suspicious and wondered if the man were a broker.
 I told E-- to ask him how much he was going to
 charge me to help me through customs. He said
 "$10.00." (He later came down to $8.00.) That did
 it. I got a duplicate copy of the form I had filled
 out and picked up all my papers and left. The Turn-
 bulls [the young missionary couple] helped us. We
 couldn't have gotten through customs for days with-
 out their help. And besides, we were both sick. They
 typed our papers and filled them out properly and
 turned them in for us. Then Monday, the Lord gave
 us special strength and they took us down in the
 morning and got us through customs in three hours!
 They knew the director quite well and also knew
 the inspector who checked our stuff. It cost us only
 $2.93! Everyone, even the Turnbulls, were very
 much surprised at how easily we got through. Of
 course, it was the Lord!
 Well, things are brighter looking now, even if we
 aren't all well yet. Our stuff is up at the house, and
 we can at least imagine ourselves unpacking it. Now
 to get a good maid to help Mary, and a yard boy!

Oct. 28-I'm going to try to get some lumber and build
 some items of furniture, like closets and drawers for
 our bedroom and kitchen. The rest of the furniture
 will have to wait, I guess, until we can afford to have
 it made or buy it outright. The furniture made here
 is of beautiful mahogany, but the styling is both
 uncomfortable and ridiculous. I wouldn't be caught
 dead in some of it. They think any queer angle they
 can use gives style-comfort is completely out of
 their line. American-made furniture is out of reach.
 Good news-avacados are only one cent each;
 bad news-all American foods sell at about two times
 or more than the price in the States: oleo, 50 cents