the dock and doing other jobs that need extra hands as we prepare the ship to sail. (*A Mercy Team is a group of individuals who come for a period of time when the ship needs extra manpower to get things done. They can either be a team assembled from different places or a team from a church-they are GREATLY appreciated! )</div>
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Then there are the "at sea muster drills". Where we practise putting on our life jackets and going to our life boat stations. </div>
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Joshua and me (Alisia gets to stay on the air conditioned ship in reception!)</div>
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For the first time in three years, Mike actually has to practise putting on his life jacket! </div>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-8205365935620232332012-06-08T06:00:00.000+00:002012-06-08T06:00:03.709+00:00"Day Workers..."<br />
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This year we have had about 200 Togolese Day Workers work with us on the ship. Many of them are students, Pastors, medical persons, seamstresses, cooks, shop keeps and some are unemployed. Many of them have worked with us in Benin, Sierra Leone, and now twice in Togo. What we do as Mercy Ships is impossible without their partnership. They help us translate into many of the local languages in the hospital areas (some of them speaking 5 or 6 languages), clean the ship, do laundry, cook in the galley, work on the decks of the ship painting and chipping paint. They explain the culture and customs of West Africa. They extend copious amounts of grace when we blunder through some of the customs, culture, and language. We laugh with them, cry with them, we are brothers and sisters with them. I am so blessed to call many of the Day Workers friends. Thank you for all your hard work, patience, and grace.Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-2784301871610846092012-06-06T06:00:00.000+00:002012-06-06T06:00:05.318+00:00"Good-Bye..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This is always the difficult time in the field service...the good-byes. Not only are we saying good-bye to crew members who have become like family, we also say good-bye to the day workers who we have worked next to for the last 6 months, but we also have to say good-bye to the churches where we have worshipped. </div>
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We thank the Lord for bringing us back to Togo to see friends and churches we came to know and grow to love in 2010. So the farewell was even more difficult.</div>
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Two weeks ago we said good-bye to what we have call the "small church".</div>
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We sat in our normal spot near the kids at the back and listened to the Sunday school class.</div>
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We presented 10 girls with English bibles. One of the things we enjoyed doing was sharing translations. They would look at their French Bible and we would share with them the English Bible.</div>
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Mike gave his farewell sermon, encouraging the church to remain faithful.</div>
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And a special good-bye to our church daughter Mawu. She has become precious to us.</div>
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This last Sunday we said good-bye to the "big church".</div>
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Pastor Emmanuel had all the church gather around us and pray for us...what a special send off this was.</div>
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Then Pastor Emmanuel invited us to his office, and presented Mike with a chief's outfit...what an honour.</div>
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Mike and Pastor Emmanuel.</div>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-57938235178449934282012-06-04T09:39:00.001+00:002012-06-04T09:39:26.124+00:00"Work...Work...Work..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Now that school is out, Joshua and Alisia are working full time on the ship. I think it is great that when the kids are out of school they can contribute to the work on the ship.</div>
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Joshua is working in the galley. I am going to enlist his help when we get home to do all the cooking and cleaning!</div>
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Alisia is back in reception. She will be great at answering the phone and directing/telling people what to do when we get home. </div>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-49514296434472754722012-06-01T06:00:00.000+00:002012-06-01T06:00:12.483+00:00"Darius..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Onboard the <em>Africa Mercy</em>, a nine-year-old boy named Darius sat curled up on his mother’s lap. With his head bent over, he hid his face from view. The dark sunglasses and the large bandages over his eyes hid a boy who was trying to cope with the circumstances life gave him.<br />
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Just five months ago, Darius’ had been a normal boy who could run around playing with his friends. Then one day, he came home from school feeling sick. And, before anyone understood what was happening, he was fighting for his life.<br />
Darius had chickenpox, and his aunt decided to buy him some antibiotic to help him get better. Unfortunately, he had an adverse reaction to the antibiotic. This reaction is known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) – a life-threatening skin condition in which cell death causes the epidermis to detach from the dermis. It also affects the mucous membranes of the body.<br />
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Darius’s reaction was severe, and it did not take long before he became extremely weak. His mother, Josephine, took him to many doctors, but none of them understood what was happening to the boy because SJS is a rare syndrome.<br />
As Darius’s condition worsened, layers of skin died and fell off from his lips, inner eyelids, and other parts of his body.<br />
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When he started to vomit blood and mucous, Josephine decided she needed to go to a large hospital – anything to help her son get better. They traveled all the way to a hospital in the capital of Benin, where they waited in the ER for someone to help them.<br />
