In the most recent monthly meeting with our team in Guatemala, we spent a portion of our time together exploring ideas from Seth Godin's...

While researching relevant statistics regarding healthcare in Guatemala to put together our concept note, I came across an interesting...

Case 3: Broken Lungs + Broken Heart A year or two after our center opened, a young male patient presented with chronic cough,...

A couple of weeks ago a female patient in her late twenties presented for care. She had a chief complaint of left sided weakness for the...

The latter part of May each year our family lights and releases sky lanterns. We do so to honor the life and memory of our daughter,...

In recent months, as we have intensified our fundraising efforts in order to grow our local team and expand our patient census and...

On this Mother's Day weekend, it seems fitting to pause and appreciate the gift of being blessed with an amazing mother. Sandy Self, my...

May 4th marks EIGHT YEARS since we opened our doors and started seeing patients at our health center in rural Guatemala! Here's a rundown...

In a prior post at the start of the year we shared plans for a Roadside Makeover. As outlined in the prior post, the hope is that the...

Case 2: "I would like to buy a valve, please." A thirtysomething year old female presented to our center with complaints of shortness of...

Easter, the holiday, rightfully evokes many positive emotions and feelings: love, joy, and hope to name a few. Easter baskets, however,...

Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is integral to the care we provide at our center in rural Guatemala. We incorporate POCUS as an...

This past week a middle-aged female from a neighboring community presented with a chief complaint of facial swelling. Upon evaluation,...

"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." ~John 1:5 Living in rural Guatemala, we are blessed to have...

Our targeted patient population hails from isolated rural communities with limited access to high quality healthcare. This population is...

"And so it begins" ~King Theoden in Lord of the Rings movie "The Twin Towers" Earlier this month we made modest, but not insignificant,...

Immediately upon completion of training a physician begins a careerlong battle against skill decay. Gone are the days of medical school...

This past week one of the patient's I saw in clinic gave me pause. Our patient is a 46 year old gentleman with known HIV/AIDS as well as...

Several posts back, we discussed our excitement regarding the addition of an ambulance to our health center in rural Guatemala. This...

A previous post highlighted our wellness program and its focus on improving the health of our local team members. That post specifically...