Dental Rescue

Dr. Mike and his team fixing teeth

As the largest orphan care provider in Cambodia, we have endured the UNICEF proctoscope. It wasn’t pleasant, but it did do us some good; they helped us root out some malignant practices. Weak links can be: bad habits, poor administration, incompetent people or insufficient supplies.  But, all 23 of our “Memorandums of Understanding,” are being approved – one for each province.

We are a far healthier organization due to this microscopic inspection. However, some things are beyond ridiculous, like having the caregiver sign and thumbprint a document every time a child brushes their teeth. Jesus had more than 5,000 show up for dinner with just a few fish and a couple of loaves of bread on hand, somehow they all got fed.

We had a surprise inspection of a key home that was about as well equipped as Jesus’ pantry when a small army of officials showed up. We’d have been in trouble, but we’d done all we could, and God did his part. Guess who was there doing a dental clinic for every surrounding church home? Dr. Mike and Medical Teams International. One of the key leaders of Social Concerns left saying, “Even the King of Cambodia can’t get a foreign dentist to come clean his teeth and you do this for orphans!”

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