Last Wednesday I received an email titled Welcome to the Dental Team. It was from the Dental Coordinator on the African Mercy. In the email was some need to know info including my weekly schedule. Just thought you all would like to take a look at my Monday-Friday schedule:
6:30 - 7:30 Breakfast
7:30 - 8:00 Mon./Thurs. Morning Medical Dept. devotions
7:45 - 8:30 Tuesday All Crew devotions
7:30 - 8:00 Wednesday Dental Team prayer on board
7:30 - 8:15 Friday All Crew sharing time (optional)
8:00 - 8:15 Everyone help to load vehicles
8:15 Be in vehicles to depart for clinic
8:45 Set up/brief team communication/prayer
9:00 - 12:00 Clinic time
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch break
12:30 - 16:00 Clinic time
16:00 - 16:30 Clean up
17:00 - 18:00 Dinner on the ship
19:30 Thursday night community meeting
2 weeks in counting!
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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
Megan Petock has good nurse & general stories and lots of pics and stuff. (available on the mercy ships links blogspot)
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 cancellation 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!
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