May 7th

Not a whole lot new to report. The last couple days have been spent primarily here at Sankey. We have been doing a little work at Cugley, the private elementary school here at Sankey. Some of the Sankey kids still go there but many have graduated and now attend high school in town. This morning we actually went and walked around some of the nearby neighborhoods passing out informational flyers for the school. Anyway, we have been cleaning and repainting the classrooms and getting things in order. School starts the first or second week in June - which is kind of strange to think about since that is when almost all schools in the States get out for the summer.
I had McDonalds for the first time in a while last Sunday - that is where we went to lunch after church. They have many of the same items on the menu, with the addition of rice, of course. But the burgers taste the same here as they do back home - unhealthy, but delicious! (Especially since I haven't had one in 6 weeks or so). At the mall nearby they have a few different American restaurants (McDonalds, kfc, and a pizza hut stand). It is a fairly large mall, for those of you familiar with the malls in Midland or Saginaw, it is probably slightly larger than either of those. That is where I do most of my grocery shopping for each week as well.
Our basketball league is coming to an end. We won our first playoff game yesterday, and the first game in a best of 3 series for the championship is tomorrow. We play the team that we played in the first game, and who was the only team to beat us. Should be some good games, and fun!
I don't expect there to be a whole lot new to write about in to next couple of days, so if anyone has any questions that you might want me to try and answer about life in the Philippines, I will give it my best shot.
Hope everyone is doing well!