Last November, a medical mission consisting of 43 physicians, nurses, optometrists and other volunteers traveled to Nuevo Progreso, San Marcos, in the mountains of Guatemala. The teams consisted of ophthalmologists, plastic surgeons, gynecologic surgeons, anesthesiologists and general surgeons. Over a 12-day period, we saw several hundred patients and performed about 300 operations, including cataract extractions, repair of cleft lips/palates, repair of other