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Mission 1: October 2017 – Stage 3: DOMINICA!

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Mission 1: October 2017 – Stage 3: DOMINICA!

Mission 1: October 2017 – Stage 3: DOMINICA! Friday, October 20, 2017 Today, one month after Hurricane Maria, Simon has set foot in Dominica.   Saturday, October 21, 2017 A busy, joyful, and emotional day for all.   Turning into Sunday, October 22, 2017 Midnight…   Sunday – later down…  ...

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Mission 1: October 2017 – Stage 2: St Lucia

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Mission 1: October 2017 – Stage 2: St Lucia   The mission is in full swing in St Lucia!...

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Mission 1: October 2017 – Stage 1: Miami

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Mission 1: October 2017 – Stage 1: Miami At last! Heading off to Miami to begin the Aid & Relief run.   Spent the whole day buying relief funds for Dominica. Awesome day knowing you are bringing comfort to people! Our team working here in Miami is awesome. We have work to do, we have a plane to load, a boat to load, we have supplies to buy and we do it all with laughter, jokes and camaraderie. I have a tribe of love behind me and will not be stopped. I have pen and paper and will not stop...

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En Route to Dominica

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En Route to Dominica

Here I am with the crew in Miami airport, starting our first Aid run to Dominica.   Andrew, Chuck, Simon, Jake,...

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The Hardest Moment of My Life

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The Hardest Moment of My Life

Hardest moment of my life was leaving my community this morning. Soufrière massive! You KNOW I am coming back with help!...

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Monday – The Day We Met Maria

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Monday – The Day We Met Maria

Monday, September 18th 2017 Government had closed school and all Government offices to allow everyone to prepare for the approaching storm. We laughed, we are self-employed, we don’t get a day off. But early in the day I headed out to get gas and drinking water; it never hurts to be well supplied and we would use it all anyway. I joked with friends over Facebook that I might have to wake Wendy by boarding up the windows. Maria was now a Category 2 and heading very close to us. It looked like we might get some weather. Not wanting to leave it...

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Sunday

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Sunday

Sunday, September 17th 2017 It was just another Sunday in Dominica, a typical weekend on the Nature Island: good friends, good food, a refreshing swim in a gorgeous river pool. Throw in some rum, some music, and the sound of laughter, and you could find the same scene in many of our rivers. A way to relax and beat the heat on a hot September day. In the back of our minds, as always this time of year, was hurricane season. We had been watching one called Maria, but so far it looked like a normal storm — heading a bit North of us and not...

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