Rosalinda has been with us since the beginning of April. For the past three months she has been cooking and cleaning to earn money to send back home. Her husband has been out of work since covid and no one will hire him because they say he's too old. Rosalinda reached out in February to ask if she could come and if we might be able to find her some work to do as an undocumented worker. We said yes, then didn't hear anything else til she showed up at our door on April 8th.
Rosalinda was here as an 18-year-old in 1986 for a year. She lived with my parents. Her family met my brohter Adam when he served as a missionary down there and they all arranged this. She has many memories of this time. This was the year Addison was born and I remember trying to teach her to cross-stitch. She had very limited English back then. Now her English is better and my spanish is better-- still limited but it's coming.
the first two weeks we were trying to find houses for her to clean and people to buys enchiladas, pico, taquitos, chicken tinga etc. Then miracle of miracle's Marina-- who used to clean for my parents-- took Rosalinda on as one of her workers. They bonded over my dad...they both have sweet stories about him to share and Marina felt the spirit tell her to do this. Marina knows the situation and will have to pay taxes on all of the earnings...so basically she is giving Rosalinda a gift. What a relief for me. I have her at Marina's home every moring by 9 and they clean 2 or 3 houses then she returns home around 3. So Rosalinda makes money this way and with food. And I try to work on my Spanish with her.
Everyone has been so generous $ wise.
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| The original bunch from 1986 has grown..and Marcie is in heaven. |
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| Oquirrh Mountain temple. |
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