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Kelly attended and served the Street Church for nearly a year. She called me last night with some news. She is going out of country for two months to serve as an ICU nurse on a Mercy Ship in Africa.This is really exciting. I know she'll bless a lot of people on this trip and if the Lord opens the door, she'll share Jesus with them. I am convinced though, that God has something wonderful in store for her as well.
If you get the chance, pray for Kelly. She'll leave in August and return in late October.
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Can you pass this along to Kelly? she might find this info of some value. Some good things to know that might not be in the 'handbook'.
First things first: YES, we do have a Starbucks on board.
Here is a good link for other un-official blogs of people already on the ship http://mercyshipslinks.blogspot.com and would you like to know what we are eating for meals? http://AFMmenu.com
Some good things to know (so you can start checking which electrical things you have can take/bring 110v - 240v)
we have three prong British plugs and they are 220v (US is 110v)
Most computers already have a converter built into that big bulky plug you get with a laptop
Adapters (but not converters) are available for purchase in the ship shop (so your computer would need the adapter for the three prong British setup)if you are bringing your own laptop.
Also, I am not an electrician but sometimes the Hz rate (different than the volt rate) fluctuates between the generator(s) causing a 'brown out' which effects 110v US stuff and sometimes burns them out even if you have a converter, so try to stick with multi-voltage appliances.
Like you will notice cell phone chargers (in US & Canada)are usually 110v-220v (in small print on back of plug or equipment), laptop adapters usually range the same, external hard drives, some hair dryers and flat irons [even cheap ones from walmart] range the same voltage but you have to look for the small print. Then you will need an adapter instead of converter and then usually nothing burns out.
If you find yourself with more specific questions I can try to help, just send me an email or leave a comment on my blog (http://tyroneandstephanie.com/blog).
We have also found (Stephanie and I) that if you have cell phone contracts you would like to break and would like to NOT pay cancelation fees, this is what we did: call and ask for the supervisor and explain your situation to them, living in Liberia on a ship…not possible to give an address to confirm living on a ship or in Liberia but can prove ’situation’ by sending PDF copy of immigration papers (sent by the purser for you to use on your journey to the ship and getting in the country) to cell phone carrier supervisor thru email. After the supervisor confirmed the PDF copy came thru email we paid only the current bill we owed and the phone was shut off, no more bills or cancellation fee….
But sometimes you really have to push this options, asking for supervisor, continually asking is there something else that can be done…you know how it is when companies don’t want to let go of money.
Wanted you to know just in case this info might help.
Yeah thats about it I think, safe travels!
Tyrone
Thanks. I'll forward this to Kelly. I'm sure she could use the information.
Thanks again, John
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