23 February 1999

Yesterday was a very good day for me.  We had a zone activity at Lake Danao, up in the mountains.  The whole zone piled into and onto a jeepney for the ride up.  I cubited (rode on the rack on the back) and talked with Elder Reynolds (just recently transferred into the zone) on the way.  We had a pretty good talk.  He's a cool guy.  I found out that Griff (Price.  A friend from when I lived in Prince George who served in PTM before I did) was his trainer.  Lake Danao was beautiful.  We took a lot of pictures.  Since we couldn't swim, we played chess and yahtzee for an hour and a half.  Then we went back to Ormoc.  I top-loaded (rode on the roof rack) this time, and had a good talk with Elder Crabtree, one of the zone leaders.  He's a Filipino, but he's very tall.  He's cool, too.  A certain section of the road was pretty rough, and Elder Nanol was shaken off of the back and landed in a big puddle.  We were going slow, so he wasn't hurt.  We all had a good laugh at that.  It was a great P-Day.  I feel closer to the other missionaries in the zone, and I've developed a love for this country.

Elder MacKenzie and Elder Roberts at Lake Danao