With the large South African flag off Cape Town, February 2011.
Sending it up to the top of the fore-mast.
Flying proudly in the fresh breeze.
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Courtesy Flag...
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A Mercy Ships friend of mine asked for my mailing address recently, and several days later this fantastic South African flag arrived in the post! He is Captain of a US Naval vessel that is currently being decommissioned, and he sent me the ship's South African courtesy flag. A courtesy flag is usually flown from the forward mast of a vessel while it is operating in that nation's territorial waters. 
I was very excited to receive this flag and it now hangs proudly on a wall here in southern Indiana! Back in February 2011, I had the honour of raising the M/V Africa Mercy's South African courtesy flag as we neared Cape Town, South Africa - as seen below. :)
Throughout West Africa, Europe, South Africa, the USA, and the South Atlantic Ocean. Our adventure continues as we seek God's will for our life after Mercy Ships.
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
- Jesus of Nazareth (Mark 8: 36 NIV)
- Jesus of Nazareth (Mark 8: 36 NIV)
He is no fool who gives
what he cannot keep to gain
that which he cannot lose.
- Jim Elliot, martyred in Ecuador, 1956.
what he cannot keep to gain
that which he cannot lose.
- Jim Elliot, martyred in Ecuador, 1956.
ABOUT ME
- Murray Tristan Crawford
- I am a 40-year-old South African whose journey with Mercy Ships began in 2007 when I joined the M/V "Africa Mercy" in Liberia. I met my wife Candace in Sierra Leone in 2011 and together we served with Mercy Ships until December 2012. We worked with Mercy Vision in South Africa during 2013, and are now settled with our three kiddos in the USA.
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If you would like to support Candace and I, please send us an e-mail to the address listed on my profile. Thanks!
MAILING ADDRESS
We are now no longer serving with Mercy Ships, so please don't send any more mail to Candace and I on the ship. Thanks!
DISCLAIMER
I served with Mercy Ships. Everything here, however, is my personal opinion and is not read or approved before it is posted. Opinions, conclusions and other information expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of Mercy Ships.
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