I loved the style it was written in, which was very easy to read; the photographs in the middle of the book and the testimonies in between each chapter.

Mercy ships are a fleet of floating hospitals, which visit the most impoverished countries in the world performing life-savings operations and changing lives. Written by the founder of this incredible ministry, the book documents the amazing story from the conception of the dream until now. It is moving, inspiring and above all, causes you to praise the God who is behind it all. I loved this book – it really made me want to join the team on the ships! The only problem is that each team member (including the surgeons, doctors etc) have to pay to be on the ships, and the minimum commitment is 3 months. Not sure I could convince my husband!

What did you like about it?

The fact that this was an ordinary guy with a HUGE vision from God. He was called by God to start an extraordinary ministry which needed a budget of multi-millions, and with a catalogue of ‘God-incidences’, he pulled it off.

What didn't you like?

Nothing – it was really good!

What will you still remember a year from now?

The photographs in the book of people with horrendous disfigurations, and then again when they have been operated on and transformed back into beautiful faces.

Who would you recommend this book to?

Anyone / everyone

Can you give us a couple of good quotes from the book?

“She’s tall and slender, sixteen going on seventeen, a French-speaking African young woman with the blood of three nations in her veins, or so it was eight years ago, when a younger Edoh underwent several surgical procedures, and blood transfusions from crew members onboard a Mercy Ship.
She was nine at the time, a tiny child with a spindly arms and legs and a massive tumour on the side on her face. The renegade mass had shifted her left eye two inches off centre and stretched her mouth to an unimaginable eight-inch diameter. Teeth stuck out at odd angles, and worse, a new backward growth of the tumour threatened a slow and horrible death by suffocation.
In shock and horror, her parents, having exhausted every possible avenue of hope, finally gave up. They, along with their village, prepared for her death. And then her parents heard that a Mercy Ship was coming.”

review by emmakiz