Hospital Ship Staffed by Volunteer Medical Professionals Provides Comfort

Atlantic Ocean 1 July 2009 Volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are working alongside the United States Navy and other relief organizations as part of a humanitarian and medical training mission that is blessing the lives of thousands.

Aboard the USNS Comfort, a full-service medical hospital ship, Latter-day Saint volunteers are among those making stops in seven different countries in the Caribbean, South America and Central America on a mission called Continuing Promise 2009. At each stop, medical personnel and volunteers perform much-needed surgeries ranging from cleft palate reconstruction to cataract repair.

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[Chevrobert]

Awesome vid. This is a fine example of LDS members doing the work Heavenly Father wants us to do. May they be blesseed beyond measure for their acts of kindness.

[diego0441989]

hello i'm diego díaz i was one of the salvadorean translators that worked in the ship in your volunteer mission i was working in the pacu area and i met some of the nurses of this great church sadly i don't remember their names but i spoke one day with one of the volunteers and as i told her i just want to thank you for all the help you gave us god bless you!!

[sbenard1]

I had no idea this was happening!

"By their works ye shall know them."

[archaeologyprof]

"By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." John 13:35

[jonmahoney04]

Wow, what a great thing these people have done. :-)

Thanks for sharing.

[SuLily]

wow, I'm so thankful Doctors and Nurses can use their talents for such good things!

[camilok7]

So cool they're doing this!! Some of my family members actually had the chance to serve at the Tumaco stop, in Colombia :D

[omiolo]

I am glad there are so many LDS doctors and health care professionals. then for them to volunteer their time and skills to help others.

thank you.

[omiolo]

I was amazed at the amount of sacrifice and effort that went into this.

To me this is Christianity in practice.

Next time I would love to be a part of it.