Healing Broken Hearts - Thoughts and Pictures by UseppaGin - It was a special night at the Barbara Sumwalt Museum. World-renowned heart surgeon and Island homeowner Dr. Michael Carmichael spoke about the 33 years he and his wife Becki have spent healing broken hearts in China. His Useppa family listened in rapt attention. Dr. Carmichael said, “In 1987 I was the co-director of an International CV Symposium and learned that coronary artery disease was the number one cause of death of the Chinese male, but bypass surgery was not done. I wanted to do medical missions, but it took five more years to find the appropriate avenue into China to perform open heart surgery and to teach. We have been doing that ever since, including living in China in 2017 and '18, pre-COVID. Our most productive mission effort has been having over a hundred Chinese doctors and nurses come to the US to live and study with us. Thus, all our children grew up with Chinese friends and have been over a dozen times each.” Michael and Becki are a partnership. Pictures here show them over the years with their family in China and on Useppa, proof we are not just members of a Useppa family but members of a world family. By their examples, we were reminded to share our gifts.