February 24, 2010 Wednesday 6:56am (Haiti Time) – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Air Mobile Joe

Today – to the airport bright and early / inspect the aircraft with a dear old friend of nearly 28 years – La Paix. I first met LaPaix in 1982. He has worked on our aircraft here in Haiti for many years. It was so good seeing him yesterday. His family survived the earthquake, but he told me that his extended family is from Petit Goave / a region hit very hard by the quake. We will visit the region and endeavor to get clean water to them. Most of the relief is distributed in Port-Au-Prince. We heard on the news that another food convoy was attacked between P-A-P and Cap Haitian. This is where our plane comes in very handy as was demonstrated yesterday’s mission. As the news has indicated, there is still great confusion and turmoil regarding flying out adopted Haitian children. I was originally scheduled to fly into Haiti on Saturday and fly out 5 adopted orphans. A vacuum pump needed to be replaced on our aircraft and we were delayed by 24 hours. Well, on Saturday, 6 other adopted orphans were siezed at the airport by an angry crowd accusing the parents of kidnapping the children. This was absolutely not the case, as their paperwork was in perfect order and signed by the Haitian Prime Minister. Late yesterday, the children were transported back to the American Embassy. Please pray that they are allowed to travel to their new home. Meanwhile, we wait for our 5 orphans, whose papers are also in perfect order to be released to travel. If all works well, I will fly them out in the near future. Things were quiet last night regarding earthquakes. We are thankful. Have to run to the airport.

God Bless and truly appreciate your prayers!!

Air Mobile Joe