The puppy is getting cuter all the time. We've al-
 most got him so he doesn't chew on us except when
 he's excited.
Jan. 8-If we had the trained leaders we could do almost
 anything. As soon as we know enough Creole (late
 spring or early summer, we hope) we plan to start
 a Bible school-perhaps alternate semesters at
 P.-au-P. and Gonaives. We have opportunities for
 receiving independent churches all the time and new
 places opening up for starting congregations, but
 we're taking it easy until we "know the lay of the
 land." There have been too many sad experiences
 of groups in Haiti who tried to expand too fast.
 We will have to balance evangelism with educa-
 tion in the right proportions, because public education
 is not available to all in Haiti. If we want our con-
 gregations to be able to read, we will have to be the
 ones to teach them or they won't be taught. We plan
 to have reading campaigns (to teach them to read
 the phonetic Creole script) as an integral part of
 the program of every church. The emphasis is that
 it is imperative for every Christian to learn to read.
Jan. 12-Last Sunday night we gave the people a real
 surprise. Mary took her violin for the first time and
 played a solo. The people really liked it. In fact,
 they like a solo instrument better than an accompany-
 ing one which plays harmony, especially the country
 folks. They're not quite used to harmony and I think
 it confuses them a little. They're also not used to
 singing in regular time. It just about drives us crazy
 sometimes, but we're getting used to it. We're just
 glad they don't know any more songs than they do
 so that when we teach them new ones we can teach
 them the right time and melody.
 Tuesday Mrs. Scott brought us a forest of
 "paresseux" ("lazy") trimmings from their hedge.
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