Mark And Linda's Story

After moving to Haiti, Mark and Linda both trying to work full-time jobs, Mark as a hospital administrator, and Linda as high-school English teacher became overwhelmed with domestic tasks. Linda and Mark urged by their colleagues and the overwhelming amount of housekeeping tasks hired a maid, despite their reservations. The maid would be responsible for daily trips to the market, soaking fruits and vegetables, boiling water, killing and cleaning the chicken. As well as various other tasks around the household. Such as garbage burning, instated protection, mopping, laundry, and dusting. Mark and Linda overcame their fear of having a maid because they would be providing an underprivileged Haitian with housing, food, and a source of religion. In the beginning of her job Nadine worked hard and followed instruction well. Even with some language gap, due to her broken English and Mark’s and Linda’s limited Creole they could communicate well. Nadine provided many benefits to her bosses, one being her ability to bargain for better market prices. Overtime Mark, Linda, and Nadine soon became friends. Through this friendship Nadine became more confident and stopped spending time with her friends and began associating with Haitians that were better off. A little ways down the road Mark and Linda began to see

They could not fire her because she would have nowhere to work because of the lack of job availability. Linda and Mark did not have the heart to put Nadine on the street with nothing to support her growing family of four. When Linda and Mark asked their Haitian friends for help they told them to beat her and put her in her place. With a baby on the way Linda and Mark were becoming hard pressed to make a decision. They were also struggling with the guilt of creating this dilemma in the first place. Finally after must discussion and prayer, they decided what to do. They called Nadine into the