Table of Contents
Chapter One: The Caretaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter Two: The Birth Of A Son. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter Three: Early Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter Four: Coming To America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter Five: First Year In America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter Six: Welcome To Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter Seven: Medical Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Chapter Eight: First Trip Back Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Chapter Nine: The Big Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Chapter Ten: Journey To Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Chapter Eleven: The Healing Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Chapter Twelve: Purpose Medical Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Chapter Thirteen: Purposeful Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Chapter Fourteen: Purposeful Charity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Chapter Fifteen: Hope Versus Despair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Chapter Sixteen: The American “Dream”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Chapter Seventeen: Race Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Chapter Eighteen: Parenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Chapter Nineteen: Family Legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296