Dr. Luis Garcia
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And to be honest, I did it just because he's a great friend.
And I'm like, okay, I'm going to go.
But Ed, I tell you, after watching the level of mission, the level of impact, and when you have, think about this, when you have a group of 120 people get together at the Dallas airport on a Saturday,
fly to Guatemala City.
Sunday, we start to work together as a team, people that you've never met.
Right.
And then you work throughout the week.
It's just amazing how in a span of five days,
You create so many great bonds, friendships, and it just reminds you that when you have a common mission and a positive purpose, you can almost overcome every single barrier that you have.
And that was like an addiction.
It was like, now we need to do it again and again and again.
We started this 12 years ago, and now we have seven teams that go every year.
We expanded not only from surgical and medical missions, but we have now a school, we have
a water filter program.
We have a stove program.
So we created programs that bring sustainability to the local population.
So it's not just sporadic care.
It's truly creating platforms in which they can be successful and support and grow themselves.
And that project now is a very important project that has a tremendous impact in Guatemala.
And, you know, I'm part of the board and it's something that makes us super proud.