Recently she has begun to think about her safety. The church is evangelizing a poor neighborhood. One of the men who had been coming to church raped a woman in his housing project, and has left town. Jenny realizes that everyone she works with knows she lives alone. And things break down, especially in a foreign country.
Poverty keeps people from replacing things until they absolutely wear out.
Jenny has to figure out how to fix things herself, then buy the parts she needs for the repair. To do that, she must discover what they are called in the local language and find where they are sold. Or she will have to deal with a foreign handyman in his language. Beth is married, so in some ways her life is easier. When she met her husband, her heart's desire was to become a farmer's wife.