Emphasis Preaching Journal

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder is the story of Dr. Paul Farmer, who has dedicated his life to bringing state-of-the-art medicine to people in abject poverty who have no running water, no solid roofs, no education, nothing. In the destitute land of Haiti, he and his colleagues have built Zanmi Lasante, ("Partners for Health" in Creole), a modern medical facility. It has an ambulatory clinic, a women's clinic, a general hospital, a large Anglican church, a school, a kitchen, and a brand-new building for the treatment of tuberculosis. Dr.