April 2010
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“BREAKING” NEWS
April 30, 2010 – 8:52am – Friday (Haiti Time)- Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) After 32 years of driving motorcycles in Haiti and tapping so deep into our Lord’s grace and protection, yesterday afternoon Bob Bostic and I went down after hitting a piece of debris on the… Continue reading
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W.A.S.H
April 29, 2010 – 5:52am – Thursday (Haiti Time)- Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) Been reflecting on the good meeting yesterday. So glad that my good friend Dave Phillips (now with Samaritan’s Purse) suggested that we attend the WASH (water – sanitation) meeting. In this meeting, we were… Continue reading
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Bringing Clean Water
April 28, 2010 – 9:52pm – Wednesday (Haiti Time)- Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) Today was a good day! Our team departed Bon Repos, Haiti for a critical meeting regarding water and sanitation for Haiti. We were given the opportunity to set up a Voyager and demonstrate the… Continue reading
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Caanan II.
April 27, 2010 – 5:58pm – Tuesday (Haiti Time)- Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) As you have probably guessed, we are in Haiti. Our small team met at Space Center Executive Airport early this morning. We loaded our trusty mission plane and off we .flew. Our first stop… Continue reading
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Time for a proper tent
April 27, 2010 – 4:58am – Tuesday (Florida Time)- Titusville, FL – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) Up early this morning. Good time to write a blog. Cafe’ pot is brewing, winds are calm. Dieunika (the little 4 year old that Cindy and I have been caring for following major surgery) helped… Continue reading
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NOT A VERY GOOD DAY FOR FLYING IN FLORIDA!
April 26, 2010 – 8:52am – Monday (Florida Time)- Titusville, FL – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) As the headline reads, “Not a very good day for flying (in this neck of the woods)”. Also, as you can see from the sat image, there is a lot of unstable air in the… Continue reading
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An intense moment of guilt
April 24, 2010 – 6:42am – Saturday (Florida Time)- Titusville, FL – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) Sometimes, when I wake up in the middle of the night, I’m not sure what country I’m in. I pause for a moment, if I am in a comfortable bed and there are no mosquitoes… Continue reading
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A FACE ON A TENT CITY
April 23, 2010 – 7:37am – Friday (Florida Time)- Titusville, FL – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) The mission plane is ready to go!! Can’t say exactly when we will be returning to Haiti, but it will be soon. In the meantime, we are setting up meetings in Haiti with coordinating agencies… Continue reading
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Bulldozers
April 22, 2010 – 8:39am – Wednesday (Florida Time)- Titusville, FL – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) Before I give a quick report on the good day we had yesterday, I would like to share a bit with you about Caanan II, the tent city very close to Ruuska Village in Haiti.… Continue reading
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Visa
April 21, 2010 – 10:53am – Wednesday (Florida Time)- Titusville, FL – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) We departed Ruuska village in the rain. The roads were flooded. At one point, the entire engine of or little motorcycle was nearly submerged (I was concerned about the engine sucking in very dirty, muddy… Continue reading