July 3, 2008 – Thursday – 1:34am – Titusville, FL – Report submitted by Joe Hurston – President – Air Mobile Ministries
One thing is for sure, the Myanmar people are tough! Cyclone Nargis ravaged the southern delta region of Myanmar 8 weeks ago and the 2.4 million people affected are slowly rebuilding their lives. The people of Myanmar have shown an amazing ability to survive and get on with their lives! The obstacles that the survivors are facing are daunting. Many water sources have been contaminated with salt water. This has also made the planting of rice very difficult. Air Mobile Ministries traveled to Myanmar very shortly after Nargis hit (departing the U.S. on May 10th). We experienced first-hand the massive and deep destruction. Though our teams found it difficult and often impossible to get to the “ground zero” regions, we got first-hand reports from many surivors. We also had the privilege to train nearly 100 relief workers on the use and operation of the Vortex Voyager water purification system. These teams have been valiantly bringing help and life to the survivors. Now, Air Mobile is heading back to Myanmar. Because of the generosity of many, organizaitons such as World Compassion and Feeding the Nations are funding some of the 24 water purification systems that Air Mobile will be delivering and deploying in Myanmar. In addition to the water purifiers, we will be bringing in water testing instruments to identify water sources not contaminated with salt water. We also hope to bring in extra funding to help to purchase seeds, diesel fuel and plowing machines. Our exact departure date has not been set as we are awaiting certain critical components for the water purifiers. We suspect it will be within 10 days. We have already been in touch with our contacts within Myanmar and our visa process has begun. We are very excited about returning to this country and re-uniting with the brave and capable relief workers and leaders whom we worked with on our last mission there. As details unfold, we will update this blog. If you have any questions, or wish to help in any way, don’t hesitate to contact us. Our e-mail address is: joehurston@airmobile.org Phone: 321-567-0332. Thanks again for taking the time to read this report. We truly appreciate your prayer, love and support. Air Mobile Joe PS – Continue reading down for reports on past missions. Joe June 7, 2008 – Saturday – 12:20pm – Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston The Air Mobile team is wrapping up a very successful trip in Haiti. We will give a full report once we are back in the U.S. We don’t share details of what we are doing or where we are until our return for security reasons. Be looking for our update soon. God Bless and THANKS for your love and prayer!! Air Mobile Joe PS – Continue reading on down for a full report on our mission to Myanmar

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