Saturday night my temperature came down quite a
bit. It seemed that the Lord was definitely helping-
particularly to give us strength to do what we needed
to do yesterday. Aren't completely over it yet, but
we're so much better, and we have a little strength
now. The people who run this hotel where we are
staying have been very nice to us in helping us, etc.
They say that this dysentery is not serious and is
very common among new arrivals in Haiti. One grad-
ually builds up a resistance to it. And next time well
know and be able to check it with our medicine be-
fore it gets too advanced. So there's nothing to worry
about-now that we know what the score is.
 Thursday we looked at a house and made ar-
rangements for renting it. It is new and is quite nice
judging by Haitian standards. Has a bathroom with
a shower and toilet but no washbowl, so we made
him agree to put in a washbowl before we moved
in-since this will probably also be our sink too for
a while. Practically no Haitian house is built with
a sink in it. They wash things outside and cook in
an outside kitchen with charcoal.
 Also made the landlord agree to paint the ceilings
-a thought that had never once entered his head!
Haitian houses have not one stick of built-in closets
or shelves. It is the cheapest house we have seen
that we could live in-$60.00 a month plus water
and electricity and gas. It has 2 bedrooms, one of
which we can use for an office and study.
 E-- went down with me Friday to help me
make my declaration. [Customs.] He got some man
down there to try to help me. The declaration form
was in French, English and Spanish, and so I could
easily have filled it out by myself. Mr. E--- and
the man insisted on my writing down items that I
knew were wrong. I protested, but I figured that
they ought to know something about it. Then I got