Camping at Sand Beach

For a couple of days during our mid outreach break a group of friends and I went camping at Sand Beach.
The journey there was one of the best parts of the trip. Riding on the Land Rover over the back country foot paths we traversed dozens of little moats and foot bridges. We drove for about three miles through the sand and eventually arrived at a little church. The church (Shiloh Baptist Church) was founded in 1876 and is still in use today. We set up our tents about 5o yards from the Atlantic Ocean spent the rest of the day enjoying the tranquility and peacefulness of a deserted tropical paradise..

Me the UNMIL Soldiers and the Rouges

Today I assisted UNMIL(United Nations Military In Liberia) in the capture of five rouges, as they call them here. Basically they are Villains. Today the villains swam into the wrong area of the harbor. They swim in mostly at night to steal things off the ships in port or to try to stow away to leave the country. The 5 that we caught today are now on their way to a Liberian prison. I really like the fact that I have many different responsibilities onboard the ship, especially assisting in maintaing the security of the ship. Pictures of the capture are above and below, enjoy..

Daily Fitness Routine

This is a group of UN Soldiers who I play volleyball with most days during the week. We play about 2 hrs a day.

Biking in Royesville

These are some pics of my latest trip, Biking in Royesville, Liberia. Highlights of trip include the bamboo bridge and the swamp we passed through..

Meet Mustaph( Patient Story)

This is Mustaph. While Working here aboard the Anastasis, I have the opportunity to adopt a patient for while they are here. So I decided that would be a unique opportunity, I couldn't pass up.. SO, I signed up and was assigned Mustaph. Mustaph is a 25 year old Muslim from Monrovia, Liberia.
He has spent 14 of those years leaving in a civil war.. From the age of 8 until he was 22. We didn't talk much about the war thou. He had a burn contracture to his neck and back. During the war he was attacked with acid. So most of his body was covered with burns. The ship released his contracture which allows him to now turn his head and keep his head upright.
One of my biggest highlights was his birthday. I threw him a surprise party and invited a lot of his friends from the ward to celebrate as well. His face lit up like he a had never had a party every before.

This is a picture of Mustaph Jenn(my girlfriend) and I, the day He was discharged.

Bomi Lake

This is Bomi Lake. It is one of the best freshwater lakes in all of Liberia. This is where i went for a day of relaxing. Unique things about the lake.. It is completly man made. One of the richest iron ore deposits in the world came from the lake which used to be a hill. It is in the midlle of the pakistani UN base.. The day I went I was unable to actually go to the good part of the lake because the President of Liberia(Ellen) was there. This picture was taken by the ships photographer.

Christmas and Valentines Day on the Ship..

This me helping put the star on top of the Christmas Tree. This was my biggest tree so far.

For Valentines Day the Deck Department made and served Desserts to the entire crew. This is the Deck Department in uniform below at the end of the night .



Notice nationalities: 4 -Australians 5- Americans 2 - Koreans 2 - Dutchies

2- Germans 1 -Nigerian 1- Ghanian 1- South Africans and 1- British