July 14, 2008 – Monday – 10:10pm (Bangkok time) – Bangkok, Thailand – Report submitted by “Air Mobile Joe”

The Air Mobile team just landed in Bangkok, Thailand. All flights have gone well. Our 6 person team consists of: Joe Hurston – Dennis West – Dan Carpenter – Barbara Walker – Steve Baran and Shirley Ferrell. We’re a bit road-weary after 22 hours in the air, but will be ready for a full day tomorrow in Myanmar. We’re scheduled to land in Yangon at 8:35am. We’ll go right into meetings, training and service on the water purification units. 

We’re getting reports of very high arsenic contamination in the water. Our purifier can be modified to deal with large amounts of arsenic. One of our goals will be to asses the situation and plan follow up work. Once on-site, our knowledge of the true situation will increase significantly. 

Life is slowly returning to normal, but many suffer from mental torment. Many of our teams are addressing this situation. So many are having to start from scratch. The storm has left such destruction in its wake. These precious people really need our prayer and love! We want to thank World Compassion and Feeding the Nations for funding the bulk of the water purifiers that we are deploying. We’re so thankful for generous donors. Once in Myanmar, our communications are very limited. Our next major report will come when we pass back through Bangkok on Saturday, July 19th. Once again, you are so important to this mission! Thank you for your love and prayer and support! Sincerely: Joe Hurston “Air Mobile Joe”