some lemons)--the Haitians seldom distinguish be-
 tween them. There is the "shaddock" [English name],
 sort of a cross between an orange and grapefruit in
 flavor. I like them very much, but they are some-
 times a little sour for Mary or perhaps bitter.
 Other fruits we have here are bananas, mangos
 and papayas in season, pineapple, and corossol (sweet-
 sop or custard apple) and soursop (like corossol but
 smaller and not so flavorful). The corossol has the
 most refreshing flavor. You mash the fruit into a
 pulp, strain to get the seeds out and fibers out, and use
 the remainder (like strained apple sauce) to make
 a drink like lemonade or to make ice cream. For
 ice cream we just add sugar and a little milk with
 perhaps a few drops of vanilla. It makes the cream-
 iest, richest tasting ice cream you ever ate with the
 most refreshing flavor.
Dec. 4-Monday morning-the orange tomatoes are up,
 but no yellow ones yet.
Dec. 8-In spite of, and probably because of, the diffi-
 culties we face, we sense the Lord's presence and
 guidance. And that's enough. [Mary was ill.]
Dec. 10-Sunday afternoon. The lettuce and tomatoes
 are both quite healthy in spite of the fact that a
 chicken stepped in the box once and the puppy once
 too. I'm sure that anything will grow in Haiti, if you
 give it a little water.
 The peas here look like good old American peas
 on the outside of the hull, but when they are shelled
 you can see that they are smaller and harder, probably
 because they aren't picked at the right time. After
 they're cooked they are even worse, so we only use
 them for cream of pea soup, which is good, with
 onions for flavor. Yum!
 The puppy is getting along okay, used to us and