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Following are the details of the four-step program for chronic disorders available at The Raj:
1. Application of the Principles of Ayurveda Diet and Daily Routine
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2. Home Preparation for In-residence Treatments
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3. In-residence Consultations and Treatment Program
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- A comprehensive Ayurveda evaluation of the balance and imbalance within your body
- An introduction to the principles of Maharishi Ayurveda
- Individualized education for implementing your home program after you leave
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Each day of your 5-21 day stay at The Raj you receive 2-3 hours of Maharishi Rejuvenation TherapySM treatments. These treatments are the most powerful therapies in Maharishi Ayurveda and help to cleanse the body of toxins and impurities that are creating the imbalances at the basis of your condition. See In-residence Treatments for details.
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It's been over a week since I got off the plane at PDX and took a big, deep breath of clean Pacific Northwest air. I'm happy to be home, but the transition back to "normal" life hasn't been as easy as I'd imagined. It's hard to reconcile all of my Ghanaian experiences with my life and identity in Portland. When people ask about my experience, I struggle to find the words.
I recently re-read this piece that I wrote for StarrFM near the end of my internship. (It was published online, and broadcast on air in a slightly different form.) These words feel like an important reminder right now, as I try to make sense of an incredible six weeks.
In her famous 2009 TED talk, author Chimanda Ngozi Adichie warned against "the dangers of a single story." Adichie argued that when you "show a people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again. . .that is what they become." I know that all too often, American media tells a limiting, dehumanizing single story about Africa as a continent.
When I return home to the States next week, people will ask me lots of questions. How was Africa? How was Ghana? As I reflect on my time here, I wonder: how will I respond? What story will I tell?
Six weeks of images and interactions flood my mind as I look for answers, each different from the last.
I think of my weekend in Cape Coast, where I toured two slave castles and faced the horrible legacy of my ancestors. I tried to comprehend the incredible injustice of slavery, and mourned for the human beings held and tortured in the castles' terrible dungeons – human beings whose slave labor would later build the country I call home. I don't know if I'll ever be comfortable with that reality.
Yet at the same time, I remember reveling in the beauty of the Central Region. My friends and I photographed the colorful boats pushing through the waves in Elmina's lively fishing villages. We all got sunburns while running through the sand and water.
I think of Kumasi, where statues of cultural figures, not political heroes, adorn the traffic circles. I noticed NPP flags everywhere, and though the streets were quieter and cleaner than Accra's, the central market bustled with life. Walking through the market, I was swept into a funeral party in the middle of the street. I danced with a crowd of strangers, celebrating the life of someone I will never meet.
I think of the morning commute in Accra: an hour and a half staring out the window of a tro-tro. Crammed shoulder to shoulder with Ghanaians, I learned my route from home to work: straight down the busy road, right at Flagstaff House, then alight at Nima Junction. I bought bufrots out the window and got a glimpse of life as a professional in Ghana's capital city.
At work, I experienced Ghanaian government, politics and business first hand, covering events with co-workers who were always ready to answer my questions. I learned about the importance of radio to Ghanaian culture—in the United States, radio has become an afterthought to TV and online media. Here, however, it thrives.
I think of my street in East Legon, where strangers greet you and ask for your number – behavior unheard of in my country. I think of the lush green mountains of the Volta region. I think of handshakes with snaps, calls of "Charley!" and a Club beer on a Friday night.
I think of my housemates: the 14 other American students who spent these six weeks at their own media internships in Accra. Each has their own unique collection of stories and experiences to take home.
This multitude of examples is proof: like any other nation, Ghana cannot be explained in just one story, or understood in one six-week trip. Neither can Africa as a whole.
When I go home and answer the questions that will certainly come my way, I hope I can convey this to my fellow Americans. My experience in Ghanaian culture has been rich, exciting, and above all, varied. I cannot tell a single story, and I won't try.

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RIGA - State companies with annual turnover of 40 million lats (57.1 million euros) or more have taken the opportunity now to increase salaries for their board members, reports Nozare.lv. On Nov. 27 last year, the government approved the Transport Ministry's amendments regarding salaries for members of state-owned company boards, which state that board members at companies with annual turnover of 40 million lats or more who, besides doing their job, also work at other jobs at the company, may receive the applicable salaries.
Transport Ministry State Secretary Anrijs Matiss explained then that the amendments concerned the following companies: electric utility Latvenergo, forestry management Latvijas Valsts mezi, railway Latvijas Dzelzcels, Augstsprieguma tikls, Pauls Stradins Hospital, Eastern Hospital and highway management Latvijas Autocelu uzturetajs.
Latvenergo communications officer Andris Siksnis told Nozare.lv that the company had a new management model as of the beginning of this year, introducing the positions of the company's executive directors. Therefore, according to the Cabinet of Ministers regulations and Latvenergo shareholders' agreement, new contracts have been signed with the executive directors of the company.
The salary for Latvenergo executive directors is 5,000 lats per month, and the chief executive director – 6,000 lats per month. These amounts will be added to the current salaries of Latvenergo board members who work as the company's executive directors, which is normal, given the scale of Latvenergo operations and the competence those working in these positions, said Siksnis.
Latvian State Television reports that salaries have also increased significantly for the Latvijas Dzelzcels (LDz) railroad company management members. The company's CEO Ugis Magonis, who was paid about 2,600 lats a month until now, has now been confirmed with a monthly salary of 8,500 lats, because he is also the company's president. Three board members, Aigars Strakss, Edvins Berzins and Eriks Smuksts, who are paid 2,400 lats for their work as LDz board members, have now been confirmed monthly salaries of 6,800 lats, because they also work as the company's vice-president.
On the other hand, Latvian State Radio says that salaries have also been raised at Latvijas Autocelu uzturetajs road maintenance company. The company's CEO, Vladimirs Kononovs, will now also be paid a salary for working as director of Rezekne Roads District, although the radio said it did not know how much Kononovs would be paid now. Last year, Kononovs was paid at least 2,500 lats a month.
Are salaries justified?
Since the Economy Ministry is the holder of the state's stake in Latvenergo, and because decisions were made while he was away on vacation, Economy Minister Daniels Pavluts is demanding an explanation from the ministry's state secretary, Juris Puce, on the alterations made at end-December in the organizational structure and salary levels at the company.
Speaking via his press secretary, Pavluts, who returned from vacation on Jan. 7, wants to hear the justification about the alterations in organizational structure, their purpose and practical advantages, the additional and new duties assigned board members as "officers," the changes in salaries and how they compare with the average in the sector, region, and other companies with state shares.
Minister Pavluts would also like information on the results of the performance evaluations for Latvenergo board members, which served as the basis for the decisions made by the shareholders in December.
Eyebrows were raised upon hearing some of the results of the December decisions, for example from now on, the monthly salary for Latvenergo board chairman and newly-appointed chief executive officer, Aris Zigurs, will be 8,784 lats, but for the other officers, i.e. board members - 7,506 lats.


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A client decision to hire you is based almost entirely on how much they like/trust you, yet most hate to be "sold" to. So how do you successfully articulate your value to win their business? Christine shows you how to make it easy for clients to say, "Yes!"
Take away: Top 3 Techniques to Overcoming Objections
Recorded at the Business of Design™ Conference 2013.


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I don't usually publish posts from outside sources on this blog, but I've been contacted by Spain-Holiday.com about a free webinar they are offering on Thursday, March 22nd, at 12 noon CET. It sounds likely to be informative and of interest to holiday rental owners and agents, Airbnb hosts, and property investors – affected by the latest legal changes relating to holiday rental properties in the Balearic Islands.
If you visited Mallorca last summer, you were probably aware that – like the rest of Spain – the island had record-breaking numbers of visitors. Whilst that sounds positive for a country that relies on tourism, the huge number of tourists and growth in demand for self-catering accommodation caused problems for local residents – particularly those looking for long-term property rentals in Mallorca's capital, Palma.
The word from Spain-Holiday.com
As a result, the local government has introduced and implemented several new laws to limit tourism and resolve the problem of "over tourism" on the Balearic Islands, with further proposed measures. These changes impact both the hotel industry as well as self-catering accommodation, which represent 84.2% and 15.4% of tourism to the islands, respectively.
Spain-Holiday.com is hosting a FREE webinar on the Legal Changes Affecting Holiday Rentals in the Balearic Islands.
The 30-minute presentation, followed by a 15-minute Q&A session, is aimed at holiday rental property owners, holiday rental agents, Airbnb hosts and property investors in the Balearic Islands of Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca and Formentera.
