feel like we are just beginning after a bothersome
 delay for red tape and introduction to the languages.
 We are praying that the Lord will help the Haitian
 officials to process our visa application quickly.
 We appreciate the hospitality of the pastor and his
 wife, but we are doing all we can to help them and to
 keep from interfering with their regular schedule of
 duties. Have preached some and played the organ. We
 hate the feeling of uselessness though I am sure the
 change will be good for us.

April 23-The price of gasoline in Haiti now-43c a gal-
 lon. In our new budget we have $25 a month for
 transportation, but I don't know whether that will
 cover all the gas we will have to use; we'll have to
 wait and see. The gas for a trip to our farthest church
 will cost about $10 round trip, but we will not be
 going there every week!
 We've started a class for some of the young people
 of the church to teach them to read music. I just use
 what Spanish I can and get someone to interpret the
 rest for me. We are recalling and learning quite a
 bit, but we don't expect to be jabbering it like natives
 very soon.
 The water [ocean] here is so beautiful; we notice
 the breakers because the bay of P.-au-P. is as smooth
 as a lake. On a bright sunny day, the blues and
 greens plus the white spray of the breakers is very
 beautiful. We are enjoying Puerto Rican food which is
 very different from Mexican or Haitian food except
 that it is predominantly carbohydrate like them. We
 have not heard anything more about the visa-we
 might have to wait for a couple of months.

April 29-Today we got a letter from our landlord and
 neighbor [Lebon in P.-au-P.] saying he had traced our
 visa application through the foreign office and immi-