REDECORATION

"TANA" THE CAPITAL OF MADAGASCAR

IS CHAOTIC  AND QUITE

CROWDED.....

THE STREETS ARE CROWDED....

THE MINI-BUSES ARE CROWDED...

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOILETS MUST ALSO

 BE CROWDED !!

HOWEVER,

 IN THE EARLY DAYS OF OUR CHURCH,

SOME SMART COMMITTEE BOUGHT THIS GREEN  CIRCLE OF LAND

 IN THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE.

                                               THEY PUT A FENCE AROUND IT

AND ONCE YOU GET PAST THE CHECK POINT....

YOU HAVE SOME   QUALITY  BREATHING ROOM

FROM THE BIG CITY,

IT WAS A NICE PLACE WALK.... EARLY IN THE AM

MOST OF THE MISSION HOMES ARE SOME

WERE IN THIS HELTER SKELTER PARK

IN THE TREES

HALF OF THE LAND IS

USED FOR THE HGH SCHOOL



THIS IS THE DENTAL CLINIC WITH THE

DENTIST HOME UPSTAIRS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE ARRIVED THE DENTAL CLINIC

 HEEDED A LITTLE LOVING ON THE INTERIOR.

AND YES THIS IS A USED AIR COMPRESSOR

IN THE CORNER OF THE WAITING ROOM.

AND NO WE NEVER DID FIGURE OUT WHY ITS HERE!

I KID YOU NOT.....

THIS CHAIR WAS ACTUALLY BEING USED/ OFFERED AS A SEAT   IN

WAITING ROOM.

.

THIS IS HOW THE WAITING ROOM

"CLEANED UP."

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SHARON HAD THE CHAIRS REUPHOLSTERED
AND HUNG SOME LOCAL ART.

THE PICTURES ARE INLAID PIECES OF WOOD,

AND THE ITEMS ON THE LEFT

ARE TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INTERMENTS.

MINUS THE COMPRESSOR AND ON THE WISH LIST

IS A FLAT SCREEN TV FOR 3ABN.

OPERTORY #1:

 TWO CHAIRS,  BUT ONLY ONE  WORKING.

ARTISTIC DIVIDER..... ??

FINISHED

MY OPERATORY WITH ONE OF TWO CHAIRS WORKING,

BUT THE DIVIDER HAS BEEN  SPRUCED UP

WITH GRASS CLOTH.

THE USABLE CHAIR WAS PRETTY WORN.

THE GREEN CHAIR LOOKED QUITE NICE....

SO WE RE-PLACED THE LIGHT AND DELIVERY

SYSTEM ON THE BETTER CHAIR.

THIS WAS THE LATE- BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND

JANITOR ROOM WITH AGAIN TWO OLD

CHAIRS TO LOUNGE ON.

IT NOW SHOULD WORK WELL FOR A

HYGIENIST.

 A LITTLE TIDYING UP OF THE CORDS AND TUBING.

AGAIN SOME LOCAL ART,

WHICH LOOKED LIKE WAS

MADE IT OF WIRE AND METAL SCRAPS.....

CUTE.

THE BAOBABS ARE PART OF

 "MADDYS MYSTIC"

THE CLOSET GOT SOME FRESH PAINT,,,,

AND SOME FRESH NEW UNIFORMS.

THIS IS SHARON'S UPHOLSTERY MAN WHO BROUGHT HIS

TREADLE MACHINE TO THE JOB AND SET UP SHOP

OUTSIDE OUR BACK DOOR.

BLESS THE "FRENCH SYSTEM".

BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS,

PEOPLE SORT OF EXPECT TO BE EXCUSED FROM WORK

AT LEAST COUPLE DAYS A MONTH FOR

DEATHS, WEDDINGS, FAMILY SICKNESS, BIRTHDAYS

AND I SUPPOSE JUST GENERAL MALAISE.

AFTER BEING GONE FOR A WEEK

SHARON LOWERED THE BOOM  ------ SO TODAY  HIS WIFE

IS HELPING,

LABOR INTENSIVE....

THIS GUY IS CUTTING THE LENGTH OF THIS 20 FOOT LONG BOARD

WITH A HAND SAW

SHARON'S BRICK AND TILE LAYERS.

THAT IS THE HOSPITAL IN THE BACKGROUND

THEY ARE  PRETTY MESSY, BUT PUT IN THE NEW BRICK

AND WINDOW QUITE IN NICELY

------- THE PAINTER ALWAYS WORRIED ME

JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF

PAINT ON HIM

THIS IS MICK, SHARON'S TRANSLATER, BODY GUARD, MONEY CARRIER,

AND IMPLEMENTER  THAT THINKS AND  ACTS LIKE HER.

----THE LOCAL ELDER AND HER TAXI MAN

YOU NEED FABRIC?

TOO BAD NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THIS

PLACE ABOUT TWO MONTH'S AGO!!

 A ONE STOP SHOP.....

BUY THE FABRIC AND THEY SEW IT

WHILE YOU WAIT.

FORTUNATELY SHARON HAD HER OWN CURTAIN AND BEDSPREAD MAKERS...

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THEY BROUGHT THEIR MACHINE TO OUR

LIVING ROOM WHERE WE LOCKED THEM IN UNTIL THE

JOB WAS DONE,

SHARON'S ENTHUSIASM SPREAD TO THE HOSPITAL...

AND FROM THE PATCHING YOU CAN SEE

 BEFORE THE PAINTING...

IT ALSO NEEDED LOVE AND A LITTLE  FRESHENING UP.

IT WASN'T ROCKET SCIENCE, BUT SOMEONE

JUST NEEDED TO "HELP DO IT".

THE HOSPITAL WASN'T DONE WHEN WE LEFT,

HOWEVER WE GOT A COUPLE PATIENT ROOMS

LOOKING BETTER.

MICK, SHARON, AND DR, LAURA

THE CABINETRY IS LACKING BUT LET

ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH BETTER

THIS LOOKS THAN BEFORE.

FRESH UPHOLSTERY AND SOME DECOR.

EVERYONE SEEMED TO APPROVE, SO I

PLANTED A COUPLE TRAVELERS PALMS

FOR THE PRESIDENTS ADOPTED SON---- AND

OUR NEWLY ADOPTED GRANDDAUGHTER

ESMEE.

SHARON AT FIRST WROTE BENZ AND PROSPER (THE MEN

IN THE COVERALLS,)  OFF AS COMPLETE LOSERS,

 BUT THEY TURNED TO BE HER RIGHT

HAND MEN FOR EVERYTHING.