Well we have finished our great sojourn to return home. We left Ghana and flew to London then flew on to Singapore. For 2 weeks we met with our missionary friends and rested before we headed back to the states. We then spent the next month traveling across the states visiting our family, friends and supporters. We thank God for the chance to 
reconnect with those who have supported us over the last 3 years.I will be assuming the role of IT Manager for our International Head Quarters and Zana will be in charge of medical reviews for the HR department. We plan on living on base instead of buying a house in the area because we are unsure as to
what God will have for us long term.I am assuming this role as Mercy Ships is at a critical point in its history. IT has been more of a hindrance to Mercy Ships than an asset. I firmly believe that we are too small of an organization to continue to develop our own applications and software. I believe it would be more prudent to purchase world class software from dominant vendors in the market place like Oracle or Microsoft and possibly outsource our email systems to a global provider like AT&T or some other global telecom. This goes directly against the old boy mentality here at Mercy Ships where they control everything. IT is literally the tail that wags the dog here. It will be interesting to see if I can make any difference here. Hopefully God will keep my tongue and ego in check as I work in this situation.
