My Darling Sweet Precious Wonderful Guen,

               My Beautiful Darling from Cebu.

     Today the sun is shining, birds are building their nests 
outside the kitchen window and there is hope in my heart.

     Today I wish to greet you and your wonderful family with the 
warmest of sweet hello's. It will only be a few days now until my 
arrival to your home and I can hardly wait to see you. I have been 
waiting for this moment for what seems to be an eternity. I long 
to see you again Darling; to see your wonderful smile and to hear 
you lovely voice once again.

     Darling Guen, I know that my last letter was rather sad. I 
was feeling very sad about some things for quite a while. I had 
tossed and turned many nights in bed wondering about our future. 
Yet today there is a song in my heart and and a new dance in my 
footsteps. Darling Guen, the things that I mentioned are quite 
real concerns. They are not made up or of a fantasy. They are 
things that we really need to talk about and understand. Yet 
Darling, with all the gloominess that was in my mind for so long, 
today I realise that with love there is an answer to everything. 
And that is why my heart is so happy today. I have realised that 
there is a solution to almost everything that I mentioned and I 
would like to let you know what my new inspiration is on this ok?

     My precious Darling Guen, you know that I mentioned that here 
in the United States it is normal and common for both husband and 
wife to work outside the home so they can provide for their own 
future and the future of their children. These are new days and, 
in many ways, quite different from the days that my father and 
mother saw when they were first married. And the basic difference 
is that so many things are so much more expensive than they were 
in my father's time. I have been thinking of what a wonderful 
woman you are; from the very first letter that you wrote, to our 
wonderful meeting in your home, and all the wonderful letters that 
we have written to each other this year. So I was thinking and 
thinking of what was the thing that would solve the financial 
difficulty that I have been perceiving in the future as things are 
now. And I believe I have the answer. Darling the answer is so 
clear. Darling Guen, I know that our heart is true. you are filled 
with love for your loving man Donald and you want the best for us 
in the future. I know that your heart is so true and you would 
want the best for your future husband and family. So hear is my 
assessment of the situation for the future and my idea of how to 
overcome many obstacles that may seem to be in the way.

     Guen Darling, when you come to the United States it will be 
necessary that you have a skill that will be a true asset to your 
husband and family. It will be necessary for you to have a 
completed education so that you will be successful in American 
society. We are a highly technical society here in the U.S. and 
persons with a completed education have many more opportunities 
for success in their own lives here. A completed education for you 
will probably provide your future family with more benefits that 
you can probably imagine at this time. And if anything were to 
happen to your husband you would be able to help out in a much 
more positive way than if you do not finnish your college 
education. I hope that you can understand my reasoning on this.


     I know that you have been raised to have the skills that a 
loving wife can be proud of. You can take care of the home and 
children better than any other woman I am sure. And yet there is 
one thing that you will need to have before you come to the U.S.. 
And that is to finish your education. I understand that you may 
have not been able to finish college because of the financial 
situation with your family. There are many mouths to feed and only 
so much money every month. So your ability to finish college was 
very limited. I had dreamt of a day,when you come to the United 
States, of financing the completion of your college years here in 
an American college. And indeed that would be wonderful. Yet at 
the present time I cannot do so. So I will make you a proposal and 
please let me know how you feel about this.

     Guen Darling, if you would like to finish your college in the 
Philippines I will be more than happy to help finance it for you. 
I do not know the cost of this at the present time so we will have 
to look into it. I do not even know if you want to complete a 
college course. Nevertheless, completing college will most 
certainly be a major asset to your future husband and family, as 
well as a tremendous benefit to your family back in Cebu. Guen 
Darling, this is a modern world and we need to have modern skills 
to successfully achieve our goals. And so, if these things I have 
said make sense to you, and if you would like to pursue your 
college degree, I will be more than happy do do all I can to see 
that you have the opportunity to do so. I know that this will 
require a certain amount of desire, time and effort on your part. 
Yet I am willing to assist you in this. I understand that It will 
mean some time will go by before marriage to achieve this goal. 
Yet you are young Guen, and the benefits of a good solid college 
education will reap great rewards for you whether you are married 
or not. It will also give me some time to pay off the second loan 
on my house which will leave more money every month before 
assuming the responsibility of marriage. I know that this is not 
the fastest route to America and your dream of marrying an 
American man. Yet, I believe it is a solid step towards achieving 
your goals for the future. Of course you could always continue to 
write to other men hoping to find a man who is so wealthy that he 
will never need assistance from his wife. Yet I think you will 
find that that road is quite fruitless because there are so many 
women wanting to come to the U.S. and so few men who are that 
wealthy. And to me Darling you are my flower. You are my sweet 
precious love who is in my heart each and every day. There is no 
one who can replace you Darling Guen. You are the sunshine in my 
heart; the river of life that brings happiness to my soul.

