January 29, 2010 – Friday 9:31am (Eastern U.S. Time) – Titusville, FL – Report submitted by Air Mobile Joe

Yesterday, it was off to the airport bright and early to get John Torres and Craig Rubadoux on-board a flite back to the U.S. / with great hesitation, I put my name on the last flite of the day, not knowing if I would get a seat. I miss my family / and have critical business to attend to regarding getting more Voyagers / supplies / food / personnel into Haiti. My wife, Cindy and daughter, Cherie and a host of volunteers have been incredible.I can’t even begin to describe how the Lord is using them during this unprecedented disaster. I am so proud of them and their service to our Lord. Peter my son and Dieunika have grown an inch in the last 2 weeks. It’s good to be home / have a nice, long, hot shower (the first in 2 weeks) and eat whenever I want. However, we know that we will be headed back to Haiti very soon. 

Back to yesterday, after dropping John and Craig, our new pilot friend Charlie (who flew in and donated a plane-load of food and supplies) headed downtown to the palace and meet with the YWAM Medical Team operating out of the Police Department courtyard. Our mission was to complete our training and drop off hoses and extra filters. We again requested water from “any source” and bring it to us to purify. They brought us some pretty nasty water and the wonderful Voyager purified it and the docs were all amazed. After completing that mission, I knew that it was time for me to come home, at least for a short time and take care of a lot of business vital to the continuation of this mission in Haiti. 

Upon getting back to the airport, I realized that I had forgotten to pack one of my back-packs that had my car keys. The traffic was mega-gridlock leaving the airport. I asked to borrow a motorcycle, quickly got the keys and off to our mission / by car/truck it would take 3+hours to make the round trip / by motorcycle, I was there and back in 45 minutes! Motorcycle is definately the way to move around Port-Au-Prince if you have to get somewhere quickly. It was a wild ride, much on the broken sidewalks among make-shift street vendors, but people just moved out of the way and let this missionary thru. Back to the airport, I get assinged to a Cessna Caravan leaving in 30 minutes (perfect timing, Praise God!). By the way, MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) and MFI (Missionary Flights International) have done an INCREDIBLE job of moving thousands of people and tons and tons of cargo in and out of the country. Once on board the little Caravan, I just let loose. The flood of emotions were overwhelming. My prayer is that the Lord allows me to return very soon. The faces / gruesome dead bodies / desperation / pain / lack of food / water / medical care and the list goes on and on just filled my mind and heart as the Caravan lifted off and headed back for the 4.5 hour flight back to Fort Pierce. My mind and heart also went to the faces of faith and determination / even laughter / all night prayer vigils and spontaneous worship that I witnessed in the Haitian people lead me to believe that this country and people will recover. It will never be the same, but our Lord will be with them each step of the way. Upon landing in Ft. Pierce, I quickly passed Customs / Immigration. Was met by me dear friends, Marlin and Pat Moudy. Remember, Marlin gave us his plane (and himself) the day after the earthquake. Talk about deep friendship and love of the Lord!! They took me to the Golden Corral / steak never tasted so good. Then, the long ride back / drifting along the way (had to stop and snooze) to keep safe. Arrived home to my precious family at 1:00 this morning. Awoke to quiet (no roosters / chickens / pigs and the voices and sounds of Haiti). Already been on the phone getting vital supplies / components moving / my staff did a WONDERFUL job in my absence. Now, we’re locking arms and settling down for the long haul of helping a small country in our back yard that is bleeding and suffering beyond our comprehension. I’ll endeavor to keep report coming. So many of you have prayed and given and come forward to help us help Haiti. Today, Cherie is loading another airplane, Cindy is working on getting “undocumented” orphan cleared in and scores of others are working tirelessly.

God Bless!

Air Mobile Joe

PS – feel free to call if you have any questions / my cell is: 321-544-7757. Joe