Welcome to Jackie's Blog

I'm so excited to be traveling to Freetown, Sierra Leone to serve on Mercy Ships as admin. to the medical staff on board the Africa Mercy. Many of you have asked me to post a blog of my journey; I'll try to keep you updated as best I can. I will miss you all and thank you for your prayers!

Disclaimer: This blog is my personal experience and opinion and opinions,conclusions and other information expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of Mercy Ships.



Sunday, June 5, 2011

Celebration of Sight

These are some images from the "Celebration of Sight" that is held every couple of weeks for Mercy Vision patients.  The ophthalmologists are on board for 2-3 weeks at a time and perform up to 25 cataract surgeries a day !  New doctors rotate in and by the end of the field service in Sierra Leone thousands will have received sight.  You can imagine the celebratory joy of these people some of which had been blind for years and after a ten minute operation have their sight restored!   





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