Wee Word Wednesday - VVF

The beginning of the month marked the start of VVF...

There is lots of celebration around the ladies that are brought here on the ship for surgery.

When their surgeries are over, and declared a success (meaning that they dry and no longer leaking urine), a dress

ceremony is held. They start off in another room, where they are given a new dress, a clean dress, a dress that was never touched by the constant leak of urine. They get their makeup done, and a headdress

placed upon their heads.

The ceremony then begins with...yes, lots of singing and dancing. They come down the corridor in the Oak Fountain Hospital, singing songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. And of course, we, the Mercy Shippers are there, to join in with them in song and dance.

We are there to hear their stories...

...stories of being exiled from their villages and communities, stories of heartbreak over the loss of a baby through difficult labor, stories of being abandoned by friends, family, and husbands.

But, in the end, theirs is not a story to end in sorrow. Theirs is a story to end with the chance of life, and life abundant. All thanks to a simple operation done here on the ship.