June 3, 2010 – 7:13am – Thursday (Eastern Time) – Cocoa, FL – Report submitted by Joe Hurston – Air Mobile Joe

Another day of preparation for our next mission to Haiti. In so many ways, it is so easy in this country. For example, call a tech and request an A/B cable to plug into a navigation device. Done. Or phone a team member and ask to get some Haiti food packets prepared for the next Haiti flight. Answer, we’re preparing 3,000 meals tonight, can get them to you tomorrow. Done. Get the mission computer changed over and tested. Done. Bring the aircraft to a world-class avionics shop to have an HSI(Horizontal Situation Indicator) installed and the transponder antenna repositioned. Done. Don’t misunderstand. All of these functions require time, money and infrastructure, planning, etc. The point that I am making is, in this great country of America, we can do so much because we have a functioning system and a vast network of communications / finance / law & order / medical care / transportation , etc. etc. Often, we simply pick up our phone and make the call (of course, it helps to have money in the account). In Haiti, none of the above is functioning or is barely functioning. I am simply bringing to light the staggering obstacles that we face each day in Haiti. Now, what is at stake if simple, routine tasks go undone?? Many lives can be lost and will most likely be lost. What can we do about it?? I have pointed out so many times in this “running blog” that the job is so staggering and immense, it is very easy to become discouraged, throw up our hands in frustration and say, “why bother”. I can tell you, we resist those thoughts regularly. We must do what we can do. That is the reason, we so often come to you in this blog and request your help and prayer. Now that Hurricane Season has officially begun, the clock is ticking with a much louder, relentless tick – tick – tick. We, at Air Mobile, believe that what we must do, we must do quickly. I personally Praise God for a staff that understands this and stands so firmly by my and Cindy’s side to accomplish seemingly impossible goals. We must “make hay while the sun shines”! At this time, we are putting together every bit & piece to make Voyagers. We are making new components and constantly scouring the world for the necessary components to turn pieces of stainless steel, bits of carbon / ceramic and electronic components into “miracle devices” that can take very contaminated water and make it pure, very pure! We are constantly appealing for help, food, medicine, personnel etc. to help those in such desperate need. Today, I simply wanted to give a little bit of insight into what goes on behind the scenes and what makes Air Mobile tick. Our hearts are driven to help as much as we can in the disaster called Haiti. I point out again – never in History – has a single country been hit so hard. On January 12, 2010, in just 35 fleeting seconds hundreds of thousands died. That was the beginning of a monumental tragedy. The tragedy is continuing on and with the passage of time, and the stirring of killer storms, it is about to get worse, much worse. What can we do?? We must do what we can, when we can! Please continue to pray with us as we gather our bits and pieces, as the little boy that happened to have 2 barley loaves and 5 little dried up fishes and placed them in the hands of Jesus. Jesus took that meager, miniscule “offering” and fed the multitude. We need a “loaves and fishes miracle” for Haiti.

THANK YOU for your prayer and love and support!!

Air (Ever Increasingly Mobile) Joe 

PS – PLEASE CONTINUE READING DOWN ON THIS “RUNNING BLOG” TO SEE HOW THIS STORY HAS UNFOLDED TO THIS POINT. BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS BLOG AND FEEL AS IF YOU ARE JUMPING RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF A STORY, YOU ARE!! GOD BLESS –

Air Mobile Joe