"The most memorable moment was the first day I entered the preschool and a little girl ran to me and threw her arms around my legs. I was a goner! The children are so open and accepting. They are eager to play and, like children everywhere, they love to have fun."
~ Nita Sue Currey, TX

"I learned so much from the local nurses. They taught me assessment skills I had abandoned for technology. One nurse named Lucy taught me how to bring nursing into the community when we gave door-to-door polio immunizations."
~ Kathleen Morrow, IL

"During my two weeks in Prampram, I was digging the foundation for the clinic and laying block for the school. We were working with a Ghanaian crew. I would tell the black masons I was working with that I worked with people just like you in China. We're all different colors, but we're all the same guy." ~ Tony Splendoria, IL

"These people profoundly have an understanding of life that we seem to have lost in our daily fast-paced lives. Yes, the poverty, hunger, and cries are there, and help is truly needed and deserved. The powerful experience of it all is that we truly can help each other."
~ Dori DuMont, CA