Topics to be covered include:
• Current legal requirements for holiday rental properties
• Tourist rezoning areas
• Tax and insurance obligations
• Looking ahead: Proposed measures for a sustainable future in tourism
How to take part in the webinar
Taking part in the series of webinars hosted by Spain-Holiday.com is simple.
Follow the link below to register for the webinar on Legal Changes Affecting Holiday Rentals in the Balearic Islands
Once you have filled out the form, you will receive an email confirming your webinar attendance with a link to access the webinar.
On the day of the webinar, at the arranged time, click on the link in the email which will open the webinar website and automatically log you in where the moderator will be waiting online.
The only equipment required is your computer, internet connection, and speakers or headphones. A microphone or webcam is not required. Furthermore, all the webinars are completely free of charge to attend.
If you are unable to attend the webinar, or wish to watch it again after the event, you will find all the videos of the webinars on Spain-Holiday.com's industry blog, Rental Buzz, where you will also find information about future webinars and the latest holiday rental industry news.
I have not accepted payment to publish this information and share it in the hope that it may be helpful to those readers of this blog who may be affected by the changes.
©Jan Edwards 2018


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Fedde's Diary, 1888
Translated and Edited by Beulah Folkedahl
(Volume 20: Page 170)
"If you dare, can, and will undertake
this work," read the challenge that Elizabeth Fedde received
in Norway on Christmas Day, 1882, in a letter from her brother-in-law,
Gabriel Fedde of Brooklyn, New York. It was a call to help the
less fortunate Norwegian immigrants in their spiritual and temporal
needs. Mrs. Christian Børs, wife of the Norwegian consul,
observing the distress of her countrymen, had consulted the
pastor of the Norwegian Seamen's Mission Church in Brooklyn,
had promised a yearly contribution of $150 toward the salary
of a social worker, and had won the support of her husband,
at whose request the letter was sent. {1} Elizabeth Fedde did
dare to undertake the work; she played a major role in establishing,
in less than ten years, the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses'
Home and Hospital in Brooklyn. In 1956 this 225-bed institution,
a permanent monument to her labors, which had merged the previous
year with Lutheran Hospital of Manhattan, was renamed Lutheran
Medical Center. It had community clinics, a nursing school,
an internship and residency program, and a disaster plan; mental
health service, medical records library school, and chaplaincy
training were added later.
Elizabeth Fedde was born at Feda, Flekkefjord, Norway, December
25, 1850. When she was considering what was to be her life calling,
deaconess work was suggested to her. "What is that? Do you mean
those women we see on the streets wearing the peculiar dress?
No, thank you, I shall not join them." But she could not forget
the suggestion, and in 1873 she entered the deaconess mother
house in Christiania, established only five years earlier. In
1878, with a younger [171] Sister, she was sent to Tromsø,
where for almost four years she pioneered in a new field under
very primitive conditions . {2} It was a region of three-month
summers and nine-month winters, where nature was unrelenting
in its harshness, disease was rampant, the hospital had scarcely
basic equipment, and people were totally unaware of the Christian
service of the deaconesses. After almost four years as a pioneer
in this field, she returned home, shortly to go to America.
The directors of the mother house in Christiania could not sponsor
Sister Elizabeth's going to Brooklyn because the request had
been sent directly to her; thus, in accepting the challenge
she "ceased to be a Norwegian deaconess" and had no real claims
on the institution. {3} Nor was there much help from Sisters
in America. Pastor Theodor Fliedner, who founded the modern
diaconate at Kaiserswerth, Germany, in 1836, had in 1849 brought
four Sisters to Pastor W. A. Passavant's Pittsburgh Infirmary,
but the deaconess program there did not flourish, and the Philadelphia
mother house was not established until later. Sister Elizabeth
was to receive more help from the pastors in the Norwegian Seamen's
Mission Church and in the local Lutheran church, which served
the thousands of sailors who arrived in New York harbor each
year and the some two thousand resident Norwegians. And, although
later, when the problem arose as to which synod should sponsor
Elizabeth's institution, she successfully contended that she
had been called to help her countrymen and not any particular
synod, her diary indicates a friendly relationship with the
pastors and her dependence on them. {4} She was to need assistance
badly. New York was unlike Norway in climate, language, and
economic life, and [172] many settlers and sailors, in their
loneliness, succumbed to the lures of the saloons and dives
on Brooklyn's Hamilton Avenue. The challenge called for great
powers of organization and administration, limitless capacity
for hard work, and a spirit of Christian self-sacrifice.
On April 17, 1883, nine days after Sister Elizabeth's arrival
in Brooklyn, she assisted eight pastors and laymen to organize
Den frivillige Syge og Fattigpleie blandt de Norske i New York
og Brooklyn (The Voluntary Relief Society for the Sick and Poor
among the Norwegians in New York and Brooklyn), and under its
auspices she operated an outdoor relief program from her three-room
headquarters at 109 William Street in Brooklyn. {5}
From the very beginning, however, she had in mind a deaconess
home. The board of managers of the society early decided that
any surplus from the contributions they received should be reserved
for furnishing such a home. When more personnel was needed and
the mother house in Christiania declined a request for a deaconess,
Sister Elizabeth defended the refusal, saying that God had established
the society that it might follow Passavant's advice to train
its own deaconesses. {6} And in 1885 she and the board of managers
rented quarters for a 9-bed hospital; set up a deaconess training
program to carry out more effectively the purpose of the society,
"to help poor and suffering countrymen in their spiritual and
bodily needs"; and admitted the first student. {7} They had
founded the first Norwegian-American deaconess mother house.
In 1889 the Norwegian Relief Society, the incorporated successor
of the earlier organization, erected its own 30-bed hospital
at 4602 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. Upon meeting the requirements
of the city board of health, the [173] society was reincorporated
in 1892 as a hospital under the name Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses'
Home and Hospital. Its function was stated as that of educating
and training deaconesses, whose duty would be to minister spiritually
and bodily to the sick and the needy; toward these ends it would
own and maintain a home and hospital and other institutions.
{8} Very likely, "other institutions" referred to homes for
the aged and for the children. But Sister Elizabeth's ambition
and desire to serve extended beyond an expanded mother house
in Brooklyn. When in 1892 a similar society in Chicago asked
for a deaconess to head their institution, she was prepared
to send them two Sisters, feeling that the training received
at her home and hospital was equal to the demands of the office.
Her plan was to make the Chicago home a station of the Brooklyn
mother house. However, her hospital board of managers did not
approve. {9} In the same year, the first Norwegian-American
Lutheran deaconesses were consecrated in her institution.
That Sister Elizabeth succeeded well in training young women
for deaconess work is evidenced by the calls she received. Passavant
invited her in 1885 to go to Pittsburgh to head his hospital.
In 1888 she accepted a call from pastors in Minneapolis to start
a deaconess home there, and was away from Brooklyn for a couple
of years performing the mission. {10}
During the development of the Brooklyn deaconess home, outdoor
relief also expanded because of the increase of Norwegian immigration,
the augmented services rendered by the Sisters, and the hard
times of the 1890's. Thus, from 1885-91 inclusive, the number
of families receiving food increased from 46 to 504; those receiving
clothing, from 127 to 184; and house calls made, from 805 to
2,844. {11}
Not only did the deaconess program as such develop, but Sister
Elizabeth's position also grew in importance. In an age [174]
when there were few opportunities for women outside the home,
it was not usual for them to associate with men in public enterprises.
Consequently, her board of managers at an early meeting decided
to increase its number to include three women who were to protect
and guide her in the exercise of her office. It was feared that
if she were to be a regular member of the board with the right
to vote she might have too much control, not only over the work
but also over her own position. Moreover, how would Brooklyn
society accept such a role for a woman? It was not strange,
therefore, that Sister Elizabeth opposed the move to make her
a member of the board. {12} However, her infinite capacity for
making fair decisions and creating friendly public relations
soon convinced the board that they could rely on her good judgment
and devoted interest. She consulted the city board of health
about appropriations for the first ambulance system, a service
which necessarily included all the people of the district, not
just the Norwegians. In 1894 she petitioned the city to give
her hospital the same $4,000 appropriation that they gave to
other community hospitals, and then reinforced that petition
by presenting her cause in person to the city committee of the
state legislature in Albany. The appropriation was granted.
