15 April 1999

Dugay na ako nagsulat dinhi.  (It's been a long time since I wrote here.)  Elder Jones has been my companion for over a week now.  He's a cool guy.  He speaks Cebuano better than I was expecting.  He's been having blood in his stole since October, so he might be going to Manila for a while.  If he doesn't go there, he'll go to Cebu.  (Manila and Cebu have the best medical facilities in the Philippines.)

Elder Seth Jones (there will be more Jones in the future) and Elder MacKenzie.  As far as I know, this is the only picture of the two of us together in existence.

Our branch had a big "Cultural Night and Missionary Fireside" last night.  Now that it's over, I call it the "Great Albuera Branch Fiasco."  I sang "Take Me Home Country Roads."  I was supposed to sing "The Gambler" too, but I refused because the sound system was so terrible.  They didn't even test it before we started.  It was a very stressful time for me, for more reasons than just the sound system.  But I won't go into it.