Healing the World One by One

In this age of globe-spanning charitable and relief organizations, can the ordinary individual still make a difference? In HEALING THE WORLD ONE BY ONE, men and women, blue and white collar workers, doctors and housewives, students and retirees answer with a resounding YES! Joyful and sad, poignant and unforgettable, these firsthand accounts of teeming streets of Mexican barrios, backward hospitals of Vietnam, canoe accessible dwellings of Honduras, sewerless villages of China and dangerous bush country of Tanzania chronicle not only medical help and American good will, but individual journeys of discovery through faith and serving others. The narrators-all commonplace Americans belonging to the interdenominational Volunteers in Medical Missions-leave the comfort and safety of home to face challenges and adventure as they bring help and hope to the less privileged. In each instance, a community of strangers from various religious denominations and walks of life merges into a cohesive team. A sunburned midwestern farmer, a shy single mother, a visionary southern doctor, a hard-working trucker, a tortured Vietnam veteran, a retired auditor and other everyday Americans demonstrate that one person can make a difference. Susan Alexis lived and worked in Mexico for seventeen years, holds a Masters degree in Spanish, and has served as interpreter with VIMM teams in Nicaragua, Peru, Honduras, Ecuador and Venezuela.