Since we have been here, except for a few hours
during rains, we have had only about three days
of cloudy weather in a row. The rest of the time it
has been like summer in the Midwest, beautiful
mornings and evenings and hot in the sun at noon.
We couldn't ask for better weather really.
 Flash-we've had an addition to the family-yes,
the Scotts brought "Toby" to us tonight and we're
getting used to our adopted dawg. He is very fat
and cute, all black except for his white shoes and
vest. We can't decide whether "Toby" is from "toby
or not toby" or just plain short for Tobias.
 At the time of the first preachers' conference,
November 15, 1950, there were reported thirteen
congregations and two preaching points in Haiti,
fourteen preachers, and two teachers (elementary
schools held in the churches at P.-au-P. and Gonaives
with twenty-seven pupils each). Only three of the
preachers have had more than an elementary school
education. All read and write both French and Creole
with varying degrees of skill. The total reported
membership in all congregations is 734.
 We hope the jeep arrives this week, otherwise I
will have to go up to Gonaives with E-- in a native
bus next Sunday. And that would really be an ad-
venture. Native buses carry everything-human
beings, chickens, goats, vegetables and wares to sell
in the market. They are trucks with a series of plank
seats, sides, and roof built on, and gaily decorated
with different patterns in paint. In the jeep, we could
drive up Sunday a.m. in 3 or 4 hours; we would
have to leave Saturday noon if we go on the camionn."
 The citrus fruits here are interesting. They are
all picked green, I guess, as Mary says, so that you
can get them before your neighbor does. All have
an overabundance of seeds. There are limes (and