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Housekeeper

Isabella keeps house for a busy family in the Valley. With the parents and their two children, there's always a lot going on.

"I saw how Mr. and Mrs. B used the PhonePlusPlus," says Isabella, "but I never thought that it would work for me. I'm happy that I was wrong about that."

What made Isabella realize that she needed a PhonePlusPlus Genie Number* of her own happened about 6 months ago. "My mother back in Guatemala was sick, and Papa was trying to call me and let me know. I was out when he called, the call from Guatemala to this country is very expensive, and Papa couldn't talk long. But Papa speaks almost no English and the family here speaks almost no Spanish, and they couldn't take a message. When I came back, Mrs. B told me that she thought it was my father who called and that he sounded very upset, but nothing more. I spent almost an hour trying to call him back, and I was all in a panic.

"It turned out OK, because Mama wasn't as sick as Papa made it sound - she got well very quickly. But it really might have been terrible. The next day, when Mr. B heard about what happened, he told me that he was getting me my own PhonePlusPlus, so that they could call and talk to me or leave me a message free anytime. I KNOW the message would get to me right because they can hear my Genie Number answered in Spanish. Not only that, but they can call me with no long distance charge on the International Public Access Number in Guatemala, it's only a local call for them, no more expensive international telephone charges!

"Mr. B also told me about the GenieCard Visa® Prepaid Card that came with my PhonePlusPlus. I knew that he had gotten those cards for his daughters, but I thought it was just something for a rich Anglo. Not anymore. Now I get my pay deposited straight to the GenieCard so I don't have to find someplace to cash a check anymore and keep the money in my purse until I need it. I also got a second card which I sent down to Mama and Papa in Guatemala, so I can share money from my card to theirs. Every payday, I can send them a little bit to help them get by, and it doesn't cost anything like what it used to cost me to wire money to them, Western Union® is so expensive.

It's hard being away from my family, but I know what I'm doing for us all is important and with this new PhonePlusPlus my heart is easy."