Well, well, well, well, well. Before I say what I'm going to complain about, let me make a few things clear first: I love it here in the Philippines. The people of Albuera are great. My companion and I get along, and we're growing closer together (the chess set I bought seems to help). I'm starting to progress visibly in my Cebuano, and I'm getting mail now. But there are two things bothering me. First, last Thursday I woke up covered in mosquito bites. That was annoying, but simple to deal with. I put up with the itching and bought some mosquito repellent.
Second: on Monday, I noticed that my big toe was starting to hurt right where the side of the nail meets the flesh. I thought it was from when I stubbed it the previous night. It started to hurt worse, and now it looks disgusting. We didn't get any work done until after I got some painkillers in Ormoc. We visited a member tonight. He's a medic, so we showed him my toe right before we left. He said it's an ingrown toenail! Crap! I don't want an ingrown toenail in the Philippines! There was an elder at the MRC (Missionary Reception Center in Manila) at the same time I was with an ingrown toenail. When they removed it, they took a chunk of his toe with it! All afternoon and all night, he would bleed all over the place (soaking right through the bandages) unless he had it elevated. For one thing, I don't want that to happen to my toe. For another thing, that'll put me out of commission for a week or two. I have people to teach! I have a language to learn! Cripes!
On the lighter side of things, Albuera is getting two more elders tomorrow: Elder Kenney (just released as an AP) and Elder Pfister. Elder Kenney is really cool. I've never met Elder Pfister. The best thing about this is the splitting of the area. We'll be able to follow up on everybody better.
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