I (David) was incommunicado the last day of our trip and was unable to update the blog. Here’s the final installment of our trip.
Lance, Derek, Mike, and I spent most of our last day in Haiti at the Port-au-Prince airport, waiting for a flight out. The Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is organizing free flights for volunteers using planes donated by various organizations. We flew out on a Hendrick Motor Sports plane. Joe Gibbs Racing also donated his plane. I may have to become a NASCAR fan! 
It was strange to leave the heat and humidity of Haiti to arrive back in snowy Nashville. But it was good to be home!
Bob Mell left Haiti a day later on Kobe Bryant’s plane. Due to the weather, his flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Nashville was canceled, and he found himself stranded in FLL. Amazingly, while waiting in line at the airport, he ran into Long Hollow member, Chris Ferguson. Chris gave Bob and another doctor from Nashville a ride home. They got home about 9am Saturday morning, after a 14-hour drive!
The Global Orphan Project continues to experience God’s blessing for provision and favor with the relief agencies that are handling orphans. Please continue to pray for the Global Orphan teams, as they are serving at ground zero of this crisis.
The work we are doing with our orphanage in Jeremie is more critical than ever, now that the number of orphans in Haiti has increased because of the earthquake. To ease overcrowding at existing orphanages, we need to finish our orphanage as soon as possible.
We are planning on taking several teams to Haiti over the next few months. Some immediate needs include:
- Medical teams
- Construction teams
- VBS teams
Thank you for your prayers while we were gone. We literally felt them!!
This Sunday I will be sharing more about our trip, as well as talking in more detail about the next phase of Long Hollow’s involvement in Haiti.
Amber Bradner February 7, 2010 at 9:08 pm
I would just like to say that my husband and I were very moved at today’s service. As I am becoming a mother myself in the next couple of weeks, it is so hard for me to imagine these hurting children being without the comfort of their parents. It came to me during the service to invite my coworkers to participate in the campaign with me while I am on maternity leave. I believe there are people in the community who would love to be involved in an opportunity like this if given the chance, even if just by offering their prayers for our cause.