Ah! March 7th!! What an awful blogger I have become in these past couple of weeks!! I am definitely going to blame my lack of communication on the fact that I was preparing and then having VISITORS!! Words will never be able to do a justice to how purely fantastic it was to have my parents experience Mercy Ships- and to have a taste of what this life I have had for the past 10 months is like. As my mom and dad experienced the things that have become normal (well… kinda!) to me and asked questions and got excited about the mission and purpose of the organization, I feel like the Lord has given me such a refreshed sense of appreciation for what I have been able to be a small part of throughout this year. This is maybe one of the biggest gifts that God gave me through my parents visit because as preparations to leave are constantly being made- I want to be able to embrace the things that I have loved about being here. My parents gave me eyes to see how incredible the work that Mercy Ships does is and how neat it is that…. I live on a ship, that sits in a port, in Togo. Life is crazy here… and how fun it is that I have gotten to live it!!
I would like to mention what I consider a few major accomplishments and more independence gained for myself! THREE times I walked through the entire port (by myself and confidently looked like I knew where I was going!) and got myself a little zimmy (aka MOTORCYCLE!) and zoomed right on over to the hotel!! AND I bought a snack off the street called FanIce (it kind of resembles a icepop, but you bite it off the top… which clearly, is not my favorite thing when it is bought off the street … from Africa- and pretty much freaks me out… because… ewww!), but I tore the top off with my teeth! I am pretty sure this was just to show my parents how brave I have become… but still!
I am so far behind on updates that I am just going to post a bunch of pictures! They speak a thousand words anyways, right?
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- My parents first day at the ship!! Before we even went inside!!
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- The local fishing village church with the CUTEST children!
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- An afternoon after church spent have sodas outside! There was a nice breeze and such a nice day!
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- We are the happiest because we have EASTER CANDY!!!!!!!
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- BEST LUGGAGE EVERRRRRRRRR (besides my parents!!!)
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- Sitting in the Cafe!
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- My dad outside of the Hope Center- where the patients are transferred after surgery!
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- Where they cook all the meals for the Hope Center!
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- Hope Center
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- This is what happens in the heat of Africa to dashboards in cars! My dad could not get over this, haha!
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- Dinner on the street!
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- One night we were out to dinner and this bus drove by with a FULL OUT band in the back playing music… classic Africa and SO fun!
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- My parents favorite place on the ship… Starbucks! 🙂
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- Ignore the windblown look… this is the gang at our muster station during a firedrill! I am so glad that my parents got to experience the every-other-week practice we have!
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- How CUTE are they!!! They are getting ready to observe surgery and get the true “Mercy Ships” experience! They LOVED IT!!!
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- Tara this was for you! AND a limo in Togo… weird.
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- Beach Day!
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- I LOVE this one of my dad! 1: He is SO tan!! 2: The ships in the background look so fun!
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- My parents got to experience our favorite lunch place. I will miss the chicken pesto paninis so very much…
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- Mom, you look like such a natural in the market!
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- Happy Easter from the teachers!
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- Happy Birthday Dad!!
Amy & the Africa Mercy 
What great fun for you and your parents! Thanks, for sharring!
It looks like you guys had so much fun! I loved seeing all the photos and I’m so glad they were able to experience it with you for a short while! By far my favorite photo is the Easter Candy luggage haha 🙂 Tim and I were amazed by the melting dash board?! So crazy! Also I love your dress with the black and white striped skirt! Adorable! Love and miss you!