“I looked down at my son. Flies were living in his wounds. He was covered with blood and dead tissue. Even the flies saw him as good as dead. I wondered how anyone so small could survive so much,” Josephine says as she fights back tears. Darius was brought to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Slowly, he started to regain strength but remained in the ICU for a while.<br />
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Darius’s eyes were swollen shut, so he could not see. One day, as he lay in bed in the ICU, he heard a fuse spark. Even though he could not see, Darius could smell the smoke as the fire started to build around his bed. He began yelling for help, but the nurses had been called somewhere else and did not hear him. Finally, Josephine heard his cries and ran in to see the place engulfed with flames. She picked Darius up and ran to safety. Luckily, the boy received no injuries from the fire, and he was moved to the pediatric ward of the hospital, where Josephine could stay with him at all times. He spent a month in the pediatric ward before being released from the hospital.<br />
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The inner lining of his eyelids had fallen away, and as the raw edges of the eyelids started to heal, the upper and lower eyelids fused together. No longer able to open his eyes, Darius was blind to the world around him.<br />
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When Josephine heard about Mercy Ships, she brought Darius to one of the eye screenings. The Mercy Ships Eye Team quickly sent him to the ship to be screened for surgery. The young boy needed many surgeries to restore his vision. But, slowly, he started to show signs of progress – not only in his vision but also in his spirit. Josephine explains, “His problem is being fixed, he is receiving all this surgery and care, we are receiving food, and all of our needs are being taken care of. The nurses are so kind to us, and it is such a blessing after all of our struggles.”</div>
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During the first couple of weeks in the hospital, Darius kept to himself, keeping his head down. The traumas of the past several months weighed heavily on him. Slowly, the crew onboard the <em>Africa Mercy</em> started to coax him out of hiding. His spirit started to lift as he saw how people cared for him and protected him from harm.</div>
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The transformation was remarkable. Darius could be found playing the piano – with the largest grin on his face. He loved doing exercises and stretches.<br />
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A grateful Josephine has a special message for the donors who have helped pay for Darius’s care: “You are taking from your own salaries for us! May the Lord bless your hands and your salary, and may you have good health and a long life. You have truly blessed us!”</div>
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Darius’ transformation is complete as he sits in the ward and lifts his head high, singing a song he adapted to honor Mercy Ships:<br />
“They will go to the ends of the earth,<br />Mercy Ships, Mercy Ships.<br />They will never perish,<br />Mercy Ships Mercy Ships.” <br />
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Darius leaves the ship. Even though the sun is bright for his eyes, he finds freedom in being able to walk out of the hospital.</div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Story by Nicole Pribbernow<br />Edited by Nancy Predaina<br />Photos by JJ Tiziou and Debra Bell<!--
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Last Saturday, the five of us went to the rural school by Fred's farm for a "cultural exchange". The thought of the day was to have the school share West African culture and for Joshua to share Western culture with a question and answer time to follow. It was an incredible day...</div>
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Anna, Fred, Deb, Mike, and Joshua</div>
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The students moved all their desks outside the classrooms into a circle where we could share.</div>
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The Principal welcomed us to the mornings events.</div>
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A group of young girls shared with us several traditional dances.</div>
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Then three young boys shared with us some "modern" dances.</div>
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With the aid of pictures, Joshua shared about life in a western culture.</div>
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Above and below, the students shared a skit titled "Skipping School". Where a boy skipped school and then failed his exams...</div>
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It struck me how students are the same everywhere...doodling on the desks...</div>
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Fred then talked about the importance of malaria prevention. Malaria is one of the top causes of death in West Africa.</div>
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A time for questions. Some of the kids had incredible and thought provoking questions-"Why do people in the west live longer than Africans? or Why do all the good ideas come from the west?"</div>
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Later we handed out bags of chips and candy to the students.</div>
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A picture with all the dedicated teachers.</div>
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The kids waving good-bye.</div>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-31354101495926448172012-05-28T10:11:00.000+00:002012-05-28T10:11:34.710+00:00"Mom's Day Out..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A few Saturday's ago, nine mom's got together and we to the local Artisan Market to learn how to make an African Batik. It was quite the day! </div>
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The first step was to choose a design and then place a piece of white cotton on top of the design.</div>
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Then trace the design onto the fabric with a dark pencil. The more creative/artistic moms drew their own pictures...</div>
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There are two kinds of wax used to make the batik. The wax used to outline the picture, which is being demonstrated above, is a bees wax. The wax to keep the areas white is candle wax.</div>
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Then the fun job, painting the pictures with a water based dye.</div>
