April 16, 2010 – 6:09pm – Friday (Haiti Time)- Ruuska Village – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe)

We hit the ground running this morning. Garrett and I got the “assembly line” Voyager Repair Center going and soon we were cranking out fully refurbished Voyagers. As I had shared earlier, we really wanted to identify the new tent cities and find where the government is moving hundreds of thousands of folks. Well, wherever they are, it is not obvious. 

Pat, a long-time friend of Barbara Walker and I headed up north searching. Soon, we found ourselves at the Samaritan’s Purse Compound. I sought out my good friend Dave Phillips. Dave and I have been to Haiti together several times. He too did not know exactly where all of the displaced/replaced refugees were being placed. 

We headed back down and passed this huge camp that has been in place since immediately following the quake. It has only grown in size. I entered and began asking about the water situation. It was as I suspected….bad. I took this photo of a young lady who had traveled quite a distance for the water for the day. The story was the same everywhere we asked. 

I was very glad to meet Pastor Volne, an Assembly of God Pastor that was permanently based in this camp. We discussed the water situation. I told him we would pray about helping. You see, first they had to get a “source” of water. 

After departing, I found that not very far away was a river. We opted to return to check the salt level. We did and it was quite high. However, a number of “feeder streams” had acceptable levels of salt. The problem is, when the rains stop, so do the feeder streams. At any rate, we are looking to do something. 

Upon returning to Ruuska Village, we met Dr. Bernard. He had 2 Voyagers that needed repair. It just so happened that we had to freshly refurbished units. After a brief training, he was out the door. Tomorrow, we continue our quest to help the Tent City and other tent cities. Better close out for now.

God Bless!!

Air Mobile Joe 

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