June 23, 2010 -7:39Pm – Wednesday (Haiti Time) – Bon Repos, Haiti (Ruuska Village) – Report submitted by Joe Hurston – Air Mobile Joe

The photo above was taken this morning at 15,000 on a direct flight from Titusville, FL to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. We just had to get back and be close should the storm that we have been tracking hit Haiti. This team consists of my son, Peter and Benny who works at the hospital that Cindy & I have been chaplains at for many years. So glad Benny could join us on this mission. 

From the latest Sat Image taken just moments ago, you can see that Haiti has “dodged a bullet” again! For that, we are so thankful!! Our Lord certainly knows how to calm and direct storms! We hit the ground running today. Upon arrival and clearing our supplies, Barb (Rambo in the Blue Dress) met us. We headed straight to “Water Cluster Meeting” to discuss Hurricane Evacuation plans and the need for water “bladders” to be strategically placed in areas where people can “run for safety” in the event of dangerous storm. Many details are being discussed and some good plans are coming together. Winds blew fairly hard today, but many “fragile” structures have been spared. Haiti is definitely not out of the woods. Please continue to pray. 

Upon returning to Barb’s village and unloading, my son Peter and I headed to a couple of Tent Cities including Caanan II to discuss the plans of Evacuation. It is always good to see Pastor Volny. This is one faithful brother. He has been in the tent-city every time we have visited them. It is so good to be planning “something” to help these vulnerable people to have a place to “hide” during the storms. Well, it has been a VERY LONG DAY. Time to shut it down for the evening. Will write more tomorrow.

God Bless and THANKS!!

Air Mobile Joe & Peter