Stone Soup Leadership Institute

A Healing Heart
As a surgeon, Dr. Juan felt it was his sacred duty to treat people from both sides who were fighting the long Civil War in El Salvador. But his government judged his caring for the peasants as political – and imprisoned, tortured and left him to die. After making his way to a new life in the United States, Dr. Juan created a clinic where the Latino community helps each other heal their minds and souls as well as their bodies. In this story, we learn about an amazing encounter between Dr. Juan and one of his former captors, Arturo, and of the healing power of forgiveness and love.