quite well. Of course, she has her faults, but as a
 whole it is quite an improvement.
 Today we had an answer from the consul in Ciudad
 and found out we have to have a police record for
 the past ten years-so we've written to police de-
 partments in all cities we've lived in for ten years!
 We may get the residence visa yet. We found out
 the jeep is held up because the United States re-
 quires an export license for 4-wheel drive vehicles
 now. We may get the jeep yet!
 We may start in a Creole class which is beginning
 February 1 to speed up our learning process.
 Yesterday and today were special days of prayer.
 We're expecting God to answer.
Jan. 24-The missions department was very generous
 in giving us more than we asked for. [Requested
 appropriation for the mission work for the year 1951.]
 Now we hope we'll soon get the jeep and our resi-
 dence visa so that we can stay around and spend it!
Jan. 26-Three months ago today we moved into our
 house-it seems much longer than that in some ways.
 The stove we ordered is here. We will buy it tomor-
 row and it will be delivered Monday. It will save
 lots of time and work to have four burners and an
 oven. We still haven't a stick of furniture in the
 front room, and I'm not going to do anything towards
 it until the jeep gets here-unless it is delayed in-
 definitely!
 Taxis are different here. The driver picks up as
 many people as the taxi will hold all along the line
 and delivers the people in order. Sometimes it takes
 15 or 20 minutes to get to a place where you could
 drive in 5, because there are other people already
 in the cab when you get in.
 Mary was in the kitchen this morning and some
 tiny bits of cement started falling down from the
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