January 14, 2010 – Thursday 4:08pm (Haiti Time) – Bon Repos (Ruuska Village), Haiti -Report submitted by Air Mobile Joe

48 Hours ago Haiti was rocked to its core!! As the monster quake was occuring, Barbara Walker called me from Haiti. The call was gripping. I knew, at the moment, that we had to go! It’s a long story, but less than 24 hours later, we stepped out of Cessna 402, N419AR on the Port-Au-Prince, Haiti ramp. So many miracles. Just a few minutes ago, we got Barbara’s Village’s Voyagers up and working well! 

I am typing fast because the connections are spotty here. I’ll try to drop in a couple of shots. The situation here is staggering. Haiti has never had anything like this happen before. Many people are somber and trying desperately to put their lives back together, but where do you begin….Last night, it was hard to sleep with so many images pouring through my mind. We did not sleep in a building with a cement roof, thus our team slept under shed. About 3:00 a strong aftershock awakened us. Today there have been several. Everyone is on edge, yet pushing toward our mission of helping as many as we can. Mine is simply to get Voyagers up and running to maximum capacity. I have been working diligently on getting as many Voyagers up and going as possible. Our team has been great. So many Haitians whom we have encountered has shown a stalwart resiliency. I’ve got to close out for now and get back to servicing water purifiers. PLEASE PRAY THAT OUR PARTS HOLD OUT!

God bless!

Air Mobile Joe