It was early on Sunday morning at exactly 6:30pm that we left the ship heading to Mamou which is one of the regions here in Guinea to look for our patients. we were 16 in total including crew and day crew and each of us had specific responsibilities throughout the trip but all this functions was leading to one goal which was to find our patients and give them an appointment to come to the ship.
We left with four Mercy ships trucks and each of the vehicles had two drivers and three passengers which could either. This was because it was going to be a long drive so we had drivers who are crew members switch after every four hours or two hours. We also had snacks in every vehicle and enough water so we don’t get hungry and dehydrated.
So early that morning before we left, we had the managing director of the ship as well as my ship family to wave us off and prayed with us and for us before we left. It was a smooth trip to Mamou as we stopped couple of times on the way to use the rest room. We had a security code when someone had to use the rest room on the way and it was also very easy to communicate because we were always in communication because we could just radio each other since each of the vehicles had a radio.
We drove all the way to Mamou safely and arrived later in the afternoon. We logged in a hotel and we shared room. It was great because i shared a room with one of the crew members who is in our team that i don’t share the same cabin on the ship so it was also a time of knowing each other more which was something i found awesome.
We slept and then God’s faithfulness took us to the next day………….
christel's ship journey 