Saturday, July 07, 2018

How our hospitality turned into a TV interview


Tina was interviewed for a TV segment about Puerto Rico recovery efforts yesterday (Segment starts at 3:05, Tina's part: 7:45). Chuck Holton, A former army Ranger, visited the island as trouble-spot news correspondent for NRA TV. We met him and some of his helpers and showed them around the day they arrived. Chuck brought a SAT phone and allowed our Bible college kids to contact their parents to say they were OK. That night, they could not find lodging in any hotels, so we offered our home as a base for them the week they were here. They left us some cool inflatable solar lanterns which came in handy for our Sept-Jan period of no electricity.

Chuck remembered us when he went to do an update on the recovery (or non-recovery) here in Puerto Rico. He called us by Skype and Tina gave him an update on the state of things on the island.

We appreciate Chuck and are grateful for his help and also for getting the word out on what is happening down here. Chuck and crew are great people to have around when things get tough.