By the time Lincoln was 36 years old, he had already weathered many storms. Living in a country where civil war broke out

The patient felt her way up the gangway with a hole in her cornea.

Marie had already survived being orphaned, teen pregnancy, civil war and becoming a refugee. 

Biso was a widow and mother of 4 children who struggled to support her family.

A crowd of excited children holding colorful signs waited for their friend to return. 

When Lincoln boarded the Africa Mercy, he didn’t know he was about to receive more than free surgery. 

There was no hospital where Mary Johnson lived. She spent 2 days in labor without professional medical assistance. 

Carlos was 6 years old when he first knew he wanted to be a missionary. 

Arthur is the youngest of five children. He was born with a benign tumor growing on the right side of his face. 

Beatrice couldn’t stand by as her family neglected her little brother who was born with bi-lateral club feet.