by Staff | Jun 20, 2014 | General Information
As we say adios to El Salvador, until the next time, here are a few memories of our week. When things get crazy – sometimes you just have to laugh about it! Appearances can be deceiving… View from the city with Boquerón Volcano in the background left...
by Staff | Jun 20, 2014 | General Information
When Austin Smiles first began their mission trips to El Salvador, there were two men who were instrumental in our success; one was Julio Gonzales (a local businessman) and the other was Dr. Roberto Pineta (a local orthodontist). Both men wanted to help their fellow...
by Staff | Jun 20, 2014 | General Information
Ten-month-old Joseph, his mother and his two-week-old sister, traveled with a relative for four hours on a bus to reach the hospital in San Salvador. There was room in the schedule to add him on, so he was to be operated on that day. He was animated and happy on...
by Staff | Jun 19, 2014 | General Information
This is the first Austin Smiles trip for Anesthesiologist Dr. Mary Zavala, but it is not her first trip to El Salvador. She was born here, named Acsa Merari Zavala Flores. She is from San Miguel region, on the edge of lake Olomega by the volcano. Her parents went to...
by Staff | Jun 19, 2014 | General Information
Our dentist, Dr. Tom Sentz, noticed that our bus driver Christian Roque was missing a tooth. Tom made him a false tooth (called a “flipper”) to fill in that spot! Tom has been coming on trips with Austin Smiles, annually or more often, since the mid-90s, so he...
