Updates from Agape

King Air 90 - January 23

• Agape Flights’ King Air 90 right landing gear collapsed upon landing in Jacmel , Haiti .

• The two pilots are safe and have arrived to the U.S.

• Information is limited at this time; the damage to the plane is being assessed, but it is clear Agape Flights’ King Air 90 will not be in service for a significant time.

YES, Agape Flights is still flying often and able to land in Port au Prince. Agape Flights' planes are being met by the missionaries we serve. The supplies are reaching the medical clinics, orphanages, schools, and churches through the 130 missionary families we regularly serve in PAP. Mike Labady, Agape's Emergency Field Director is on the ground in Port au Prince working to coordinate activities.

Thank you for praying with us for our missionaries and all of the people of Haiti.

Serving with you in Christ, The Agape Staff, The Board of Directors, and all of our volunteers.

Since the Haiti earthquake disaster Tuesday, January 12

Agape Flights has:

• Made 54 flights

• Delivered 120,000 pounds of emergency supplies

• Transported 24 medical personnel to Haiti

• Evacuated 8 orphans

Tuesday Update, January 26

Embraer 110 (Bandit)

• AirNow, a freight transport company located in Bennington, VT has donated the use of one of their aircraft and pilot John Somero, to Agape Flights for a month! The plane arrived this afternoon loaded with supplies donated by people from Bennington. The plane will make its first Agape flight Wednesday morning. http://www.airnow.com/haitirelief.html

Monday Update, January 25

B-55 Baron

• Plane left with critical supplies to Haiti this morning.
• The return flight is expected to deliver orphans from the "Children of Promise" orphanage to their adoptive parents some time this evening in Sarasota.

King Air 200

• Landed in PAP today with critical supplies for our missionaries.

Here is an update from someone that I met trying to get down to Haiti to help in the relief efforts.

Note from the Field in PAP - Agape gets the job done!!

Hello everyone at Agape,

You guys at the best!

I don't know where to start to thank you for all you do, and to tell you what a huge impact your work is having on the people in Haiti. Jill and I ended up working at St. Damian's Hospital in Port Au Prince with the help of David Heady and the other wonderful people at the mission. Not only did you get us to Haiti you gave us this wonderful connection with wonderful people who transported us to the hospital in the morning, picked us up at night, brought us back to their compound, fed us, gave us a place to shower and sleep, and kept us safe. There were quite a few other people staying there from around the country including Orthopedic docs, Nurses and UN workers.

David and his group of people are getting things done with your help. They have people going out to more remote areas to help those who are not able to get to hospitals. They also set up a small clinic near their property, and word is getting out to people near by that it is available. It is small organizations like yours that seem to be very affective. The UN and US military and other countries military are present and I know they are helping, but their large vehicles like tanks and troop transport trucks are clogging up the few passable roads. Little pick ups like Davids can get through, plus they know the area and are much more efficient.

Plus David doesn't have to go through ten or twenty other people to make a decision thus slowing the process of getting people and supplies where they need to be.

I will write more and keep in contact.

In the mean time know you are helping so many. I saw supplies you sent. A - boxes were stacked in a hallway and again I felt like it was Christmas and started opening boxes looking for things were desperately needed.

Take care
We have huge respect and admiration for all of you.
I will send more photos of Jill and others. These is just had in a group to send to a company trying to get donations of disposable linens.
Kim Luce

Need

The need in Haiti continues. Medical supplies, food, and hygiene supplies are despretely needed, and will continue to be needed for some time. Would you consider making a donation to Agape Flights to help purchase these items and to help with the costs of transporting these things to those who despretely need them? www.agapeflights.com.

Wednesday

Haiti was awakened with another earthquake this morning at 6. The 6.1 quake toppled many structures that had been severely damaged a week ago. This one was centered about half way between Cayes and Port...closer to Cayes than last week's quake. It would have been felt at several sister churches. Pray that the earth would quit moving & shifting!

Monday

long days for Jeff... dispatched 4 planes yesterday... still have 2 on the island at the moment... one more going today... all taking relief supplies and help to the missionaries in Port...however, it's so FRUSTRATING to do all this work and then have the supplies held in customs because the lack of one simple document!!! please keep praying for the situation down there... in ALL aspects.

I miss my husband. He worked all weekend. Then yesterday, he even pulled an all nighter so he didn't even sleep and worked through the night. I saw him for 30 minutes. He is working so hard to get all of the relief supplies to our missionaries. I am very proud of him, but miss him very much...

(taken from www.agapeflights.com)
Monday Update

It was a good day! Three flights departed from Agape’s hangar in Venice , FL.

Agape Flights’ King Air 90 left this morning carrying emergency supplies into Port-au-Prince and landed around 4 p.m. The plane will depart for the Dominican Republic where it will be loaded with supplies standing by at the airport in the DR. Water and critical supplies will be shuttled back to Port au Prince early Tuesday (1/19) morning.

In addition, a donated Aztec left our hangar at noon headed for the Dominican Republic .

We have two time slots to land planes in Port au Prince tomorrow. The King Air will land first followed by the Aztec loaded with donated supplies from the D.R. The current plan is to use the Aztec as a shuttle for the next week between Port au Prince and the DR.

