Living to Love: Terrific Times in Tenerife

It seems redundant to begin again with “Its been so long since my last blog!” and “Wow time flies!” but in all honesty, that’s exactly how I feel! Ever since we sailed away from Benin in December to dock in Tenerife, Canary Islands for a month, time has raced ahead and left me trying eagerly to keep up!

The Africa Mercy was blessed to be able to dock in the Canary Islands while it was cleaned up, stocked up, fixed up and prepped up for the beginning of a new outreach!
During our sail from Benin to Tenerife, I was able to co-direct the Christmas Play for the Mercy Ships Academy! The kids did an OUTSTANDING job!!! Dancing on a swaying ship added an extra challenge for the students but they handled it like stars! I couldn’t believe how much talent these kids have! If we were a cruise ship, there would be stellar entertainment potential haha! The sail was incredible. We saw loads of dolphins, whales, and flying fish! We also had the opportunity to watch a meteor shower in perfectly clear skies, in the middle of the ocean, with zero light pollution. I will never forget that night. God became more real than ever to me as I watched the millions of stars shoot across the massive sky.
Wow God. Wow.

Our time in Tenerife was lovely! The scenery we were blessed with and the lovely cooler temperatures (ok…in the 20s likely doesn’t sound all THAT cool to you guys right now…but it felt wonderful to us!) made our time there relaxing and rejuvenating! Christina’s dad came for our two weeks of vacation from the school and took us on adventures all around the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria! It was unforgettable! The pictures can’t even do justice for the beauty and splendour we experienced while we were there.