From an outdoor relief program for sick and needy Norwegians
sponsored by an organized group, Sister Elizabeth's project
developed first into an incorporated benevolent society with
a few hospital accommodations and a deaconess training course,
and then into an incorporated hospital and mother house of 50
beds with an ambulance system prepared to serve all the people
of the community, regardless of national background and economic
status. Through all this development, outdoor relief continued
as a part of the service.
After thirteen years in America, Sister Elizabeth returned to
Norway late in 1896 to marry Ola A. P. Slettebø, the
man who had waited for her all this time. In 1915, when she
[175] received a silver bowl, a gift from the hospital, she
presented it to her husband with these words, "You are the one
who shall have this, because you accepted me when I was worn
out and gave me a good home." {14} She died in 1921. "A Norwegian
pioneer in America . . . she with a greater faith and a willingness
to give her savings and herself accepted the challenge."
In 1956 Johnson and Johnson, the pharmaceutical manufacturing
company, published a calendar with pictures of famous nurses,
including Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, and Elizabeth
Fedde. Sister Elizabeth received this citation, "The Norwegian
nurse who organized nursing among the Scandinavian groups throughout
America, and established the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Home
and Hospital in Brooklyn, N. Y., and the Lutheran Deaconess
Home and Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn."
Sister Elizabeth's "Diary" is a valuable record of a significant
phase of immigrant life. In spite of its routine brevity it
reveals much about her work and about conditions among the less
fortunate Norwegian immigrants. It portrays very realistically
the great heartaches, disappointments, and struggles they met
in their transfer from the economy of Norway to the strange,
complex culture of a large American city with its filth, disease,
suffering, and degradation. Sister Elizabeth, with her unbounded
Christian love, courage, and faith in her calling, emerges from
the record a much greater person than the men and women with
whom she worked.
The manuscript, ravaged somewhat by time and the elements, was
written in Norwegian Gothic script. It is now in the files of
Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn. About one half has been deleted
in the present translation. {16} [176]
Sister Elizabeth's 650-word autobiography, written in Norwegian,
covers the period of her life previous to her coming to America,
and is valuable for its portrayal of her childhood environment.
[Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn]
April 8, 1883: {17} I came here to New York and was received
by my brother-in-law, with whom I have lived for three weeks.
During that time I have gone around to become a bit acquainted
and have made some house visits and sick calls (ten in all).
April 27 [?ms. illegible]: Moved today to Mrs. Bamber's in
the hope of learning a little English.
April 28: Made three house visits, and in the afternoon to
Pastor Everson's school and went around a little with him.
April 30: Read some English, and was at Pastor Mortensen's.
{19} From there to 18th Street. Found there a sick man sitting
on the edge of the bed glad and at peace with faith in his
Saviour. To 15th Street for a longer visit. Then to 1711 to
a distressed soul who longs for peace with God.
May 3: Spent some time with a distressed woman who was disturbed
about her family's wandering on the broad road away from the
Father's house. God grant that she herself may come with a
whole heart to Thee so that she can witness about Thee to
her own! From there to two families. Two dead.
May 4: At the dentist's and then to three families. {20} Two
sick calls; with one quite a long time.
May 6: With an old woman on Hicks Street for a long time.
May 7: Washed clothes, and looked after two children. Read
a little English.
May 10: On board a ship with a sick seaman, and afterwards
[177] to four families; hunted for a place for a child, five
months, but have not secured anyone who will take it.
May 11: Went around from place to place looking for a home
for the child; was on two sick calls.
May 13: Today I placed the little boy and am glad and thank
God that a door and heart were opened for him. Then to a woman
for whom I care each day with dressings.
May 16: With a sick man and a dying child.
May 17: Three house visits; two sick calls. The small child
was dead when I came to be night nurse, so I can rest also
tonight, if God wills.
May 21: Have begun to arrange for a house.
May 26: Have all week painted, papered, and scrubbed. . .
. Furniture arrived from Mrs. Børs.
May 28: Arranged my house, mended blankets and a curtain,
and have been on two house visits.
May 29: Ironed; to Mrs. Børs; later made purchases
. . . for my house.
May 31: Three house visits. Took care of three children whom
I found alone; their mother was at the doctor's, and the oldest
is five years old.
June 8: To Pastor Everson, and on two sick calls, one with
a Catholic woman . . . with whom I used an interpreter; to
two drunken Norwegian women to whom it was no use to talk;
then to a man who never hears and never reads God's Word.
June [?]: Three house visits, and then to both pastors to
arrange the festival, which will be held on Sunday; a sick
call; then to Mrs. Børs. {21}
June [?]: Put things in order for the festival, which is now
over, and it has been really a festive, solemn day. The work
was started here, and was formally opened in Jesus' name.
June 14: Put things in order after the festival, and was on
three house visits.
June 17: Sunday. At the hospital in Jersey City and found
there a young man fatally sick, but who is likely ill prepared
to [178] die; he has denied his faith in order to avail himself
of the security the Catholics offer him.
June 19: Four sick calls, and have had a very gratifying time
with Knud Olsen, whom I shall now move to the hospital.
June 20: Cared for two sick persons; then with Pastor Everson
to the Emigrant Hospital; later three sick calls. {22}
June 22: Three sick calls; four visits to meet housewives
but did not find them all at home; yet God has His hand in
everything. I have therefore had the opportunity to talk to
beggars; God's love, which today also calls repentant children,
touched one of them; she confessed with tears that she had
strayed from the Saviour because she had gotten away from
hearing God's Word. God help her to return to the Father's
house and pray for mercy!
June 26: Went for the first time to the Lutheran Hospital,
where Knud Olsen now is a patient [and] . . . was very glad
to see me; he cannot understand the devotions held in German.
June 27: First to Mrs. Børs; then to the Emigrant Hospital;
met five, to whom I talked, and all had longed so for my coming;
a man from Stavanger came there very ill and is still sick;
he told me that when his bed was being made . . . they put
him down on the bare floor and . . . because of that, he acquired
large bed-sores. Yes, it was very pitiable to see him. Now
I must write to his parents.
June 28: First to Pastor Andersen for a Danish girl who is
in the hospital; then to Jersey City to a sick man; he is
nearing death every day but is far away from Jesus; he is
not worse than others. {23} God will give life to dead bones!
June 29: To the two women who are always to be found with
ale glasses. From there to Maternity Hospital, where I met
two unfortunate girls; then on three house visits.
July 4: During a troubled watch night on Smith Street surrounded
by flies, bedbugs, lamp smoke, unpleasant odors of all kinds,
and very, very warm, I cared for two sick; home; then went
to the Emigrant Hospital, where I spent the day with six [179]
Scandinavians, mostly with a Stavanger man who likely hasn't
a long time left. His face brightened when he saw me, and
immediately he told me that his mother had been with him;
I said he probably had dreamed that, but he was certain that
she had been close to him today. He wanted so much to be saved
and had always loved Jesus, but he could not believe that
he would receive the forgiveness of sin. Although he said
he could not recall a single Scripture passage, when I read,
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten
Son," he interrupted me with "that whosoever believeth in
Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." And I taught
him a couple of Bible verses besides. I recited them for him
and he repeated. Then after a while we parted, and he asked
me to come again soon. .
July 16: Ten house visits, and have searched for three families
whom I did not find; then to a poor widow with three children
to whom I gave what I had: 50 cents. .
July 26: With a sick girl on Dykeman Street for a long time,
since she is very ill and needs constant care; then four house
visits; later, to a girl who lost her child, to go with her
to an undertaker and to a pastor to arrange affairs.
August 3: Two house visits; visited a sick woman in Jersey
City; there I heard and saw the most appalling conditions
over which broods heathendom's most inky darkness; sin, really
coarse sins, sins against the sixth commandment committed
by children four years and up until they also feel the results
of sin. But how can they believe on Him about whom they have
not heard? Oh, let the light soon dawn!
August 4: At home, and later went with three patients by boat
to Hoboken; then had a charming trip with the dear Floods
to Fort Hamilton.
August 10: Today have visited many unfamiliar places; called
on two Episcopal Sisters to get some data on children's homes
and other rescue institutions; then to Castle Garden; from
there to the Emigrant Hospital, where we met ten Scandinavians.
