The Mission Approaches its End

by | Feb 23, 2018 | El Salvador 2018

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...

Day 2 — The Mission Continues

by | Feb 21, 2018 | El Salvador 2018

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

by | Feb 20, 2018 | El Salvador 2018

Photography by Kris Kennedy                             A handsome smile.               That’s one tough cookie.     Plastic surgeon Dr. Mahlon...