Mission To Heal: Gifts from the Poor

It was not gift wrapped, but it was surely one of the best gifts I could have received. The box held five Advance Reader Copies of Dr. Glenn Geelhoed's book: Mission To Heal: Gifts from The Poor, a chronicle of over forty years of international surgery and medicine. Dr. Geelhoed describes himself as a "hunter-gatherer," but other describe him as brilliant, adventurer, driven and called. He has impressed me as having the most intellectual breadth, curious height, and spiritual depth of any person I have ever met.

The book is due to be released in early May and Dr. Geelhoed is trying to arrange his schedule to visit Southold for a lecture and book signing. ALL proceeds from the sale of the book go to the International Medical Hall of Fame which each year recognizes persons who have made extraordinary contributions and which helps support medical missions.

The book is a great "read/" It has moments of humor, days of danger, flashes of brilliance, glimpses of resilience, glimmers of hope, and visions of what this world could be.

You can pre order it on Amazon. IF we are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to have Dr.Geelhoed visit, be sure to attend. A Geelhoed lecture is not a Broadway show, but it does bear similarities. People laugh and cry, are engaged and are amazed, and don't want the time to end. The main difference, the most critical difference, is the difference it will cause in you.