Dinner with Jose Machado

Jose Machado and his wife invited us to their home for dinner a few weeks ago.  He was a student at Benemerito when it first started and their were only 6 houses.  There are 50 houses now plus two guest houses.  His wife was 16 when she started to work as a secretary for the Benemerito President. He was also a teacher at Benemerito after he went to college and got a degree in chemical engineering.  He also went to BYU and received a degree there.  He is a very wealthy man.  His wife is an atorney although she has not continued to practice law.  Theirs is the story of what education can do for people.   His mother worked at the hospital for two straight shifts in a row  each day while he was at school and to provide a living and an education for him.  He was raised by his grandmother.  He was happy to come to Benemerito at the age of 12 because he had friends at school and sort of a family.  Prior to that he would come home from school and be alone or with his grandmother.    She also self educated.  After she was 12 her mother said she had to go to secretary school.  She did and became the B A de Las Americas secretary and they law school.  

The Packard's, Bruch and Jody are a counselor to Jose Machado in branch 12.  He has worked for Petroleum of Mexico or Premex.  That company owns all the gas stations in Mexico.  It is a government business.  The Machados have a lovely home 45 minutes away from the CCM.  It has lawn and is in a neighborhood.