March 13, 2010 – 5:49pm – Saturday – Bon Repos, Haiti (Ruuska Village) – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe)

Long before the sun rose this morning, we were preparing the plane. We packed it so full of good things, i.e. medicine, supplies, Voyagers, parts, a big cheese cake, steaks, a drum set and other assorted things for the mission. The weather was challenging. I flew a direct course to Exuma Island and for the first time in many, many years, the weather nearly prevented me from landing. But, our Lord made a way, it cleared just enough for me to get in. After a quick turn on the ground, I took off with a very strong cross wind climbing to 13,500′ and winging to Haiti. In this photo, Great Inagua is off my left and Cuba is just off my right. 

The final leg between Exuma Island and Port-Au-Prince was beautiful. The flight went well, even had a little bit of a tailwind. It is good to be back in Haiti. Kyle, my son in law and Barbara (Rambo in the Blue Dress) picked me up. Got the update on Visas. It’s still a toss up as to who will travel next. I know this shot may not look like very much, but the “quality” of what we brought in is very high! 5 Voyagers can provide clean water to 2500 people a day! That is a lot of health in a land full of disease and very contaminated water. Alright, I get excited about this stuff, but it really is very cool to be able to really help people in such need. 

Alright, I will admit it….”I’m really enjoying flying again”. It’s been a while and our Lord opened the door with this airplane to get me back in the cockpit. Really, I’m having a blast and at the same time, helping some folks. That’s a true win-win deal. The Psalmist David wrote, “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart”. That certainly is the case with me regarding flying. I just love to fly and the Lord lets me do it! By the way, “we chart our course, but…..may the Lord direct our path”!! Think about that today! 

Stay tuned. No telling what we’ll be doing tomorrow.

God Bless You and as I always say, your prayer and love makes such a difference.

Air Mobile Joe 

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