gration office; he thought we would still have to wait
 another week or two, but he's keeping tab on it and
 doing all he can to get it through quickly.
 We keep Doctor Rehfeldt completely informed
 about everything that happens or might happen-
 poor man! We are afraid he gets more fan mail from
 us than from any other field.
 We may be able to get "Showers of Blessing"
 from a Puerto Rican station when we get back.
 The other day Mary and I went shell collecting
 for the first time since we have been here in the
 Caribbean area. I got some very interesting ones
 but not a whole lot-the tide was too high. [Paul has
 collected shells for years.]
 We are trying to do little things to let our hosts
 know that we appreciate their hospitality. We are
 taking them to hear Marion Anderson tonight; she
 is the famous Negro contralto. Every once in a while
 we sneak some groceries into the pantry.
 The church service last night was very good. There
 was a good crowd, the church was just about full.
 In the a.m. there were 311 in Sunday School. There
 is a good spiritual tone in the church.
April 30-Hoping to get visas in a week (will have been
 away from Haiti a month by then).
May 7-Doctor Vanderpool is very nice-he has juris-
 diction over Haiti and had visited Haiti the year
 before we arrived. He feels sorry for us-guess he
 didn't have too pleasant a stay on his first visit; he
 doesn't know how well we are fixed in P.-au-P. now,
 though it was a crude struggle getting settled, etc.
 We are anxious to get home, but don't and can't know
 when our visa will be granted. All we can do is wait,
 while our friends in P.-au-P. jog the memory of the
 officials occasionally and do all they can to get our
 visas through.