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After all the painting is done, another coat of wax is painted on top of the batik to protect the picture from the final dye process.</div>
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The picture is then dipped into a tub of dye to cover all the remaining white area and crackle the white area.</div>
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To take off all the wax, the batik then needs to be rinsed in gasoline and hung in the sun to dry.</div>
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The group of moms who had a great time!!!</div>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-20652192374370122722012-05-26T17:56:00.001+00:002012-05-26T17:56:16.080+00:00"Last Day Of School..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The last day of school is always a special occasion for the students. Not only because school is out for the summer, but it is a time of celebration of accomplishments but of character traits that have been developing in the students all year. The teachers present one character trait and verse to each student that they have seen develpoing all year.<br />
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Miss Nikki welcomes parents and crew to the celebration.</div>
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The students processional into the International Lounge.</div>
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Joshua's class.</div>
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Joshua the encourager.</div>
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Alisia's class.</div>
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Alisia and Mrs. Michelle-Alisia the sincere.</div>
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Presenting the 12th Grade Class of 2013.</div>
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AMEN!!!</div>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-91028160813994892942012-05-23T18:03:00.000+00:002012-05-23T18:03:01.072+00:00"Sleeping and Sitting..."<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"The HSV-2 (High Speed Vessel) Swift is a high-speed, wave-piercing catamaran. Built by Incat at their Hobart, Tasmania facility as a car ferry, the Swift is a civilian commercial vessel currently under lease to the US Navy as an interim Mine Warfare Command and Support Ship (MCS) to replace the USS Inchon (MCS-8) which was decommissioned in 2002, and Navy/Marine Corps experimentation vessel. The Swift's primary function is service as a technology test-bed and capabilities demonstrator; its high speed, shallow draft, mission flexibility and modularity, and hull design offer the Navy an opportunity to see, first hand, what effect emergent technologies will have on future ship design and development...<br />The HSV-2 Swift is 321 feet long, has a beam of 89 feet, and draws 11 feet of water. The Swift displaces 1,668 tons at full load. Her normal compliment is 42 though she has berthing available for 107, with the capability to accommodate an additional 87 by converting conventional seating. The Swift has a top speed of 45 knots, and a cruising speed of 30 knots. The Swift has a range of 4,500 miles at cruising speed." <a href="http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/127898/hsv-2-swift.html"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/127898/hsv-2-swift.html</span></a><br />
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Doctors told Edouard’s parents that nothing could be done for their child until he was six years old. “Waiting all of that time while watching how difficult it was for Edouard to play like the other boys his age was so difficult,” his mother, Eugenie, explains.<br />
When Edouard’s parents brought him back to the hospital just after his sixth birthday, the doctors shared a distressing prognosis. Given what they knew, the only operation they could perform on Edouard would likely take away his ability to father children. Eugenie and Edouard’s father, Athanaz, made an immediate, but heart-breaking, decision. They would help Edouard manage his condition rather than risk robbing him of his ability to have a family of his own.<br />
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During his boyhood years, Edouard greatly missed playing football or any of the physical games so popular with his friends. Also, he wasn’t able to help out much around home. He could not carry anything heavy, and frequently pain and swelling kept him off of his feet.<br />
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On his good days, Edouard helped others in a very special way. Eugenie’s pride for her son’s talent bursts forth as she says, “Our Edouard has an amazing healing touch. One of our elders had a leg that ached ferociously for a long time. No one could help ease the throbbing at all. Then Edouard tried. He used his hands to massage her muscles and joints. Right away the pain left her leg.”<br />
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Edouard continued to provide his massage therapy to family and friends – including his father, who works very long hours as the Headmaster of the Lomé Public School. “All day and on most evenings, I am involved in meetings. There are many problems I need to help solve, and, of course, the tension builds up in all of my muscles. Edouard is wonderfully gifted in helping my muscles to relax and removing the knots in my neck and shoulders with this knowing hands,” his father explains.<br />
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Players on the local football team have also called upon Edouard’s physical therapy talents. Mr. Wilson Adjei, one of Edouard’s teachers and a football player himself, made arrangements for Edouard to volunteer his services. “Even though Edouard has no formal training, he has an awesome natural ability. Our team members are much stronger and more pain-free thanks to Edouard’s manipulations and massage therapies,” he remarks.<br />
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At age sixteen, Edouard Eyessi, while practicing his massage technique in front of the family television, heard an announcement about Mercy Ships coming to Togo to provide free medical care. Edouard’s family immediately agreed that he must go the patient screening. Edouard describes his first never-to-be-forgotten day with Mercy Ships: “Mr. Adjei accompanied me to Kegue Stadium, and we arrived at 4:00 a.m. By the end of the morning, I had been accepted for a second examination at the hospital ship itself. I did not sleep at all that night as I kept praying that my healing had been found.”<br />
