Chandy's Smile

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to be in Cambodia with Dr. Doug Harty.  Doug and his daughter Brittany Webb were a part of a larger team with several seperate agendas but as a pair represented CGI's first medical/dental initiative.  Both saw many patients but arguably none was sweeter than Chandy.  Chandy is the younger sister of Thida who is one of the girls in the Daughters Project.  Unfortunately Chandy had some very serious dental issues and Doug was forced to remove all four of her permanent front upper teeth.  In the picture below she is "smiling" but these smiles were few and far between for several weeks.

Before leaving the country we told Chandy that once her gums had time to heal we would figure out a way to give her a new smile.  Some preliminary investigation with a Korean dentist in Phnom Penh led us to believe that it would be very expensive (we're talking thousands of dollars!) but PTL! God opened a door and through connections with another ministry in Cambodia Chandy is now smiling from ear to ear! 

Thanks for supporting the work of CGI and for making it possible to help kids like Chandy!  It's a funny thing but if you look close enough at this picture you will find that you can't help but smile too.  Try it.

Until ALL have heard,

Chris