Still No Stay-In Maid

We have been living without a maid for one month now. During the first 2 weeks, my mother in law was here to help out but the following 2 weeks we had to do things on our own. So far my wife is still able to cope without a stay-in maid because she did a lot of planning and organizing of the food preparation and cooking upfront. We also benefited from the help of a cleaner lady who comes in 2 hours daily.

Here are some reasons why stay-in maids are so difficult to find in Palembang:

1. People here view a maid's job as less prestigeous
2. Wages are lower, approx USD57/month for stay-in maids (min wage here is USD103/month)
3. Some Muslims do not like to work for people who cook pork
4. Some Muslims do not like to work for people of different religion

We are still optimistic to get a good stay-in maid. So just need a little bit of patience.