Operation Smile invites the local medical teams to try to learn the skills required. Their philosophy is that if you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, but if you teach him to fish, he'll eat for his lifetime. They're really trying to show these local doctors how to... perform the operation.
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In an interesting way, the operation becomes almost a metaphor for hope and optimism. A little child can have a new face with a smile restored, and suddenly his mother's smile is restored and his father's and the outer family's... and they bring him back to the village and the village is delighted... The ripples and effects of this are fantastic.Roma Downey
I'm not fooling myself. I don't expect my faith to turn up on the cover of Rolling Stone anytime soon or expect MTV to run the video. But I know there's an audience for it. And our album is sincere and comes from a well-intentioned place.
Roma Downey
I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm's length away. As lovely as the mountains are and as friendly as the people of Utah are, I feel a bit landlocked there from time to time.
Roma Downey
What is free time? I'm a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl.
Roma Downey
You know, it's very deep in everyone's secret longings to be a recording star. I know I used to hold a hairbrush and lip-sync with songs on the radio. So making this album was great fun and allowed me the opportunity to work with a family friend.
Roma Downey
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