Colton Dixon and Mercy Ships, an international faith-based organization, collaborated on the music video for "Build a Boat"

Colton Dixon

Today, Contemporary Christian musician and songwriter, Colton Dixon release the official studio performance video for his latest hit single, "Build a Boat" with Mercy Ships. The video was exclusively premiered on People.com. "Build A Boat" is becoming one of the fastest-rising and biggest hit songs of Dixon’s career so far.

The "Build a Boat" music video tells the dramatic story of twins, Ousseynou and Assane, and their life-changing surgery from doctors aboard the Mercy Ships (Africa Mercy). At a very young age, the twins’ legs began to bow outward. The surgery they needed was out of their reach, and their condition worsened as they grew. The boys’ mother felt hopeless, until one day a local nurse learned that Mercy Ships was coming to the coast of Senegal. She drove the family over 200 miles to the hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, for life-changing surgery.

Today, the two young African boys can walk with straight legs and our hope is that future generations will too.

Watch the video here on Youtube

“Writing this song, ‘Build A Boat,’ obviously there was that immediate connection with Mercy Ships given they build hospital ships, but more than that, I love the mission of what they do,” Dixon says. “Being a parent now with twins of my own, including our own Ava Dior who was born without a pulse and needed immediate medical attention, it really hits close to home knowing we can help people, especially young kids get the healthcare and surgeries that they might not otherwise have access to.

 We watched and prayed as the doctors and nurses resuscitated our daughter back to life – this song is all about having faith, and it means a lot that we can bring that hope to other people around the world,” he added.

Mercy Ships is an international faith-based organization that began their mission to provide hope and healing to those in need in 1978. Each year they send hospital ships filled with volunteer professionals who selflessly provide life-changing surgeries to children and adults who otherwise might go without. Mercy Ships has worked in more than 55 countries, with the last three decades focused on the sustainable development of local medical care throughout West and Central Africa.

Mercy Ships just built a new ship, the Global Mercy™, that has space for 200 patients, six operating rooms, a laboratory, general outpatient clinics, dental, and eye clinics.

Over the next 50 years of the Global Mercy's lifespan, it's expected that more than 150,000 lives will be transformed through surgery alone. Thousands of African medical professionals will receive training and mentoring with the goal of multiplied impact within their own communities.

Connect with Colton Dixon

Twitter: @coltondixon

Instagram: @coltondixonmusic

Facebook: @coltondixonmusic

Visit his website: https://www.coltondixon.com/

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