There are always new challenges with each mission, changes in regulations, new paperwork, one or another bump in the road and sometimes even a “Jersey barrier” to make us work… read more →
The team has made it to Latacunga and the Mission has begun without our film crew. We want to share with all our readers the selfless work being done in… read more →
For those of you who have followed my blog, you may be wondering what happened during the 2013 Hands Across The World Mission. We did not go…that is the film… read more →
The patients came to say good bye and get their final check up. It was a happy moment for me to see all their faces again. Part of me felt… read more →
The mission is coming to an end and it’s time to pack up and go home. We took the opportunity to visit some of the long time patients with Hands… read more →
The four operating rooms are slowing down with the exception of cleft lip and palate. I always thought it was odd at first when the team would refer to the… read more →
All of the kinks have been worked out out at the hospital, Fundacion Tierra Nueva, thanks to the help of Patricia Jarrin who brings many brigades to this hospital every… read more →
Alejandra arrived today with 2 busloads of patients from Coca at 5am. Some of the patients walked 1 hour then drove 2 hours to get on the bus for their… read more →
Do you have trouble remembering what you did yesterday? Have you ever forgotten an appointment if it was booked a month in advance? How about a year? Would you wait… read more →
We’re getting ready to depart Coca today and I’m sitting at Hotel Auca watching monkeys swinging from the trees. This primitive little town has a beauty that is created by… read more →