January 17, 2010 – Sunday 7:38am (Haiti Time) – Bon Repos (Ruuska Village), Haiti -Report submitted by Air Mobile Joe

A quick update – Yesterday, we sent N419AR, Marlin Moudy’s Cessna 402 back to the U.S. with one little girl from Haiti named Mishna. Mishna had had surgery in the U.S. several months ago and Barb brought the little one back to Haiti for her Mother to see her. Her condition needed more treatment, so we sent her back on the plane with Marlin. When the team arrived in West Palm Beach, U.S. Immigrations stated that the Medical Visa, though it had 7 months left on it, was not valid. We are shocked. We were up all night sending documents back and forth to get little Mishna out. PLEASE PRAY!

In the meantime, the U.S. Consulate here in Haiti went ABOVE & BEYOND duty to process multiple Visas for other children who desperately need to get to the U.S. Barbara was absolutely overjoyed for the children! I would like to offer a sincere thanks to the diligent team at the U.S. Consulate who worked around the clock to make this happen!! We were at the Consulate / Airport for 14 hours yesterday. Our team is running on fumes (regarding sleep). Today, we are searching for families and bringing in Voyagers. There is so much to write and such a little bit of time. It’s difficult to express the tsunami of emotions. Just keep pressing forward and doing what we can. God Bless You & THANKS for your prayer!! 

Please pray that little Mishna is released from Immmigrations and that Marlin will not suffer for his incredible ACT OF KINDNESS!! Air Mobile Joe PS – I was originally scheduled to fly the Cessna 402 back but felt it was paramount that I remain behind and continue the work that we have begun. I would have been the one on the hotseat with U.S. Immigrations and not Marlin. I feel like my brother took a hit for me. This is difficult. Again, PLEASE PRAY!! Joe