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Edouard’s prayers were indeed answered. Within weeks, Edouard was onboard the <em>Africa Mercy,</em> the world’s largest nongovernmental hospital ship, having his free, life-changing hernia operation.</div>
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Edouard’s surgeon was Dr. Nabil Gayed, a general surgeon from the United States. Dr. Nabil, a first-time Mercy Ships volunteer, was delighted with the outcome of Edouard’s surgery. “In the developed world, hernias at birth are dealt with swiftly before they become a problem. I would never see a hernia more than five centimeters. Here, with no access to surgical treatment, hernias grow to the size of footballs. This is a serious stand-alone medical issue. So many boys and men are broken by painful and swollen hernias. They suffer major bowel and reproductive problems that devastate their already challenged work and social lives. I am blessed to help change that picture, especially for a young man like Edouard with his entire future ahead of him,” comments Dr. Nabil.</div>
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Before his full discharge from Dr. Nabil’s excellent care, Edouard received a special bonus. Chris Webb, a kinesiology specialist, spoke at length with Edouard about his own career path, answering many questions. Chris encouraged Edouard to work hard to complete his studies and get good grades, now that he is physically restored. Joanne Gates, a Mercy Ships physiotherapist, then walked Edouard through two actual examinations she was conducting. Edouard was rapt with attention. “This is the field I want to work in. To be able to see the work of such an expert is so thrilling! This is the second Mercy Ships day I will always remember,” declares Edouard.</div>
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When Edouard returned home to complete his recovery, the Eyessi household was beyond words. Eugenie describes the reaction of her husband in a voice trembling with joy: “Athanaz wept at the sight of our Edouard, who was now free of the terrible pain and limitations of the hernia that had plagued him for so many years. We thought we must be dreaming – but, thanks to Mercy Ships, we were having a dream come true.” </div>
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On the Africa Mercy we have British plugs. However, when you live in a multi-national culture...people come with US plugs and European plugs. </div>
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Adapters...this type of adapter becomes a person's best friend! </div>
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I love the way Carys (one of Alisia's friends) wrote about Africa...<br />
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Africa is my home. She is the sun-scorched deserts and the dripping rain forests, the mighty lion pouncing upon the zebra, the tribes that walk upon her rich, red soil, the palm trees growing strong and tall. The crowded, busy market places, where everything from oranges and mangos to jeans and microwaves are sold. This is Africa. Africa is the people sitting around the fire as the darkness of night closes in, She is the breaking of bones as the women carry their heavy loads high upon their heads, but not of spirit even though death steals so many. Africa is the bright colors and fabrics that blanket the land, she is the laughter of the scantily clothed children as they splash in the waves, She is family, and tradition, and a place of beauty, She is home. This is <em>my</em> Africa. <br /><br /><em>After years of living here, I have come to look past the poverty and corruption to see the beauty of this cultural land. Africa has forever left her mark on my heart.</em></div>
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It is official...Joshua is now taller than Mike...</div>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-9602120629912465082012-05-09T11:51:00.003+00:002012-05-09T11:51:44.993+00:00"Dental Update..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At the beginning of May, the dental program celebrated their 3000 patient! </div>
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The Academy every year puts on a Creative Arts Evening. It is an opportunity for all students to showcase all their amazing artistic talents. The Arts are not limited to just Art class...teachers are encouraged to incorporate the Arts into every day subjects.</div>
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Elementary students playing the hand chimes.</div>
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Junior High Students (Joshua) playing the hand chimes.</div>
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A creative interpretation of the Prodigal Son-Bible Class</div>
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Elementary choir.</div>
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Sumi-e Art (Japanese Art)</div>
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Student Life Program</div>
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Yarn Art</div>
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Batik making-Made by the Junior and Senior High.</div>Jacobsens' Journeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722473754718965730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752401572673573333.post-11091293874536972072012-05-03T06:00:00.000+00:002012-05-03T06:00:08.659+00:00"Tani..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tani is an inspiring young girl. The first time I met her was in the ward just before her surgery in Togo during the 2010 field service. She was somewhat shy at first, but it did not take her long to climb onto my lap and begin to colour and trace numbers and letters. Even though she did not speak English, we managed to communicate quite well.<br />
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When Tani was a baby, there was a fire in her house and she was not able to get rescued in time before she was badly burned. Inspite of her injuries from the fire, she is a lively, adorable, vivacious young girl. Tani captures your heart with her smile.<img border="0" height="320" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVtGWu2cqPWxP5rcwzeAYv6CLynx5iw9GP9vwzRtdSUKV7FIngUikLNnRbtVbgw3eWFTSQEGKeA50dcl_QV1lIi9oXwvopDWMmK-ANSIny84owtaRlgSVRipIALVukkUFzounInzAQHI/s320/before+Toni.jpg" width="212" /></div>
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Healing from surgery on the ward.</div>
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Getting ready to go home. Until her next surgery is scheduled. She will have a few more plastic surgeries to continue to rebuild the damage from her burns.</div>
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