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More Scenes from Surgery Days
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The Mission Approaches its End
by John Paschal It is 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, and the sun has risen on the overnight rooms at Hospital Militar Central. In Habitacion 7-8, nine-month-old Karina Vasquez Perez is crying in the arms of her mother, Reyna, as soft white sunlight...
Scenes from Surgery Days
Photography by Kris Kennedy ...
Scenes from Day 2
Photography by Kris Kennedy
Day 2 — The Mission Continues
by John Paschal It is 9 o’clock on Tuesday morning, and two-year-old Herminia de la Cruz is already a rock star. True, the little girl in pigtails is not singing a power ballad in front of thousands of worshipful fans, nor is she freestyling on a...
Scenes from Day One
Photography by Kris Kennedy A handsome smile. That's one tough cookie. Plastic surgeon Dr. Mahlon Kerr...
Austin Smiles Medical Mission to San Salvador: Saturday and Sunday – The Mission Begins
by John Paschal “Please put your tray tables up and your seats in the upright position,” comes the pleasant voice through the United jet, “as we prepare for our final descent.” The words, in a sense, are familiar territory, something we have all come to...
Guatemala Day Six: Final Day of Surgery
Guatemala Day Six: Final Day of Surgery 10/18/2017- Written by Susie Awalt; Photography by Ranjani Agrawal
Guatemala Mission Trip Day 5
Guatemala Day Five 10/18/2017- Written by Susie Awalt; Photography by Ranjani Agrawal
Guatemala Day Four
Guatemala Day Four 10/17/2017- Written by Susie Awalt; Photography by Ranjani Agrawal
Day Three: Surgeries Have Begun
Day Three: Surgeries Have Begun 10/16/2017- Written by Susie Awalt; Photography by Ranjani Agrawal
Guatemala Day One & Two
Day One & Two 10/14/17 & 10/15/17 - Written by Susie Awalt; Photography by Ranjani Agrawal Day one of the Austin Smiles Medical Mission trip began on October 14th, 2017. We gathered at 3:30 am for a 5 am departure to Guatemala City with doctors, nurses, and...
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