The day of the dedication of the new transmitter and antenna system has arrived!

The dedication hall with 200 chairs is ready.

This morning, in addition to preparing for the dedication this afternoon, we received numerous reception reports resulting from full power–440,000 watts–tests overnight.  Using the north pattern, the signal was clearly heard in Key West and Miami.  It was also heard in New England and there was one report of it being weakly heard in Montana!  Using the south pattern, the signal was heard in Sao Paulo, Brazil and in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  All these places are well beyond the primary target areas, which will have even stronger reception.

Virginia, Sandy Alary and Joyce Walker serving snacks.

The pre-dedication activities started at 2:30pm with snacks being served, various TWR memorabilia, a virtual tour using virtual reality headsets and real tours of the facilities.

Tours and a lot of visiting and renewing friendships took place before the dedication.

TWR president Lauren Libby met the Governor of Bonaire before the dedication. Lauren received a Bonaire coat-of-arms pin from the Governor during the dedication. After the service, when the governor learned about 95 year old TWR engineer, Bob Schultz, being present, he presented a Bonaire coat-of-arms pin to Bob also.

The dedication service began about 4pm with speeches given by the Governor of Bonaire, Edison Rijna, (we learned that his father worked for TWR in the early days climbing and painting towers), TWR President Lauren Libby and TWR Cuba Director Alberto Gonzales.  The dedication culminated with the governor and Alberto cutting the ribbon and  Lauren switching on the transmitter to officially begin broadcasting.

TWR Director of Cuba, Alberto Gonzales, spoke at the dedication.

You can see the video of the dedication at Facebook–TWR-Bonaire:

There was lots of music lead by this group from the International Bible Church. Most are members of the Francees family.

After the dedication, everyone went to Foodies Restaurant on Lac Bay for a buffet dinner starting at 6 pm.  We had a great time of fellowship with Ralph and Mary Jane, Amado and Sue Felix and the delegate from TWR Netherlands.  We arrived home around 10:30 pm.

I has been a great day celebrating what God has done!!