     So what do you think Darling? Would you like to return to 
college? I will be more than happy to help you in this. You can 
choose any course of study that you wish. The benefits to us 
together and to help your family in the future are uncountable. 
And in time, if you have not yet completed your studies but have 
progressed a certain amount, then I also may be more financially 
free to assist you in an American education in the future. Think 
about it Guen, the world is a wonderful place and with the love 
that you and I share we can take advantage of the good things that 
this life has to offer. A college education is certainly one of 
those wonderful things. 

     Here are some of the things I have been thinking about with 
respect to this proposal I make for you. Do you remember when we 
were together and we were visiting various areas in Cebu City? 
There was a college on the top floor of a building that your 
father Manny pointed out to me. Is this a good college? Or is 
there a better college in your local area? I was thinking that 
when we get together we could visit some of these schools, look at 
the catalogs of courses that are given and ask what the cost is 
for a complete course of your choice. It would be a lot of fun. If 
you find something that you like, some course of study that is 
useful in The United States, then you could open up an account at 
a local bank in your name. To this account I could send funds, as 
needed, for the college courses. I had thought that I could 
possibly fund the total amount at one time but I think that is not 
wise. It would be best to keep the money in an American bank where 
the value of the money is more stable. I understand that the 
Philippines is in a state of great change which may cause the 
value of money kept in a Philippine bank to actually lose value 
over time. For example: If the value of of a peso is 20 to 1 to an 
American dollar and later becomes 50 to 1, then depositing the 
full amount for your education in a Philippine bank is not wise. 
Yet if the money is held secure for your education in an American 
bank it will retain it's value when transferred, in needed 
amounts, to the account set up in your name. I think this is a 
good way to do it. 

     So what do you think Guen? You know Darling, for so long I 
was so depressed when I thought about being able to get by in the 
future and be able to achieve the dreams of our hearts. And after 
much thought and concern I finally realised that this solution I 
am proposing to you is a great step for the future. It will mean 
patience and diligence, but it is certainly something that can be 
achieved. It is something that we can do together to provide for 
our future. I guess it's true Guen, Love really can conquer all. 
And if this plan is satisfactory with you we can talk about the 
details more when I see you again in your home. Remember Darling I 
will be arriving around the 15th of July. We will have about two 
weeks together and I am looking forward to it ever so much. Oh and 
bye the way, sorry that there was no postage money in my last 
letter. When I went to an L.B.C. office in San Francisco to mail 
my last letter the person behind the counter opened the letter and 
found the postage money inside. So I had to remove the money. It's 
no problem though because I can just go to another office to mail 
my letters. You see Guen. L.B.C. charges $10. dollars just to send 
money to you. So I have to be a little sneaky if I am sending you 
postage money. I have to conceal the money inside the letter and 
make sure that they don't inspect it before they send you the 
letter. That's how I have been able to send you postage money in 
the past. Anyway, I think that I will be able to fool them again 
this time and send you postage money.  Oh, and bye the way, when 
you receive this letter, don't bother to write your reply ok? I 
may be seeing you before I receive your reply letter.             


     Darling Guen, if there is anything I can tell you at this 
time with all honesty it that I truly truly love you. I dream of 
you in my future forever and yes, I must admit that I worry 
sometimes if I think that something may be getting in the way of 
our future happiness. But I don't give up Darling because I love 
you too much. I will think about things until I find an answer. So 
please do not be discouraged Darling of my last letter was a 
little sad. The sun is shining on the two of us and where there is 
a will there is truly a way.

     May the Good Lord Bless us now and always Darling Guen. You 
are my sweet and tender Love. You are the Love of my heart. And 
may we see the future ever brighter from this day forward.

                         Your Loving Man 

                                   Donald.  

P.S. I have just learned that the Catholic Church here in Crockett 
has a Mass every sunday at 5 pm for people from the Philippines! 
Isn't that GREAT! Hey, maybe I'll even start to go back to church 
again!