TRANSFORMATIONS

Lorena

Age 20 - Quito, Ecuador

Lorena suffered from a serious congenital defect of her nose which gave her two ridges and two deformed nostrils. Lorena and her parents knocked on many doors all over Guayaquil, but could never find an adequate solution to this problem. Not many local doctors had the highly trained skills to help and they certainly did nit have any money. The family sensed she would look normal ever again. Through a friend, Lorena was told about Operation of Hope that had been making annual visits to Riobamba for many ears. Lorena’s family knew they had to take this chance. Lorena and her family made the six-hour bus trip to be evaluated by the Operation of Hope doctors. On arrival, Lorena’s family knew they had done the right thing.

Lorena literally cried when she was placed on Operation of Hope’s busy surgery schedule. “You don’t know how much I prayed to God for this day.” Lorena’s operation was a great success and today she really is a new person. People around her immediately noticed her new confidence and her excitement when they discovered later that she had landed a job. A simple opportunity that was unlikely before her operation. Years later, Lorena wrote Operation of Hope to say she feels very content and has established a new life. Her dreams have been fulfilled by this gift of surgery.