{24} A young man from Trondhjem, very downcast and yet brave,
discouraged because earthly fortune evades him and brave because
he is a freethinker. Poor man, only Christ's love can melt
the ice [180] in his cold heart. He had, like most of them
[the immigrants], come without money and so, to earn money,
hired out to sea even though he is an office worker; the first
day he jumped on a plank and got a nail in his foot. There
was nothing to do but go to the hospital for care; now he
is not strong and has no money; when he has some clothes,
he goes to the pawnbrokers to exchange them for money. We
stood and talked long together. He stood his ground, but when
I said that I prayed God every day that He would send me to
those He wanted me to see and that I was sure that God had
arranged the meeting with him, tears ran down his cheeks,
and they said more than words. When I gave him my address
and told him that he must always come to me, no matter what
his need, and I would help, great tears ran down that man's
cheeks and the handclasp and look he gave me said more than
a thousand words. In the next room was a young man from Fredrikshald,
but for him both earthly and heavenly matters are clearer,
and he acknowledged the necessity of searching for God; he
has begun to pray. . . . A woman from Christiania who had
a small child with her was very sick. When I had looked after
Madam Pedersen's things and cared for the child, I went with
her to where she kept her belongings in a gray bag, into which
she also put the things she has received here for her small
child; and, one carrying the child and the other the bag,
we went on our way, and she was received in a friendly manner.
August 13: A sick call. A ladies' aid is beginning to sew
for the poor, and fourteen women met. They began with dresses
and underwear for children; they plan to meet every Monday.
August 30: Four house visits; secured work for Madam Jensen,
and distributed clothes and food to the poor.
August 31: Emigrant Hospital, and a trip to Mrs. Barstensen;
she wants to place her two children.
September 7: As I stood ready to leave, a girl came who had
just arrived from Norway. To get her placed in a job constituted
most of my day's work; five house visits.
September 10: Two house visits; ladies' aid here; have since
put a sick man in my own bedroom; now I have a full house.
September 11: Restless night caring for the sick man and [181]
having a hard bed; unfit to go out, but, after the doctor
had been here, to Pastor Everson to get the man into the hospital.
September 13: Went to the hospital with my patient; then on
a house visit; and after that fumigated clothes and rooms.
September 14: Washed and cleaned. Later to 14th Street and
washed the body of Mrs. Jensen. . . . My soul was much burdened
for her but Jesus won the victory.
October 8: Went with an old woman to get her sent home [Norway]
for $10, but must have $5 more before I can send her off.
October 11: Testimonial for the old woman, and bought tickets
for $20, and helped a Swedish sick man to secure a ticket
for $20 . . .
November 2: To Emigrant Hospital and found a Norwegian woman
had died. Her little daughter was distraught and cried. I
wanted to take her out but had to go to the office first,
and have come home after a weary and difficult day. .
November 15: Looked for a place for a child; on three house
visits, and ladies' aids in New York.
December 31: This whole month I have not written, but I have
made forty-one sick and house calls; was at the hospital three
times; at several different business offices to ask for contributions
for the work and for other projects. . . . If there is joy
in Heaven over one sinner who repents, I have reason to be
happy. . . .
January 4, 1884: . . . When I arrived home a man sat . . .
and waited, hungry, homeless, friendless, without money. After
he had eaten the meal I prepared, we went arm-in-arm to find
lodging; his amputated leg had been replaced by a wooden leg;
besides, it was slippery. After awakening some poor folks,
who took him in, I returned home at 9:30, and had just arrived
when Ko came to tell of a scandal and after an unpleasant
conversation with him, I retired about eleven, tired in body
and in soul.
January 8: At several factories to secure work for a man,
but all in vain; then to the Thingvalla office but did not
accomplish my errand. {25} Must go again tomorrow. . . .
January 9: To the office, and can secure tickets for him the
[182] 23rd; then to the superintendent of Castle Garden to
see if he would help some, but no!
January 10: A solemn day at Pastor Mortensen's; and then on
a sick call; later out to solicit some money for the ticket;
received $2.25. Hard times. . . .
January 11: . . . At five places to solicit money; received
January 12: My housework; then to a poor sick widow to dress
her sore leg, and later to beg for food, some of it for her.
And the Lord helped. I received a basketful.
January 14: A pleasant day today. Stayed in this forenoon,
and had all the pastors here this afternoon; was very pleased
to see them all here together.
January 15: First to Severini to ask for money, and received
$10, but the friendliness with which I was received was worth
more. {26} God repay him for it. . . . Tired from the day's
work, I sit now and wish I had a thousand mouths and a thousand
tongues in each mouth with which to praise God for all goodness
to me.
January 24: To Mrs. Børs, and with a sick and very
poor family, who now this afternoon have both fuel and food.
January 29: Three sick calls; to a pastor to get a Swedish
couple married, and afterward helped them.
January 31: Five house and sick calls, and one family got
the $10 I received from Severini.
February 11: At the Bowery and found the "House of Peace"
in the midst of that terrible district. Yes, God goes after
the sinner everywhere with His love.
February 25: Eight house visits, and when I came home, a woman
was sitting here with a small child, and I tried to get together
something for the night for her.
February 26: It is best to place the child, but found no one
who would employ the woman.
February 27: The same today as yesterday; been in all the
children's homes and nurseries but all are full, but got a
temporary place.
March 4: Went from place to place looking for a job for a
[183] woman with a child; finally found one. Then brought
her to the place.
March 10: Out to borrow money to help a family who have none
with which to bury their dead child. I have tramped around
all day and succeeded in getting some to give the man, who
then went home much relieved. .
March 20: Read English, and to Mrs. Børs, from whom
I received $5 and much encouragement.
March 21: Should stay in and sew but was taken to a poor family;
quite young people who have been without work so long that
they had no money. Mrs. Børs's $5 was a welcome gift,
even though it brought tears; I asked the woman to come Monday
to get clothes for the baby who will arrive shortly; I have
nothing now, but because I need it, I believe something will
March 22: Home for housework, and a woman came with a parcel
of children's clothes and asked if I had use for them. I knew
I would have them in time for Monday. At meeting in the evening
to get help for the poor. . . .
March 25: Arranged for the bazaar, and had a meeting.
April 1: Two house visits, and with Mrs. Moller to buy for
the bazaar.
April 3: Received a letter yesterday from Sheltering Arms
Nursery to come there.
April 7: Worked for the bazaar, and had the ladies' aid.
April 8: Went with a girl to get her a job; and to the doctor
for my headache; then to city hall to arrange for sending
Saeb. to the hospital; will go with him tomorrow.
April 9: When I came to get Saeb., he was so sick that I had
to go to the city hall and request them to take him to the
hospital by ambulance. Ironed curtains for Easter.
April 10: Maundy Thursday, and to Mrs. Børs to talk
over the bazaar.
April 15: Was ready to go out but then came a mother and her
daughter who wanted to talk with me, both to complain; strangely,
they met outside the door and the daughter began to complain
about her mother, and the mother, about her daughter. . .
. And when the quarrel was over and the daughter had gone,
the old woman became so ill that she had to remain until the
latter part of the afternoon. Not until then did I get out
to talk [184] a little with the pastor and buy for the bazaar.
It was very inconvenient, but everything is all right now.
. . .
April 17: Bazaar. . . .
April 26: Work in forenoon at home; with a sick woman in the
afternoon and accompanied her to Cumberland Hospital, and
am now very tired.
April 27: Confirmation day in New York church, and had a very
pleasant day at Flood's.
May: Much to do in May. . . . Visited five hospitals besides
Ward Island, which I do every week; altogether fourteen Norwegians
sick and most of them do not understand English. {27} Among
them was a dying woman at Flatbush Hospital who sent for me.
. . . Poor woman! She remembered not a Bible verse to which
she could cling. . . . When I left her, she promised that
as long as she could think, she would pray, and I believe
she was saved. . . . I have received permission from the Episcopalians
to send my patients there. Sent undernourished children to
the country this summer. The last day Mrs. Børs and
I went to Wartburg to meet Dr. Passavant, who encouraged me
greatly. {28}.
June 5: Out on a maternity case, and after having arranged
everything there, on four house visits, and back again to
care for mother and child.
June 16: First, to Trinity [Episcopal] Hospital to a sick
girl. Hoped to send two children to the country but they were
ill; and searched for a job for a woman. After dinner to Ward
Island, where there are now eight Norwegians, three Swedes,
and two Danes. A sick woman said to me: "How good God is to
me! He hears my sighs in a strange land and sends one to whom
I can talk," and she burst into tears; I stayed a long time
with her. Another said, "Oh, how I have waited for you!" A
woman was there with her little ones, one of whom was a boy
of four who had broken his leg on the ship; she is waiting
there now while her husband is in the West. There is much
distress, and I see that there is work for me.
