We tried not to violate their culture, we tried not to take too many photos. We promised them we'd return. And we did, this year.

Actually, we brought one of the chief's a brand new axe, and that's how we made the deal.

She was disappointed, because she thought we'd brought food. That comment hit hard. It's really frustrating because we're trying to do the right thing, but we realize that medicine alone is not the answer. We can give them all the vitamins we want, we can give them all the pills we have, but if they're hungry, malnutrition, that supersedes just about everything.

Francis asked if we could bring up our medical brigade in January of 2005.

And we were swamped--the health issues, the malnutrition, the diseases were remarkable.

Our relationship grew stronger this year.

We promised we'd return again.