And a third plane, a Diamond Jet with doctors and medical supplies left the hangar early this morning. The trip is flying under Agape Flights banner, but the supplies and one doctor on board were not supplied through Agape Flights . This plane will return to the Agape Flights hangar tomorrow.

Agape Flights also shipped a 20 foot sea container packed with emergency supplies. The cargo cleared US customs this afternoon and is scheduled to be in Port au Prince tomorrow (Tuesday, 1/19). Although the port is closed because of extensive damage, this ship has been cleared to enter. We were given free passage for all the supplies and the container! Praise God!!

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Container

This is a container being loaded at Agape Flights to send down to Haiti full of donated emergency supplies.

Planes, planes, and more planes

Our plane made a load yesterday to Haiti, and was loaded tonight to leave again tomorrow. Jeff is also organizing several other planes to leave tomorrow with supplies. He and the Agape staff have worked hard all day from after church till now. Jeff isn't even home yet. I miss my husband, but I am so proud of all of the work that he has gotten done this week for Haiti.

Haiti Updates

"WOW...How He has provided. I can't comprehend what is happening at Agape. Last week we did our normal weekly flight of approx. 2,500lbs. In 4 days we've sent out approx. 30,000lbs of supplies/food to our families in Port au Prince..It's one of those things "you have to see it to believe it". Please pray for our missionaries and pilots serving on the front lines; it's getting more dangerous as we speak." (From an Agape staff member)

We got our plane into Haiti again on Saturday night, and then are sending another load down tonight. We received a load of items last night. Jeff worked most of the day and night Saturday and is at Agape again today. Please pray for strength for the staff. They have been working long hours to get everything done. Continue to pray for our missionaries. I can't imagine what they are going through right now.

101 out of our 130 missionaries in Port au Prince are accounted for. Praise God.

Updates

Due to the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Agape Flights is currently coordinating relief efforts for the 130 missionary families we serve in Port Au Prince. Medical supplies and cash donations are needed to help facilitate these efforts. Please refer to the Agape Flights website www.agapeflights.com for a list of specific materials needed and also to donate funds to help cover the costs of these efforts.

Please keep praying for our missionaries. We have not heard from all of them to confirm that they are safe. We have received confirmation that 73 of our 130 missionary families in port au prince are okay...Praise God!

We tried to bring a plane with emergency supplies into Port au Prince on Thursday, but they would not let us land. But, we did get the plane in with supplies today Friday, and hope to do another load in the morning Saturday. We will be doing more loads next week.

Also please pray for the desperate Haitians which have become violent trying to obtain water and food. Mobs and riots are beginning to break out, and getting needed supplies into the hands and mouths of the people is becoming dangerous.

Please be praying for Jeff and the staff at Agape Flights. They have been so busy trying to help our missionaries. They have been putting in a lot of late hours. They need strength and guidance. They will be working this weekend as well trying to help coordinate the relief effort.

Thank you so much for you prayers and your support to us!

Long Week

This has been a very long week. Since the 7.0 earthquake that demolished Port au Prince, Haiti, Jeff and the Agape Flights staff have been working non stop. Jeff has been coming home most of the nights around 9 and 10, and tonight it looks like 12 with working on the weekends. Even after coming home he has been on the phone until 11:30. This week, I have been so proud of my husband who works so hard, and is such an valuable asset to Agape. I have been sick all week so it has made it a little harder to have the kids the whole day. But when I think of everything that these missionaries are going through, my week has been nothing compared to theirs.



Our missionaries have been so heavy on my mind this week. I wish that I could do more to help them. But then today I took the kids to Agape Flights because they haven't seen Jeff since Tues. Seeing all of the effort that Agape is putting in to help our missionaries was amazing. Volunteers and staff were everywhere answering phones, organizing supplies, building pallets of items, loading a container full of supplies. It was an awesome sight. We are always a comfort to our missionaries on a daily basis, but when it really matters to be there for them we even work harder sacrificing our time to help them. We do whatever it takes to be the lifeline to these missionaries. I wish you could have seen what I saw today at Agape Flights. So many people working together to show the people of Haiti that they are not forgotten and that God loves them. The most awesome thing is that when all of the relief supply stops from everywhere else, we will still be there helping them. I guess today God showed me again how awesome that the job that He called Jeff and I to do is. It is an honor to serve our missionaries. It is a privilege to work this hard to help them. So please continue to pray for the staff that they will not become weary, because it will be a long process to build Haiti again. Pray for the safety of our missionaries as there is sure to be riots of people trying to get the supplies. Pray for the missionaries that we have not heard from yet saying they are safe. Pray, pray!

Earthquake in Haiti

Okay so I guess that it has been a long time since I blogged (Sept). Yesterday, there was a 7.0 Earthquake in Port au Prince, Haiti. Since then Jeff has been very busy trying to find out if the missionaries are okay, and what they need. They are hoping to do some emergency relief supply flights down to Haiti. If you would like to help, please go to www.agapeflights.com to see a list of supplies that are needed and to donate to pay for the flights. We know of one missionary that is stuck under his house. Please pray that they can get him out safely. Pray for the other missionaries that they are safe as well. It is going to take a lot of effort for the missionaries to help everyone. Please pray for them, they will need it in the weeks to come.