December: Five months since July. . . . Often visited a patient
at Bellevue. . . . And many, many things delayed my vacation
until from August 10 to August 21. . . . Gather [185] children
to Sunday school every Sunday. . . . Some have been in bed
here a long time. . . . The weekly meetings for seamen's mission
and deaconess group. .
December 5: To Hoboken to make sure of the truth of one person's
statement, which was a lie. Then to insane asylum and hospital.
. . .
December 9: One sick call; to Severini, Mrs. Børs,
and Hansteen. {29} Two sick at home.
December 19: To a sick family in greatest wretchedness; home
for medicine, food, clothing, and then to care for them. Then
solicited funds for Christmas.
December 20: Saturday; to Livingston Street to get a ton of
coal for two families, and then to four places. Later to a
poor sick woman with four children. . . . Washed children's
clothes there and cared for them. Four poor folk came to the
home for money and clothes.
December 23: Shopped for the Sunday-school festival, and had
poor sick folk at home for clothes and medicine.
January 1, 1885: Hitherto the Lord has helped and in Jesus'
name I will begin this year. . . . Most of this day has been
spent on board the "Geiser" and I hope to get cheap passage
for the new Sister.
January 9: . . . At consulate, at office of Castle Garden
to get a new pass for Ward Island. . . .
January 15: Fearful weather today; to Dr. Gornsy and received
$2 and medicine from him; then to St. John's Guild to see
if it is possible to get a little help for my poor. Came home
wet and cold from top to toe, and have had a pleasant time
with Pastor Hansteen. God be praised because I have him here!
. . . .
January 20: First, to Pastor Bass to talk to him about a girl
in prison. Then a heated, difficult board meeting, but God
judge me! Sick in body and in soul; had to get out. Two sick
calls, and am almost distracted, but Your Word, my God, will
keep me alive. {30} [186]
January 21: Slept little. Was early this morning encouraged
by the dear, dear Mrs. Børs. First, to prison; four
sick; to Long Island Hospital to a dying woman. Then to Trinity
to admit a patient. Then to order an ambulance for her. Am
very tired and weary.
January 28: Wrote two business letters; two sick persons;
ladies' aid; out in dreadfully cold weather to a poor family
down in a cellar, and after talking to them awhile gave them
what I had in my pocket because I thought my purse contained
carfare; when I looked, I found nothing and I set out on foot
late and in bad weather, but God can soften all hearts. A
streetcar driver called and said, "Get on!" I said, "I have
no money," and he cried, "Just come!" That sort of thing has
never happened to me before.
February 2: Have been sick in bed for three days.
February 9: To Mrs. Børs; yes, she is priceless; God
bless her! Then Consul Børs gave me money. . .
February 11: Wrote to Pittsburgh.
February 12: . . .Then with Pastors Hansteen and Seehus to
look at houses, and later to Mrs. Børs and Mrs. Flood,
and by invitation to the parsonage.
February 17: Six house visits and sick calls and at Severini's
funeral. Later a cozy time at the parsonage.
February 22: A lovely day at the parsonage for dinner and
out to hear the Salvation Army: a terrible commotion! . .
. .
February 24: . . . And to the consulate to express thanks
for the large gift . . . and then to find a young man who
needs help to get work. He is coming here tomorrow to get
boots and money.
February 25: . . . Cleaned house and prepared for moving.
February 26: Packed for moving and have been at new house
to get in coal. . . . Oh, that this time were over!
February 27: After first packing, spent the whole day in the
house waiting for my goods, which did not come, and after
a [187] long fast day, I went to the drayman and received
the answer, "I expected rain today." Slept on the floor. .
. . A terrible day!
March 1: Sunday; after a strenuous day yesterday with moving,
a trip to Hoboken and to several offices. A great mercy that
God has let us have this beautiful day! Oh, God let this house
be to Your glory and to the salvation of souls!
March 2: Working people here to provide water. Ladies' aid.
March 3: . . . Walked around in New York to shop for something
for the house. . . . Then to Columbia Street to buy curtains
and pillow feathers. .
March 4: . . . Out to buy beds and mattresses for the sick.
Sewed and hung curtains. .
March 13: First, had a man here to measure out carpet for
floors. Thereafter, two sick calls. Then Pastor Mortensen,
Dr. Turner, and I successfully interviewed a doctor for the
home. {32} . . . God grant I have not gone my own way! . .
March 14: Saturday; work all day with house. Sewed carpets
for floors and laid them. Prepared first room for patients.
To bed at twelve. Exceedingly tired.
March 16: Washed clothes. . . . At Myeth [?] Avenue to pay
bills. . . . A long time with Pastor Mortensen; letter from
Passavant about [my] coming west to take over a deaconess
house there.
March 19: Six sick calls. Came home tired, and then saw a
poor woman here with a sick child and after talking a long
time with her, gave her a ticket for coal. . . .
March 24: . . . Wife was sick and husband not well. Stove
was cold and black. Worked at everything and put clothes that
I had brought along on child, and doctored and greased it.
Nursed the whole night. Then arranged things and cared for
the sick. I left them to go to three other sick people, and
am exceedingly tired.
March 26: Was called out at six o'clock. . . . After delivering
a fine boy I called on five sick, and then to a Norwegian
woman to talk about getting her admitted to a hospital. Then
knocked on a door for half an hour, but no answer. Then to
operation . . . and came home. Mrs. Bernhard sat here. How
tired I was! [188]
March 31: Three sick calls, and at two shops to buy, and in
a very poor humor. Yet Bible study this afternoon was good.
Oh, what a poor Christian I am!
April 1: Four sick calls, and to Mrs. Børs to tell
my troubles, and must have tormented her terribly.
April 3: Good Friday. At Flatbush and bought flowers for Easter.
. . .
April 5: Easter Day. At Fedde's and had a lovely day; a real
rest for my soul, which is tired of everything.
April 7: A terrible day. Board meeting, and I have been left
in a powerless position. This is the hardest time I have had
in America, and the appeal for help is in danger. God be merciful!
I have the whole board against me and everything is wrong
and I wish I were dead. God be merciful to me, a sinner! {33}
April 8: Did not sleep last night. To Mrs. Harris and Mrs.
Bull to bake for bazaar, and was on three sick calls, and
ordered what we shall have for the bazaar.
April 9: Rearranged things at the church for tomorrow, and
was in New York looking for the cheapest ticket to Hull, and
back again to church to work; came home at 11 P.M.
April 12: Sunday. Straightened the house after all this commotion
[the bazaar] and stayed in bed most of the day.
April 13: Packed together and sent everything out after the
bazaar, and paid all bills. . . .
April 15: Rainy weather in Nature, and in my unclean soul
darkness and gloom, so I decided to see Barnum's show, which
for the last month I have desired to see. Oh, what a wonder
of the Creator to produce all this! O, God, how I must thank
You for all You have given me beyond that of so many other
creatures! . . .
April 19: Two operations, and part of the day with Mrs. Bernhard.
April 23: Worked from seven on to get Mrs. Bernhard on her
way. Later at Pastor Everson's. Then out to buy furniture.
Then to doctor about a sick person. Then to the sick. Back
to the doctor and ambulance man. Took the sick woman in as
first patient. [189] Deathly sick. Have had pastor and doctor
here and am keeping watch.
April 24: Mrs. Juhl died here at 7 A.M. after a hard night.
Then to arrange with undertaker and pastor. Home and washed
the body, and am dead tired.
April 25: Out and bought . . . flowers for the casket, and
prepared the house. . . .
April 26: Sunday. Put Mrs. Juhl in casket; large funeral.
. . .
April 30: Two sick calls at Trinity Hospital, and there richly
experienced God's nearness and that God has sent me. Now this
month with its struggle has passed and almost everything is
forgotten, although not all. . . .
May 16: Today our first Sister came. God bless her coming
and going from now until eternity for Your name's sake and
make her useful in spirit and truth! The meeting with her
on board was happy, and we felt God's nearness. I pressed
her to my breast and in Jesus' name bade her welcome and from
the bottom of my heart I could thank God for sending her to
me. It ended with a very good evening together with both our
dear pastors and we really rejoiced in being God's children.
June 1: . . . Three clothed, and admitted one patient for
free bed, so now it is opened for patients. God let it be
a blessing for all!
June 2: At several places to buy for the home. Sick persons
to care for, and much to arrange. A talk with doctor about
the home. . . .
