makes it by shredding fresh cocoanut, soaking it in
water, squeezing it in a ricer for juice, adding sugar
and freezing. Very good.
 Had a letter today from Dr. Rehfeldt saying that
Dr. Vanderpool was cancelling his Cuba and Haiti
trip, perhaps coming later.
 Prices are rising here as they do every time there
is a price rise in the States. Some items will be im-
possible to get here too because they are forbidden
for export from the States. The jeep agent says he
will have no more 4-wheel drive vehicles for sale.
I just hope that they can get our jeep out of the
States. We've heard nothing more on it yet. But
the Lord can take care of it if He wants us to have it.
 With the $6 Mother Orjala sent and $5 from
Mother Bowerman [Mary's mother] we had just
enough to get the $11 worth of medicine which
Brother E-- needs very desperately. Just a few
days ago a doctor told him that he has some sort of
nervous disease that is currently giving the symptoms
of partial facial paralysis. If it is not checked im-
mediately, said the doctor, it will spread. He is
also suffering from undernourishment and malnutri-
tion. We are going to see what we can do about that
too. Most of the Haitians, including the E--s,
because of their ignorance and poverty have gotten
so that they don't like vegetables and prefer the
cheaper and more filling starchy foods like rice,
beans, plantains, and sweet potatoes. We pray that
the Lord may heal him and also that he may take
to re-education and new dietary habits. We love
Brother E-- and we can't afford to lose such a
valuable man.
 It's dry here. When it rains, it all comes down at
 once, rushes down the gullies, and very little of it
 sticks around to do much good. The mountainside
 farms of the peasants are terribly eroded. It is a