8 January 1999

My new companion is Elder Michael Roberts from Ohio.  He's only been in the field for three months, and he's already training, so he must be good.  He's good so far.  Our area is Albuera.  It's a Cebuano-speaking area.  Therefore, I am very lost.  We taught the first discussion this afternoon (after my first zone conference).  I read a paragraph whenever it was my turn, but Elder Roberts did everything else.  But I love it here!  On the ride to Ormoc for zone conference, I rode outside on the back of the multicab.  It was cool.  The people are cool, too.  I'm pretty sure this'll be a great mission, especially when I learn how to speak Cebuano.

Elder MacKenzie and Elder Roberts