June 7: After caring for the patients, we went to Pastor Everson's
church and had dinner. Then home, but full of people [waiting
for help].
July: June is over and we are in July. . . . Admittance of
Sister and dedication of home, and three patients admitted.
{35} . . . My time is taken up more at the home. Yet I have
had much to do outside the home. . . .
August: Mrs. Hag, with three children, came to the home; had
burned herself and the end already near. Brought in while
I was out and I kept her children; clothed them. Two younger
were sent out and the third stayed here at night and for breakfast.
[190] Mrs. Hag died the 19th and was buried from the home
on the 21st. . . .
September 26: Overtired and yet worked with the festival the
whole day and stayed up the whole night with the sick.
September 30: Festival for Pastor Mortensen. Worked there.
November 13: . . . Today I have seen a mother who is fifteen
years old and a father who is ten. Terrible to hear, but true.
November 26: Three sick calls. Family in great need. Later
out to solicit clothing and money and received $2 and some
November 29: Sunday. At doctor's about a sick person.
December 24: Worked with doctor and sick for Christmas, and
now Christmas Eve is over. A real Christmas joy when our tree
was decorated and our guests had eaten and the patients were
brought down, the lights lit, and the Christmas message proclaimed.
Glory to God in the highest! There is nothing else but a "thank
you" in my soul for God revealed in the flesh.
December 31: Now this year is over. . . . Disappointed hopes
lie blasted, much is quite different from what I had thought.
. . . The greater the cross, the greater the longing of the
heart for heaven. .
January 2, 1886: First, work here to admit a patient. Then
on two sick calls. Then worked to prepare for a Christmas
festival at Seamen's Mission Church. Came home late.
January 3: Sunday. Worked at home with the patients until
three. Then to church for the festival. Came home late. Sister
Ottilie sick. This is the last time I will go to the festival.
. . .
January 4: A very uncomfortable day with Sister Ottilie. What
a torture that is! God show me what I should do about it.
[I am] sick in every way and here I am. God help me to carry
my cross with patience.
January 7: After a pleasant evening with all the patients,
we were both up until three when our man died, and then I
washed the body before we retired for a few hours. After the
morning's work and the doctor's visit I went out to arrange
for burial, from the one to the other, in very cold weather.
Came home late, and many things to do here. . .
January 9: At home until twelve. Then on six house and sick
calls. Came home with a small child whose two sisters and
[191] brothers are dead today from scarlet fever. Have taken
it [the child] for a few days until they have fumigated.
January 14: Was away to talk to a woman who wants to be a
Sister. . . .
January 19: Cared for sick and poor until noon. Then out to
see a family who drink and whose housekeeping I found very
wretched. Many children, and sin in everything. . . .
January 21: At Ida Gundersen's about a place for Emilie. Then
bought some things to take to Flatbush Hospital to Cecelie
Halse, who was very happy to see me. There she lay, poor girl,
with a big cap on her head, looking as if she were dead. Yet
shining with happiness for the things she received. Two house
January 22: . . . Then to some poor children whose father
(Mr. Jensen) has left them, and it would be for the best if
he never returned. The daughter had been at the city hall.
. . .
January 23: . . . And then out with Nilsen's widow to get
the insurance paid and burial arranged. . . .
January 26: . . . Later on board a tugboat . . . and there
in a small cabin lay a poor woman in the most unbearable pain
and no one can help her. . . .
February 7: At communion today. Really happy in my Saviour.
. . .
February 13: Worked here. Then to Mrs. Gørensy; got
February 15: . . . Around to solicit for old clothing but
found nothing. . . .
February 16: Twelve house visits, and hunted for Olga for
many hours; found her at 70 De Graw Street and had a great
struggle with her about the child. Was at Andersen's and talked
with the husband awhile and awhile with the wife. Was there
four hours. God grant the Word might bear fruit!
February 17: . . . Devotions this evening, and talked with
many newly awakened souls. . . . $6.50 collected for a poor
family. . .
March 8: Two sick, and two doctors visited. Bookkeeping. So
God has given us a new Sister, and God bless her to us!
March 9: Board meeting; always opposition. God, it is thus
in Your Kingdom. The way is hard and narrow. {36} Two sick
calls. [192]
March 31: In bed fourteen days and am up now, but ill. Can't
work for a long time. . . . Little is done now but Sister
Ottilie has left, sick. So now it is to begin again. .
April 1: A little better today but cannot work. Sent Sister
Bertha to Trinity Hospital with a sick woman. . . .
April 16: . . . On the 13th a board meeting which was like
all meetings, with opposition . . . when there should be action.
Oh, what a cross this is with Sister Ottilie! It is almost
too heavy for me, but God has said, "As thy day is so shall
thy strength be." God help me to carry it all! {37}
April 22: . . . Now my going away is certain and I have written
to Sverdrup. . . .
April 23: Good Friday. Difficult day for me with Sister Ottilie.
. . April 28: Six house visits. To superintendent of Castle
Garden to get a widow, Mrs. Berg, home [Norway] with three
children. Long time with Seehus but to no avail. So I have
carried it out myself and the result is that I have gotten
them home for $25. Then to all the pastors again. Came home
tired. Seven house and sick calls.
May 5: First, to Mrs. Berg. Then to Castle Garden; was there
for three hours. . . . Then to Pastor Everson to get a boy,
five years old, baptized. Then to ladies' aid; house full.
May 6: Off early in forenoon to a baptism. It was a very solemn
moment when the five-year-old Conrad said, "I want to be baptized;
I want to be named Conrad!" . . . .
May 7: To Mrs. Moller, who had collected $25, and later to
offices to exchange 50 crowns which was collected for Berg.
. . .
June: Left America June 5 and came to Norway the 19th. Have
now spent three months in Norway and find myself very well.
Am well and strong for the work; returned here the 17th of
September. . . . [193]
September 27: . . . Sister Bertha with her sick sister. {38}
October 4: Guliksen has been here to get money for furniture,
but if he will not work, he will not get any money either.
Then came Palmstad and got a little help for medicine. Later
to consulate. Then at three places. After that to a sick woman
who lay in the most terrible wretchedness, and God help her
soon for Your name's sake. Pastor and Mrs. Hansteen here.
October 6: Restless night. Cared for the patients. Waited
for doctor. Ladies' aid. Both [doctors on the staff] have
been here and I have been to the other doctor. And have had
several here this evening on business about the sick. Cared
for the patients this evening.
October 13: Asked for clothing in New York for five sick people.
. . . Sister Bertha left the house to go to her friend whose
children were sick, which put me in a bad humor, because I
have no one to depend on . . . for now it is time to think
over what God means with everything. I found a sick person
with whom God's spirit works hard and I believe truly that
You, Lord, will have the victory. . . .
October 15: . . . Sister Bertha came home and was disciplined
for leaving without permission.
October 23: Out at 5 A.M. Delivered twins and made a sick
call. Then home to work here, and out again on three calls.
October 29: Was night nurse. Four sick calls. To Mrs. Børs
and on a child-placing errand, and have had an adventurous
ride on a fish wagon.
November 18: Since I wrote last, there have been many changes.
On the 8th, board meeting: Sister Ottilie was dismissed, and
both Sisters in training have left. Today Ottilie went and
I can't deny that it was hard, but it was best. Monday, Bertha
went and a new girl has come. It has been a big struggle but
I am glad for everything. For in my need I called on the Lord
and He helped. Only the Lord knows what the period has been
for me, and everything will serve me for the best. . . .
December 31: This month is gone and with it the old year full
of trouble and suffering. Little accomplished for the Kingdom
of God. Sin and shame, blame and guilt. . . . Few patients
have [194] been here this year and during this month hardly
anyone. Now the house is empty and all the work is outside
among the wretched, and here there are enough of them. {39}
. . . .
January 1, 1887: I have been at a wedding and am tired and
not in a good frame of mind.
January 22: Sick and house calls. Much need, and some ask
about the Saviour. . . . God grant that all may be the truth
which is said to me, but how difficult it is to believe it!
I was at Jans. the other day, and there is the densest heathendom.
A child of nine does not know a single letter. . . . Miss
Jensen admitted the 18th and I am led to believe she has started
in Jesus' name, so, God, let it be to Your glory and the salvation
of souls!
February 2: Seven sick and house calls. At one place sat a
woman with a small child and cried about her ills. Another
was very sick and wept over her child's death.
