I’d agree. I live in a city with some big hospitals and we pretty regularly have LDS families who travel here for care and need to spend a night or find a babysitter and are accommodated in the local wards. We just had one particular family whose baby was hospitalized here for many months and my ward and the other in our building babysat the older children during the days for that family. Because I work, I didn’t hear about it for a long time; it was just a significant service quietly offered by ward members for a family in need. That family was in a position no one would envy but serving them has been a blessing to us, and I am sure they felt that our care of their children was a blessing for them.

When my sister and brand-new brother-in-law crashed their car into an overpass on their honeymoon (punctured lungs, broken limbs, etc.) it turned out that the nearest airlift trauma center was the Mayo Clinic. I called the Bishop there as soon as I got word and he arranged for members to go over and give them blessings. One of the residents stopped by regularly to see how they were doing. I called back to express my gratitude and was told they get situations like that a lot and consider it part of their ministry to help the good LDS people who end up in that hospital in Rochester. May God bless them for their service.

a new member to our branch has a young son who needed a kidney transplant. when they had found a donor, the only place they could do the surgery was a children’s hospital 10 hours away. he says while he was there, the mission president used to visit him and a whole host of locals. he never felt out of place or alone. it’s about a year later since the surgery. the boy is growing well… our little branch is grateful to know that we belong to an organisation that cares…

I don’t know about that one, I almost bled to death last May and no one came to see me, or give me a visit,