Back on UK soil!

I have been back in the UK for over a month now, time has gone so quickly and I am sorry I have not written before. I did not know what to say as I was on a roller costar of emotions and it is only now that I feel I can share.

Thanks Deb for the photos!

I left the ship at the beginning of November, the last few weeks on the ship were some of the best times there. With the orthopaedic patients being so cute and lovable, to the day workers on the ward who work so hard and make working on the wards such a  pleasure, and oh their generosity. And then there is the nurses, all of us from different parts of the world but we all work together in unity and love.
Then there are the friends. Friends who are going to be your friends for life, as we grow together living on a ship and are there for each other through low and high times!

I was fortunate enough to have a weekend away before I left with some of my friends on the ship. The weekend was full of adventure from the taxi getting lost and then braking down, but then we had highs of watching the sunset while a thunderstorm rolled in behind us, and then swimming in the rain, oh and the taxi broke down in a village, where we befriended the locals especially the children!

So as I think about that weekend I feel so blessed to have so many special friends that I can share weekends like that.

I am grateful for my time on the Africa Mercy, I have learned and grown so much there that it is hard to put it in writing. Leaving the ship was very hard as I did not want to leave my friends and patients, but I knew I had to go home. After a night flight with little sleep I arrived in London to be met by my parents, it was a lovely. Then the weeks that followed are a bit of a blur, stayed with family, met with friends, trying to catch up with all their news. It was hard as I felt very numb and wanting to be back on the ship but also it was nice seeing familiar faces. My nieces and nephews kept me going, they are so cute and I have missed them!

As I write this I have been working for the last 2 weeks, moved into my house and settled to life in Swansea, but there is something in me that I know I am not going to settle here for good, as I know God has more plans for me. I am excited to see where he is going to lead me so I have decide to keep this blog going so watch this space.......

I am going to change my blog name as the year has been and a new phase is starting

 

Just want to say thank you to all my supporters  xxxx