Mr. B and Me (Serving the Lord with Mercy Ships)
Hi! I'm Mr B -- Short for Mr. Blooddrop. I came to Atlanta from San Francisco in 1999. Claudia rescued me at the AABB Annual Meeting there and gave me a home at Atlanta Medical Center. After over 4 years in Atlanta, we moved on to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the campus of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center where we lived for 3 years. Then it was back to Atlanta again for another 4 years. Soon we'll be travelling again! We are going to serve with Mercy Ships off the coast of West Africa.	The Africa Mercy is currently focusing her area of service in the "15 x 15 x 15 x 15" window (marked in red in the above map) where some of the poorest, most underserved people of the world live. The Africa Mercy's 2010 field service will take place in Lome, Togo. My plans are to spend the months of June and July this year onboard the Africa Mercy in preparation for a long-term committment to serving with Mercy Ships beginning in January of 2011. Learn more about Togo: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/to.html		Hi! I'm Claudia. I'm a Medical Technologist with a Specialist in Blood Bank (SBB) certification. I am currently the Blood Bank Supervisor at Atlanta Medical Center in Atlanta, GA. Soon, though, I'll be serving in the laboratory aboard the Africa Mercy, the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world, operated by Mercy Ships, an international, non-denominational Christian charity. Mercy Ships volunteers raise their own support so that general contributions can be used for direct patient care, community development programs, and other costs associated with Field Service initiatives. If you'd like to make a contribution to help cover my expenses, you can do so at http://www.mercyships.org/page/outreach/splash/crewmates and search for Claudia. <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< NEWSLETTERS February 2010 October 2009 <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< Send me Email! (Note: This email address will change from time to time)