Secondly, most parents are the same as you and me. They all want more for their children. In the United States, we parents look at our infant children and immediately see a leader, a healer, a professional ball player, a gifted musician, a teacher, a motivator, a lover. We see a future. Therein lies the biggest difference I see on missions.
Many parents see no future for their children.
Because they do not have access to the surgery that would return their children's hope for the future. As an Operation Rainbow mission volunteer accepts a deformed baby from the trusting arms of its parent, the volunteer's heart can not help but grow. Never before has so much trust been given. Never before has so much weight been given to such a short surgical procedure. Never before has a family's sense of hope rested so strongly on the shoulders of such a committed team.