June 13, 2010 – 6:45am – Sunday (Haiti Time) – Bon Repos, Haiti (Ruuska Village) – Report submitted by Joe Hurston – Air Mobile Joe

Back in Haiti so soon! Seems like we were just here. We were! We have such strong momentum going on identifying and helping groups in peril, we just had to return. As our team flew in yesterday, we did our traditional pass over Caanan II, the tent-city that we have been helping. Today, we’ll go check on them and see how things are going. 

One might wonder what it is like to approach a “community” of rag tag dwellings with residents that have lost everything and have been living out of doors for 6 months, often in desperate circumstances. Our experiences have been amazing. We have been met with courtesy and grace. It is easy to identify the “leaders”. Generally, after showing up, it only takes a few minutes for the one or ones in charge to show up. There is a certain calmness and peace during our initial conversation. Kids always show up and see what is going on. We ask first what the water situation is and we go from there. How do we select a community? I don’t want to sound “super spiritual” when I say this, but we just pray and ask the Lord to put on our hearts where He wants us to go. We trust the leadership of the Lord in this matter. For you see, there is immense need everywhere we look. One thing is for sure, we don’t want to show up at the wrong place at the wrong time. There are “hot spots” in Haiti where gangs and drugs rule and kidnappings are common. That is the reason, we truly want our Lord to lead each step of the way. Today is going to be one of those days of prayerfully going and searching. I have a few dear old friends that I will endeavor to visit with today. However, while enroute, we’ll be looking and seeking where our Lord wants us to go and offer our “meager loaves and fishes”. We are learning to ask the Lord to multiply that which we have and help many with little. Before wrapping up this little blog today, thought I would give a bit of an explanation as to why we don’t openly publish exactly when we are flying to Haiti or leaving or what we will be doing in detail. The reason is….we don’t know who reads this blog. It is amazing the folks that do. Well, sometimes “bad guys” read blogs and find out what missions are doing and what their itenerary is. This makes easy targets. So, when we sound a bit mysterious about our travel data, know the reason behind it. Better go for now. Will try to get a report out at the end of the day. As always, THANK YOU for your prayer, love, support and encouragement. Drop a note from time to time.

Would love to hear from you! Air Mobile Joe

 PS – IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS BLOG AND FEEL LIKE YOU ARE JUMPING RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF A STORY….YOU ARE! JUST KEEP READING DOWN TO SEE HOW WE HAVE GOTTEN TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE STORY. IT’S FULL OF AMAZING GRACE!!

Joe