February 8: A terrible board meeting. We gathered in peace
and started with prayer and ended with the most vehement outbreak
from all sides. Pastor Everson had to express himself . .
. on the bazaar; he aroused the consternation of all and I
will say that his strategy was as maliciously laid out as
though an enemy had planned it. For myself, I will always
remember it, but it should be kept secret. Was out a little
in the evening and am in a turmoil. {40}
February 9: Hardly slept. . . . O God, let this soon be ended!
. . .
February 10: Six house and sick calls. Often it is good to
come to folks. At other times I feel frustrated and can engage
only in small talk. Lord, take hold of the family on whom
I recently called that they may enter into fellowship with
February 16: Yesterday, the 15th, a disgusting meeting. It
is terrible that a person should become thus and yet talk
about [195] love for the work. God, make an end to the whole
thing soon! I am tired of many torments and pray for peace.
March 4: To six places, together with Mrs. Hansteen, to arrange
for a school.
March 5: With beating heart I went to open a school on Sullivan
Street, and, to our joy, there were gathered thirty-six children.
And God helped us, so we got started officially in Jesus'
name and with a prayer to Him for help. . . . Then we went
to buy books. .
March 7: Oh, I am almost beside myself at the thought of the
meeting tomorrow! God give comfort and strength to bear whatever
happens, and let me be still!
March 8: Meeting is over and I to bed. We are at the same
point still. Not decided what is to be. . . .
March 9: A bad night. To Mrs. Børs and came home. Many
women here. Oh, my heart is in a turmoil!
March 14: Two house visits. In bed awhile. In the evening
a woman from New York came to see about a widow and some children
whom I must help.
March 24: Been in because of illness four days, and Miss Jensen
has been out to several sick, eight in all, and it seems to
go well with her.
April 16: All these days lie behind me full of difficulties
and also joy. I have been sick several days. . . . On the
12th there was a meeting again . . . with a member about to
resign, and I fear there must soon be an end to the whole
terrible times. . . . Now I shall go up to the patients and
read and talk with them about our Saviour.
May 9: Have been sick for fourteen days. . . .
May 22: In most of the time; am now much better. . . .
June 30: . . . Was up to little Marie at the children's home
and found her in remarkable condition. . . . School is out
July 2: Cared for the sick first, and then went at nine o'clock
to Seamen's Mission Church and took care of children, eightynine
of them, who walked in procession to the church and then to
the park, where we have been the whole day, and came home
so tired, and with a terrible headache. The trip cost $21,
all of which I have already received. [196]
July 3: Sunday. At home in forenoon. Then to Bath Junction
[in Brooklyn] to the dedication of a house of prayer.
September 1: Today came back from vacation; have had a pleasant
time with Pastor Saarheim, who is still sick. {41} . . . We
walked to Pastor Hansteen's and had a pleasant conversation.
. . .
September 6: . . . Been at bank; then to doctor and to Mrs.
Harris'. Then we took a trip to my sister. {42} . . . .
September 7: Miss Jensen went to Boston today, and I went
with her to the station. Then in the afternoon to ladies'
aid at the parsonage; when I came there, there were two poor
folks, and then a telegram from Saarheim . . . very ill. .
. .
September 8: Telegram from Saarheim that he is better. . .
I must be nurse tonight, and then go to the Catskills.
September 14: Home again with the pastor after a long struggle.
Yet God be praised! . . . .
September 15: A quiet day. Now we have had supper, and had
devotions. . . . We shall have a great meeting today. General
meeting of the society. . . . Give us peace! . . . .
September 16: Now it is over. The three are not on the board
and we are rid of them. God let us keep peace! {43} Out awhile
to call on the sick.
January 6, 1888: . . . School began on Sunday. . . . Several
new teachers, and Saarheim leads it now. . . . Full house
here. . . . To Staten Island and placed Mrs. Helliesen's three
children in a children's home.
May, 1888: Just now I want to put you away, you old book,
incomplete as you are. Yet you will remind me of many things
that have happened during these months and years. This year
the Lord has richly blessed our work. . . . In Your blessed
name the work was done.
<1> A copy of the letter of call is in the files of
Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn. Elizabeth Fedde and her
brother-in-law had the same name because they had lived on
the same farm in Norway, and, as was the custom, the place,
not the family, provided the surname.
<2> From Elizabeth Fedde's "Autobiography"; the original
manuscript is in the files of the medical center. Women who
entered a deaconess mother house for training in nursing,
Christian ethics, and social welfare received the title "Sister"
from the beginning of the course.
<3> Sister Superior Johanne Lyngø, Oslo, Norway,
to the writer, June 10, 1958.
<4> Nordisk tidende (Brooklyn), November 20, 1896; Sister
Elizabeth's "Memoirs"; the manuscript of the latter is in
the possession of her nephew, Waldemar Reiersen of Brooklyn.
A large portion of the memoirs was published in Nordisk tidende
February 28-May 16, 1933.
<5> From a formal statement on the organization of the
society, April 17, 1883, in the files of the medical center.
Outdoor relief included outpatient relief, poor relief, and
in Sister Elizabeth's case, at least, pastoral care. The society
aimed to offer relief to people in their own homes.
<6> Minutes, board of managers, February 24, 1884, in
the files of the medical center.
<7> Minutes, April 7, 1885.
<8> Minutes, October 10, 1892.
<9> Minutes, August 27, 1892.
<10> Fedde, "Memoirs," Nordisk tidende, February 28-May
16, 1933.
<11> Printed table of statistics on outdoor relief,
Minutes, 1892.
<12> Minutes, May 12, July 30, 1884, April 7, 1885.
<13> Nordisk tidende, April 20, 1894.
<14> Stavanger aftenblad, December 23, 1948.
<15> Trained Nurse and Hospital Review, 86:64 (January,
1931). It is significant that, thirty-five years after Sister
Elizabeth had finished her work in Brooklyn, a magazine with
a nation-wide circulation should have included her in a series
on nationally famous nurses.
<16> Research for this study was sponsored by the department
of charities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. P. J. Hertsgaard,
public-relations director at Lutheran Medical Center and instructor
in Norwegian in the Brooklyn school system, was helpful in
reading half the translation.
<17> Sister Elizabeth sailed from Norway March 25, 1883,
arriving in New York April 8.
<18> C. S. Everson was pastor of Our Saviour's Evangelical
Lutheran Church, the only such local congregation, and treasurer
of the relief society. The church was located in New York
until 1885, when, following the migration to Brooklyn, it
was set up there.
<19> A. Mortensen was pastor until 1885 of the Norwegian
Seamen's Mission Church, and he was president of the relief
<20> Sister Elizabeth took lessons in English with Theodor
Siqueland, a dentist.
<21> Faint handwriting prevents deciphering the dates.
Since Sister Elizabeth's statement that the dedication was
to take place on Sunday appears after June 8 and before June
17, it is presumed that the dedication occurred on the Sunday
between those dates, namely June 10. The record of the April
27, 1886, meeting of the board of managers, however, speaks
of June 11 as the anniversary date.
<22> Emigrant Hospital was on Ward Island in the East
River. To it were admitted patients who had been in the United
States less than four years.
<23> Although the society was organized to care for
Norwegians and denied admittance to the hospital in at least
one instance to a Swedish patient, Sister Elizabeth seems
to have included all Scandinavians in her service in the outdoor
relief program.
<24> Castle Garden was an immigrant station from 1855-90,
preceding Ellis Island.
<25> The Thingvalla Steamship Line.
<26> Lorentz Severin Skougaard was a noted Norwegian
singer who, with his friends, gave liberally to the hospital.
His professional name was L. Skougaard Severini.
<27> Ward Island Hospital was Emigrant Hospital.
<28> Wartburg Orphan Farm School, located on Manhattan,
is sponsored by the American Lutheran Church.
<29> Carsten Hansteen was assistant pastor of the Norwegian
Seamen's Mission Church.
<30> Minutes, January 20, 1885. The Lutheran Hospital
discouraged Sister Elizabeth from visiting her patients at
her own convenience, their principle being that pastors and
not women should offer spiritual care. Trinity Hospital, an
Episcopal institution, granted permission to her to send her
patients there. She was criticized for thus exposing them
to non-Lutheran doctrines.
