[Bindlestiff]

I received the following in email today and was asked to post it here:

Last evening, I got a phone call from John Dunkle.. He is in fact in Haiti, and sounds well, but a bit agitated..Seems as though he single handedly stayed off a riot of sorts yesterday afternoon.. A shipment of food was being delivered to his area and there was an effort by gang members to take over the shipment.. John stepped in, and with waving arms and yelling native verbiage managed to quell the incident albeit somewhat life threatening on his part.. He actually knew some of the potential trouble makers in that he has seen and worked with them over the years in Haiti.. All was settled and John felt relieved that there was no seriousconsequence to the incident.

He said that he was trying to keep up with the Parker web site, but has just all that he can handle there in the country where such tragedy has occurred. His one notable frustration is that he says the news stations are telling the residents of the various communities that there could well be more quake damages coming =and that they should not be in or around buildings..So folks are sleeping outside and avoiding going into their homes.

He did say that there were volunteer pilots bringing necessities into the country form everywhere.. I asked him about his return date, and he was not sure as to when he might be returning to the U S. There is so much to do, that he is uncertain, but he did say to wish all those that assisted in his financial endeavor his most sincere and heartfelt thanks.

I asked him to take and send photos of the real world situations an they are in his town where the orphanages are, and he said that he was taking photos as time allowed.. I had a somewhat hard time hearing John at times, in that there were a number of locals talking in the background, and their language and tone was distracting to me.. However, I did get the most of John's conversation, and told him that I would share his call with folks on the forum..