#don stephens

It takes very little these days to confuse me, as evidenced by the fact that I was so engrossed in writing my fiction series that I completely forgot yesterday was Wednesday, and thus there was no Good People post yesterday!  My humble apologies, but I’ll try to make up for it today.  Today’s ‘good people’ post is a redux from 2019, but it is well worth re-sharing I think and I hope you’ll…

Good People Doing Good Things — Don Stephens, Et Al …

I’d like to introduce you to Don Stephens, founder of Mercy Ships.

Back in 1978, Don and his wife Deyon purchased an ocean liner, the Victoria, for scrap value of $1 million.  It took them four years to convert the retired ocean liner into the hospital ship MV Anastasis.

The 9-deck, 522-foot ship was equipped with three operating rooms, a dental clinic, an x-ray machine, a laboratory and 40…

126. The authenticity, vulnerability and encouragement in Laura and Amy‘s blogs

127. A piece of birthday cake brought to me while at work

128. The opportunity to bless Krissy as she gets ready for the SAFE Obstetric Anesthesia conference this week by taking care of some of the tasks off her very long to do list

129. Erin Kirk is finally here!

130. The continued adaptability of my Reception team