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Captain Scott B

Trading shrimp for relief supplies.  This has been 45 days in the making.  David Bates, owner of Capt. Scott B, said to Danny Jordan (Teresa’s brother) that he really wanted to be a part of the earthquake relief by bringing supplies into Haiti using his shrimp boats.  With that the wheels began to turn.  My son-in-law (John “Phatrok” Lancaster) then called Janeil and thus was the beginning of this adventure.  When the plea for supplies was put out after the earthquake, the churches and people responded.  They began to pour in and there was no quick way to get them to Haiti.  But God does provide and now we have a shrimp boat converted to haul these supplies.

With the generosity of the people at Port Canaveral a warehouse space was donated to house the tons of supplies pouring in from all over the country.   It is amazing as you watch what people and organizations have donated to help the people of Haiti.  Orlando Drum donated 340 plastic barrels to be used to haul donations and protect them from the weather.  On this shipment alone there is 80,000 pounds of meals in the hull of the boat — this will mean 300,000 meals for the Haitians in the Northwest quadrant, 21 crates full of food and medical supplies on the deck, 475 buckets to be used for water purification, four 500-gallon water cisterns, a boat “The Haiti Redemption” that was constructed by volunteers in North Carolina, 5 generators and over 60 barrels full of supplies.

People have worked tirelessly over the last month trying to make this venture happen.  This endevour has hit very close to my heart strings because it is being done by the friends and family of Mike and I.  This is our hometown stomping grounds.  It has made me proud to be a part of this.  Proud to be a Christian, proud to be a Floridian and proud to be a part of the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission’s team.

So yesterday. after the final clearance from the Port Authority at Cape Canaveral, the boat was finally ready to leave out of the port.  The wind was whipping and the weather was chilly as she finally pulled away heading to Haiti.  There is a crew of 4 on the boat and it will be about a 5-day journey to Port de Paix, Haiti.  They will then offload all of the supplies which will take another 2-3 days and then about 4 days to come back home.  God speed Capt. Scott B!