Depak was an eight year-old boy from India who I met during the 2013 LEAP trip to Damoh. He had extensive burn scars from an accident, which left him without…
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Dr. Grant Gilliland was born in Dallas and raised in Oklahoma City. His father, a physician, traveled twice a year on mission trips to rural Mexico. Dr. Gilliland accompanied his…
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We are completing our final surgeries this morning and then packing and praying for our patients' quick recovery. By end of morning, we will have performed 114 surgeries - such…
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Who knew that an e-mail requesting a Chinese-speaking translator for a live news interview would inspire a life of overseas medical missions? Certainly not me. I was first introduced to…
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LEAP volunteer Evan McClay reflects on her first mission trip with LEAP three months ago. "Ever since I was little, I've always had a heart to help those who were…
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One day while catching up with a friend about our kids, grandkids, and husbands’ hectic schedules, she casually mentioned in her soft sweet manner, "You really should come to India; it…
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Hope made its way to Haiti on August 13, 2011. That morning, I had been in the Pre-Op room with the kids, getting them calmed down and ready for surgery.…
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Our trip to Haiti from October 31 - November 4 was a wonderful success! Members of the LEAP team completed 41 procedures and surgeries over three days, ranging from fixing cleft…
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Rebecca is a young teenage girl from rural Haiti. She and her mom noticed her right eye starting to protrude about four months ago, being displaced both downward and outward.…
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