by Staff | Jan 21, 2015 | General Information
After 150 days, almost half a year, Angélica and her parents, Felix and Margarita, returned to their homeland in Usulután, El Salvador. Since Angélica’s dramatic transformation they have waited for the day they could present their precious baby to their family and...
by Staff | Jun 6, 2013 | General Information, Medical Mission Trips
Austin, Texas This is my first humanitarian mission—and my first time writing a blog. The fine people at Austin Smiles have entrusted me with their blog space to chronicle the mission experience from a novice’s point of view. At first I struggled with the idea of...
by Staff | May 15, 2013 | Medical Mission Trips
Austin Smiles’ Facebook page was stuck at just under 500 likes. It would slowly creep from 492 to 493. Each new like caused a “yippee” in the office. So today at 498, we asked our Facebook followers to ask 2 people to like our page. I don’t know why, but 500...
by Staff | May 10, 2013 | Medical Mission Trips
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our wonderful mothers! “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” ~Rudyard Kipling Feliz día de las madres a todas nuestras madres maravillosas! “Dios no podía estar en todas partes, y por lo...
by Staff | May 9, 2013 | Awards
Alpharetta, Ga., Feb. 15, 2013—Dr. Rick Parker, a practicing plastic surgeon at the Austin Plastic Surgery Institute, has been selected by LocumTenens.com as its inaugural domestic service honoree in the Mission:MD MedicalMissions.org Physician of the Year Awards. The...
