Sunday breakfast with our generous benefactors, Sal & Maru Danial, Trustees of the Samir D. Gergis Charitable Trust. And then, the Miles of Smiles Team boards the bus for the long, scenic drive to Xela.. . viewing high mountains & breathtaking steep misty valleys along the way.
Read MoreMeeting & greeting & reuniting & boarding… Cedar Rapids to Dallas, then Guatemala City… ETA 8 p.m.! Tomorrow, the team will arrive in Xela for unpacking & getting set up for surgery screening on Monday. Go Team!
Read MoreDon Ambrosio ~ (84 yrs. old) ~ after his surgery. He said thank you for himself & also for the children who would never have to live their lives in isolation as he had been forced to do, because they had the opportunity for corrective surgery.
Read MoreOn April 5, 2008, the Rotary 6000 Iowa MOST (Miles of Smiles Team) begins its journey to the highlands of Guatemala. The 29-member team will work with local partners at the hospital in Quetzaltenango (known locally as Xela) to perform cleft lip/palate surgeries for both children and adults.The Iowa Miles of Smiles Team will be…
Read MoreMAYNOS!in 2006 & 2007DORCAS! Surgery in 2006 ~ See her 2007 SMILE!
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