Terre Blanche Report

January 2007

We bring greetings from pleasantly warm (not hot!) Terre Blanche (TB).  After a 6-month absence what we saw there last week, as Delamy likes to say, 'blew us away'. (Linda cried when she saw it).  It is more spectacular than we could have imagined.  Yes the roads are as bad as ever, and yes you will so glad to finally arrive, and yes, the donkeys and dogs continue to serenade us at night (this is truly 'I-Pod territory' for noise control). But for those who have worked at TB in the past 10 years, we are now at a new level that can not be described, only experienced.
The building may not be completely finished, but it will be available for use; for clinics, eating, sleeping, showers, devotions, meetings- everything!
The Clinic inauguration on February 25 will be a major, major event. Dignitaries will come from afar-even Port-au-Prince, we are told. And in true Haitian style, it will not be a short service!  (Men on the February team, for the first time ever, coat jackets are 'suggested'-sorry; ladies, don't worry-you're always beautiful).
A truly unforgettable experience awaits us. And most of all, the people of TB and Haiti anticipate our arrival.  What a privilege has been placed before us, truly by the grace of God.   We want to thank all of you for your part in this.
May God be praised! ( Beni soit L'Eternel!)
Linda & Joe Markee 1-25-07
 

Clinic under construction

Interior work

Finished interior

Happy Painter!

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