This Is a Soul

The Mission of Rick Hodes

Ranked #50 in Ethiopia

Dr. Rick Hodes arrived in Africa more than two decades ago to help the victims of a famine, but he never expected to call this extremely poor continent his home. Twenty-eight years later, he is still there. This is a Soul tells the remarkable story of Rick Hodes’s journey from suburban America to Mother Teresa’s clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

As a boy, Rick was devoted to helping those in need, and eventually he determined that becoming a doctor would allow him to do the most good. When he heard about famine in Africa, that’s where he went, and when genocide convulsed...
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