It's known as one of the poorest nations in the world, and quality health care for many in Honduras is hard to find.

But now a team of doctors from right here in Arkansas is not only helping the people of Honduras, they're sharing their skills, knowledge, and faith with them too.

Over the years, Doctor Kris Shewmake has made several trips to Honduras to offer surgeries to those in need.

(Kris Shewmake, Co-Founder) “There's so much need there, people just show up.”

But just doing surgeries felt like incomplete work.

(Shewmake) “And I always felt like there was just so much more we could do. In a situation like that you have to be so careful about what you do, because there are no doctors--you're not really working with any doctors there to take care of the patients if they had a problem and you were gone.”

With the help of a lot of prayer and a hospital owner in Honduras, Operation New Life was formed. The group is a Christian-based ministry that serves the poor and the needs of the health care community in Tegucigalpa in Honduras.

(Claudia Coello, Plastic Surgeon) “They find us in Honduras. We are a really small program in plastic surgery there. We don't have a lot of teachers, we don't have a lot of help.”

So, instead of just doing the surgeries, the doctors are now passing on their skills and knowledge to those wanting to learn in Honduras. In the past five years, the group has grown to more than 300 people. But organizers say they give all the credit to God.

(Shewmake) “It's been great being able to see what He can do in a third world country like that just with people that want to give back. And we get more blessings out of it than we give. It's just neat to walk in that.”