Monday, after we did our wash and freezer, we decided to go back to Browns Town to see a mother and daughter who live in our branch. The daughter is trying to get approval for a PEF loan so that she can go to nursing school. We had a great visit with them. I showed them the video, "Only a Stonecutter". I have seen it so many times but I still get a little teary eyed. There was a good spirit in that home. We had thought to go towards Montego Bay but it was getting late and we didn't want to come home in the dark so we headed back to Ocho. We went to Sikura for dinner. Sister N called me about her first day of on the job training. She is working for a large resort in Runaway Bay called the Grand Bahia. I checked out the prices to see what it would cost to stay there. It is an all inclusive resort so it covers all your food. In the summer when the prices are lower, it costs $149 per person per night. Anyway, she is going to hospitality school and this is her on the job training. She told me that they would not cover her taxi or pay her during her six weeks there. She was hoping that they would at least cover her taxi as it will cost her $1,000 JD ($10.00) per day. They do have a bus that runs from Ochi that is free for employees but the trainees can only ride the bus if there is room. She has to come up with her own chef knife and frying pans plus buy a vest and bow tie to wear. I think her husband only makes about $1000 JD ($10.00 US) a day so I don't know what she is going to do. Once she has a certificate of completion, she can work at any of the resorts if they will hire her. Sometimes they would rather just hire trainees so that they don't have to pay them. After we got home, another sister in our ward called to tell us that she was taking her mother to the hospital. We went to the house so Brian could assist in getting her into the taxi.
Tuesday morning, we call to see how Sister L was doing in the hospital. M told us that they had admitted her but since there were no extra beds (probably due to the (Chik V) they had just left her in a wheel chair in the waiting area of the emergency room. When we got to the hospital to visit with her, she had sheets covering her arms and a towel on her head. She was barefoot and freezing. She is 74 years old so I felt really bad for her. We went back home and picked up a blanket and some socks and took them back to the hospital so that our sister could get warm. We stayed and visited for awhile. We then took her daughter back to her house to save her some taxi money. We did a little grocery shopping and then headed back home.
Today was district meeting. President Brown came to interview the missionaries. They talked about finding out about investigator's concerns. President Brown gave some good insights. The Whiteheads came to Ocho and we left the district meeting to accompany them out to one of their projects.I can't believe I forgot to take pictures. We will be going out there again to take some hygiene kits so I will try to remember then. We went to lunch with them and then headed down through Fern Gully to get to our destination. We had a great time and the time flew by really fast. The place that we visited is, I think, run by a Catholic organization. They take care of mentally and physically ill people who have been given up at birth. They are trying to become self sufficient so they grow a lot of their own food. The Church's humanitarian efforts had helped them with some big water barrels. We told them that we would deliver some hygiene kits. After Whiteheads dropped us off, we drove to St. Ann's Hospital to see Sister L. They were giving her blood and they finally put her in a bed at about 7:00 last night. She seemed in much better spirits. They are monitering her blood sugar also as she is diabetic. She got the Chic V and it really did a number on her. After our visit to the hospital, we came home for the evening.
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