the other quarter of that side is for merchants with
 different kinds of grain and dried beans, peanuts,
 tobacco. Along one wall are the chicken merchants
 with all their birds' legs tied so they can't walk, just
 sit. On another side are the meat merchants-every-
 thing in the open and handled by everyone. All
 around the outside of the market there are merchants
 in the streets selling everything imaginable.
 We have started taking a little French newspaper,
 "La Nouvelliste," and we're learning a lot of French
 that way.
 There is a good spirit here-spiritual and progres-
 sive-among the people and preachers. We are not
 in the least unaware of how huge a task is before
 us, but with the Lord's sure help and the co-operation
 of the people we hope to get into high gear with a
 program of advance in a few months. The Lord is
 helping us to get a little grip on the languages, and
 His blessing and presence in our lives makes us know
 that "with God nothing shall be impossible."

CHAPTER 6-". .. a plan of attack for getting our
 residence visa"
Feb. 27-Government regulation requires that perma-
 nent residence visa must be applied for outside Haiti.
 We might go to Ciudad Trujillo-but it might take
 many weeks. One missionary we know has been
 there for six weeks without success yet.
 We are sure that the Lord has a way of working
 out this problem, and we want to find His way.
March 4-Saturday, after going to only five offices, I
 think we finally got enough information to formulate
 a fairly definite plan of attack for getting our resi-
 dence visa. First of all we had to get our final visa
 extension at the immigrations office. We had trouble
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