Because of the nature of what was happening, we’ve been keeping this under wraps… until now.

Yesterday, as was reported, our teams were broken up.  I told you about the two medical teams that were diligently working on doing some incredible medical work.  I didn’t tell you about what was happening with our third team; Jay Loucks, Erin Mungia, Jean-Claude Pierre, and Noahdson.

This third team waited in the Jacmel airport for transportation to Port-au-Prince for a visit to the American embassy.  They eventually flew to PaP and waited for 36 hours to be get their turn with the embassy officials.  Those of you familiar with the Mungia’s know that they’ve started the process in adopting a young, Haitian orphan; Noahdson.  Because the government made some concessions on in-progress adoptions in Haiti, the team decided to capitalize on the lienency and to try and get to the States under an evacuated orphan visa.

I’m happy to report that Noah is now in Orlando, Florida with Jay Loucks and his soon-to-be mother Erin Mungia.  This has been a highly stressful time for these guys and there’s been a bit of uncertainty through the whole process.  But, all of it paid huge dividends in the end.  Welcome to America, Noah!

EDIT: Just because I think they’re neat, here are some pictures sent to me from Erin during this process…

Waiting at the embassy. All of these kids were waiting for their visas to be processed.

Immediately after the papers were finalized, they took them to the airport to fly them into the States. That's a big bird.