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January 2016
Salvatore Hakizimana was baptized on Saturday! He is a neat guy from Brundi that the Elders
have been teaching and we have been trying to help him find a job. He asked me to baptize him which was, of
course, an honor. The Ward was touched
with his humble testimony which he bore on Sunday following his confirmation. Unfortunately, he had to be taken to the
hospital after Sunday School because he had an asthma attack and ran out of
asthma medication.
Joseph Bizimana got great news this week. The insurance company is going to pay him
$5,700 for his vehicle! He only paid
$3,000 for the vehicle. There has been a
lot of Divine intervention in this: Stopping by to talk to the unhelpful
property manager who’s little friend mentioned grace periods for insurance;
tree falling on Christmas Eve one day before the grace period expires;
receiving a very generous settlement—I looked through Kelley blue book and talked
to a claims adjuster in the ward and thought we would be lucky to $3,000.
We had another hopeful event with Maisha. Maisha and I went down to the Jail to talk to
a Lieutenant whom I had previously talked to.
She was really impressed with Maisha and said she would personally see
that his application gets moved along.
It would be great if he could get a job as a Corrections Officer—it pays
$16 per hour plus benefits which would allow Maisha to move out of the dump he
lives in with his wife, son and new baby girl.
Joren has returned.
We picked her up at the Logan Airport in Boston and she is staying with
a friend. It will be very difficult to
find immediate housing for her. Once a
person leaves the shelter you have to wait for 90 days to get back into the
shelter and her 90 day period isn’t up until February. We looked at an apartment with her this
morning and we’re hopeful but there are very limited opportunities.
The Bishop asked us to see what can be done to help another
person—Sarah. She is in her late 60s,
has no family and is having a great deal of trouble maintaining her
apartment. We took her to Aging Services
this week and hopefully got her some services.
We are also trying to help Anaclet get a job. We have been filling out applications but I
need to start making some personal contacts when I get time.
1 comment:
That is great news about the car settlement. Thanks for including all the little Divine interventions with that situation. I always like hearing about those types of things.
We love you and glad you are doing well. Nicole prays for you. :)
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