Toledo City - possible apartment

In the middle of June we called Elder and Sister Dover in Toledo City – on the west side of Cebu – where we will probably be living for our mission experience. This is what they told us about our apartment – the good news and the bad news:

            The bad news is that you have no hot-water heater and the showers are cold –

The good news is that the tap water is much warmer because of the climate.

            The good news is that it’s real hot there –

                        The bad news is that there is no air-conditioning.

            The bad news is that you can’t drink the water, or even wash your mouth out with the

water –

The good news is that the water runs out by 2:00 in the afternoon so there isn’t any water to use anyway.

The bad news is that they regularly have brown-out’s so there is not any electricity for several hours –

                        The good news is we don’t have air-conditioning anyway, so we don’t care.

            The bad news is that the mice keep you awake at night while they run in the attic –

The good news is we are lucky to have only mice and not rats because the rats are about the size of cats.  

            The bad news is that many homes have only a hole in the floor for the toilet –

                        The good news is that our apartment will have a regular toilet.

            The bad news is that the roads are terrible and not suitable for cars –

                        The good news is that we get a truck.

You get the idea! 

But even with all of that, the main plus to going to the Philippines is that everyone says the people are lovely – kind and wonderful. That was true of all the Filipino people we met in Italy, so we look forward to working with these great people.