Lights-Camera-Action

Many of you may know I love acting and have a flair for drama. It has been a long time since I played Mrs. Peterson in Bye-Bye-Birdie and Coco Banana at WLBC, but nonetheless, I still love being on stage and in front of people. This past week, my drama skills were once again in action. Occasionally, Mercy Ships takes video footage and pictures on the nursing wards to use for PR and to educate the public about the mission of Mercy Ships. This past week a man name Jon Gauger from Moody Broadcasting Company of Chicago visited the ship with the purpose of following and documenting the stories of some Mercy Ships patients. He wanted live video clips and audio clips of several patients. Jon called the ward one afternoon this past week and said he would be down in 5 minutes to film. The charge nurse turned to me and said, "will you do it?" I would like to say that I was personally selected to be on film because of my good looks and stellar acting skills, but in actuality she did not want to do it and there were no other nurses on the ward at that time. I quickly reviewed my patient's chart because I had just met him and then lights, camera, action! It was very intimidating to be filmed. I have no problem acting and pretending to be another person/character, but this time I was supposed to be myself, a Mercy Ships nurse. That was weird! Yikes! I felt sort of awkward too because the patients we were filming are real and recovering from major surgery. During the week we filmed short clips each day discussing the patient's progress. Jon also captured live audio clips of me speaking about my patients. Jon is returning to Chicago this week and he will begin the editing process. Maybe in the future I will be in a Mercy Ships video! The audio clips will be on the radio throughout the next few months. You can check out the Moody Broadcasting Network website at www.mbn.org and listen online or find stations in your area where the programs will broadcast. Tonight, Jon did a live interview from the ship that you should be able to track down and hear. I am honored that I had the privilege to work with Jon on these projects to help spread the word about Mercy Ships and its awesome mission. Have fun listening! Let me know if you actually hear me!