photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence native Mark Stover speaks with a tuberculosis patient in Sudan. Stover spend half of 2010 in Sudan with Doctors Without Borders, and the other half in Mongolia under the program. To the left is Stover's translator.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence native Mark Stover stands in a village in Sudan. Stover, a physician with Doctors Without Borders, spent the first half of 2010 in the country.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence native Mark Stover crouches next to a child patient in Sudan. Stover, a physician with Doctors Without Borders, helped the child deal with malnutrition during his time in Sudan, January through June 2010.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence native Mark Stover stands in a field in Monglia on one of his days off from his work with Doctors Without Borders. Stover spent the last half of 2010 distributing drugs and assessing the tuberculosis threat in the country.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence native Mark Stover documents the two main forms of transportation in Mongolia: motorbikes and horses. Stover worked in the country with Doctors Without Borders.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Volunteers load drugs in Mongolia for distribution to people before the harsh winter comes. Mark Stover, Lawrence native, worked as a physician for Doctors Without Borders for the last half of 2010.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence native Mark Stover traveled around Mongolia mostly in this van, a Russian model with a simple engine he said was easy to fix. Stover returned from Mongolia in January after spending months there as a physician with Doctors Without Borders.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Mountains can be seen in the distance behind this Mongolian town. Lawrence native Mark Stover was in the country and traveled to cities such as this during his work as a physician for Doctors Without Borders.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Mark Stover sits inside a ger, the type of movable house that many Mongolians build. Stover spent the last half of 2010 in Mongolia as a physician with Doctors Without Borders.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Mark Stover (far left) stands with a Mongolian family, his driver and his boss during a visit to the family's house, called a ger. Stover spent the last half of 2010 in Mongolia as a physician for Doctors Without Borders.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

A Mongolian works with a camel before it takes on a rider. Mark Stover, Lawrence native, rode the camel during his time in the country as a physician with Doctors Without Borders.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

A shrine sits at the bottom of a Mongolian mountain. Lawrence native Mark Stover went to Mongolia for the last half of 2010 as a physician with Doctors Without Borders.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

Picturesque scenes occur all over Mongolia, but the country, which is about the size of Alaska, has only about 3 million people. Lawrence native Mark Stover went to Mongolia for the last half of 2010 as a physician with Doctors Without Borders.

photo by: Mark Stover/Special to the Journal-World

The sun sets over Mongolia. Lawrence native Mark Stover went to Mongolia for the last half of 2010 as a physician with Doctors Without Borders.