It showed him that the greatest job one could have is serving the underserved. As the child of a missionary, Hans was exposed to unique opportunities through, for example, short-term mission trips. These trips revealed to him the overwhelming need for physicians worldwide. Hans recalls visiting a village in Pokot, a rural county in Northern Kenya, where he saw malnourished children being held by helpless mothers who were themselves malnourished. Their state of poverty along with the lack of infrastructure meant that the main mode of transport was walking. Children would walk to school barefoot; mothers would walk over 10 miles to fetch fresh water and fathers would be on their feet all day tending to the cattle as they graze. That said, it was no surprise that many locals suffered from all kinds of mobility issues. These factors–coupled with the lack of quality healthcare–showed the need for orthopedic surgeons in rural areas like the village in Pokot.