Yannucciello Family

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

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!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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!!