<31> She was moving to a 9-bed hospital at 441 Fourth
Avenue, Brooklyn, which also was to serve as home for the
deaconesses. At first there was only one structure for both
purposes; in 1904 a separate building was provided for the
hospital at 4602 Fourth Avenue. The institution followed the
mother house ideal: it was a permanent residence for deaconesses,
where they were trained for service and had the security of
a real home, and from which the board and the deaconess in
charge could send them into their hospital, to other hospitals,
to outdoor relief work, or to mission fields.
<32> Dr. Henry C. Turner was the first head of the medical
department of the hospital.
<33> Minutes, April 7, 1885. Criticism for giving Sister
Elizabeth the vote in board meetings resulted in her opposing
a move to make her a member of the group, as has been stated
<34> Ottilie Olsen had arrived from Arendal, Norway,
to enter deaconess work.
<35> The admittance ceremony and dedication took place
June 14, 1885.
<36> Minutes, March 9, 1886. Sister Elizabeth requested
that she and the doctors he authorized to admit paying patients
without having to consult the board. Since the board was really
responsible, the request was denied.
<37> Minutes, April 13, 1886; the rule stated that deaconesses
who were engaged to be married should leave the work, so Sister
Elizabeth wanted Sister Ottilie to retire. The board, however,
made an exception and retained her during Elizabeth's vacation
in Norway. See also "Memoirs." Elizabeth considered the marriage
estate the highest calling for women, therefore she had no
objection to the Sisters' becoming engaged, but she was discouraged
at the first candidate's leaving so soon.
<38> Sister Bertha, whose full name has not been found,
entered the deaconess home in March, 1886, the second woman
to enroll in the course.
<39> Minutes, April 27, May 5, December 14, 1886. Because
of Elizabeth's absence during the summer, no patients were
admitted, and acceptance of applicants to training was postponed.
Both the rented quarters and the finances were in poor condition.
<40> The sale of lottery tickets at bazaars was an issue
from the beginning of the establishment of the hospital. At
the February 8, 1887, meeting of the board, Pastor Everson
presented his formal protest, written in English, which he
requested he inserted in the minutes of the meeting. The protest
was directed against the sale of lottery tickets at the bazaar
held January 28-29, 1887, as a violation of a state statute.
<41> Kr. K. Saarheim was a pastor in the Norwegian Seamen's
Mission Church for a time after 1886. He was a member of the
hospital board of managers for a period. Beginning in 1887,
he was part-time chaplain in the hospital.
<42> The sister was Mrs. Gabriel Fedde of Brooklyn.
<43> In spite of Sister Elizabeth's wish that conflicts
within the board be kept secret, the lottery and consequent
issues were discussed during the summer in the Norwegian colony
and in the Norwegian press. As a result of the meeting of
the society on September 15, Pastor Everson and his two friends
ceased to be members of the board. Although there were mild
discussions of the issue at subsequent board meetings, bazaars
continued to be yearly events. Several were held in the basement
of Pastor Everson's church, and lottery tickets on donated
merchandise were sold.
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Segment cauliflower saving some good-looking pieces for decoration. Cover them in a bowel with enough water (enough just to cover them), add butter, salt & pepper. Cook on medium-high heat until the mixture is very soft, then purée the cooked cauliflower adding cooking liquid (or molten meat sauce cubes), until it has the desired consistency. The resultant has to be thick, but not too thick, so you can add cooking liquid when necessary. Boil the mixture while stirring on a low heat.
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The Blaze, a news blog for The Glenn Beck Program, stated childish insults and out of context quotes directed at not only Peace, Freedom & Prosperity Movement, but also toward CopBlock and Liberty on Tour. Each unorganized, merely a full paragraph "worthy" of personal emotive spit up, were constructed in a few separate articles written by the Assistant Editor, Meredith Jessup, and Mike Opelka. Without a shred of factual information to back up their support for "the state," they point fingers at Anarchists for trying to corrupt the left-wing Occupy protestors and the right-wing neoconservatives. Each article reveals the writer's disconnect with reality with their lack of understanding regarding Larken Rose's post "When You Should Shoot A Cop?", as well as the inability to report unbiased information and connect the dots to why the public is tired of our oppressive government all together.
The first article, posted by Mike Opelka, focused on the "When You Should Shoot A Cop?" flyer found at an Occupy Phoenix protest back in October. It is clear that his uneducated response hinders the purpose of the flyer, which was originally posted in June of this year by Larken Rose on the website Copblock.org, a police transparency website focused on recording cop accountability through the eye of their camera lenses and through community outreaches to provide information to the public. Rose promotes self defense in the event that a law enforcer attempts or commits violence against civilians in his article. The point being that police officers do not have an extra right to enforce harm on anybody and everyone is responsible for themselves no matter who you work for or what you believe in. A police officer is not justified when he kills or injures innocent people, even non-violent petty criminals. American citizens have the right to defend themselves from harm in life threatening situations no matter if the person is wearing a badge or a t-shirt. In fact, it is our responsibility as individuals to conduct ourselves in an appropriate manner when we witness tyrannical rampages of violence.
Plato once said: "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
It is not hard to discern who the abusers have been all along.
Mike Opelka's second article points out Larken Rose as to being the original author of the post "When Should You Shoot A Cop?" in the sloppy style of tabloid journalism, as if some scandalous muck had oozed out of his finger tips. Breaking News! Someone has presented the public with factual information; we must expose this disgusting mobster! The mere yawn of an article generated about 179 comments that forces the reader to plant his or her face on a desk. The sign of a single glimmer of original thought is very rare among these so-called "journalist" and apparently within their community of readers. Opelka reported Rose's affiliation with the website CopBlock.org, as well as Rose's wiki entry on the website titled the Tax Protester Dossiers, a collection of tax protestor gurus' information site. It is obvious that Opelka was trying to dig up some dirt from the internet that was already shamelessly out in the open, while failing to truly connect why Rose would write an article that promotes self defense against police officers.
Finally, time for the spoiled cream of the disease-ridden crop! Meredith Jessup, so ignorantly associating the left and right as being separate, takes a few moments to jab at Peace, Freedom & Prosperity Movement for one of our contributors, Bill Wurst, wanting to educate those affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, not even mentioning a later post by another writer, David Shirk, who condemns the whole movement all together. What Jessup, and many other news associated blogs, make the mistake of is coordinating everyone to believe the same opinion and the same way to go about issues. They do not understand that self thinkers have their own individual way of approaching issues, analyzing situations, and taking personal responsible courses of action to provide information and to find a proper solution to conflicts. Rather, both the left and right continue to rely on the government to fix what they continue to break, and that is our individual freedom and liberties here in America. Jessup also quotes Libertyontour.com to support her demonization of self ownership and their message to Occupy Wall Street protestors about attacking the root of the problem and not just the corporatism that has set a huge gap between the wealthy and the poor. If Jessup actually did an effortless amount of research she would understand that Anarchist and Voluntaryist do not associate themselves with the left or right because they are one in the same. She states: "So even if you consider yourself to be a liberal or conservative, know that groups like "Peace, Freedom & Prosperity" and individuals like Larken Rose do not stand to defend America or her constitution and all it stands for." Her weak attack on Rose's article for the DEFENSE of one's self from police officers just goes to show that his article went over her head completely.
George Washington has said "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
Even Thomas Jefferson reminds us that "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
The writers of The Blaze do not understand why anyone would be against the state, nor do they have the ability to compose any news report that is not biased or even being able to comprehend the purpose of the "When You Should Shoot A Cop?" flyer that was found at Occupy Phoenix. Without a doubt, Larken Rose's post was simply about that last resort when the government takes things too far to physically affect a citizen's livelihood. Police are government workers, they are paid by our tax dollars to uphold their oath sworn to protect The United States Constitution and they continue time and time again to fail to justify their wrongful duties. To me, it seems that Meredith Jessup and Mike Opelka were picking the straws clenched by the law-obedient fist and parading their lack of intelligence for the whole wide web to witness. Congratulations guys, you are the rampant fools encouraging civilians to continue to follow everything the government claims is right and wrong, with no regard to your own responsibility or even with an ounce of integrity. Both of you make it apparent that you do not respect or even love yourselves enough to speak out against what truly is wrong about the system, and therefore your inflict that lack of self confidence on to your readers to convince yourselves that the government is an all knowing elite that has more rights than its own citizens. You are not fooling anyone when it comes to your concern against individual rights and personal responsibility since government has become your safety net. The web of lies will not be safe for long, for the very net has so many holes ripping at the seams that you so desperately cling on to. Everyone has a choice to throw themselves in the trap of the government or to think individually and find the solutions that affect you and others around you responsibly.


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