DEPARTMENT OF PLASTIC SURGERY
International Outreach
Damoh, India, February 2004
Central India Christian Mission
Andrew Wongworawat, MD
Georgeanna Huang, MD
Plastic Surgery
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Faith At Work
"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve..." Mark 10:45
And so our mission team approached the journey to the Central India Christian Mission as an opportunity to serve, and to "give back" some of what we have so abundantly been blessed with--technical skills, knowledge, technical equipment. What we did not know was that we received so much more than we could possibly give to these people. The humility, graciousness, and hospitality, with which we were met, even at 3:00 a.m. in the morning, were the living testimony the people at the mission were to us. Our patients were not the only ones to be privileged with a "once in a lifetime" opportunity. In the two weeks spent with these people, we saw how abundantly God blesses and answers prayer when you only open the door and allow Him to. By making themselves available to Him, the Central India Christian Mission showed us that, indeed, with God all things are possible. It was our privilege to have been in their midst, and to be blessed alongside them as they sought to do God's will for the people of India.