July 27-We have adopted two little girls-blonde, blue-
 eyed, and white-skinned so the mission board won't
 object. They are two and a half and four and a half
 years old, and their names are Susan and Martha
 Scott. Of course, we will have to give them back to
 their parents when they return on Tuesday from
 their vacation in Jamaica, but until then we are stay-
 ing with them at their house and it is just like we
 were vacationing at the most luxurious hotel in Haiti
 (if we didn't have to watch out for things down at
 our house and attend to affairs of the mission which
 are necessary).
 I'm writing on the "galerie," which has the most
 beautiful view of P.-au-P. there is. We have five
 servants to care for us: a nurse-maid for the children,
 a cook, a laundress, a yard-boy, and a house-boy.
 We have been having some of the best meals we
 have ever eaten. Maybe we will send the Scotts a
 wire and tell them to stay in Jamaica an extra month
 or two.
 Last night I gave my first "full length" sermon
 in Creole, which turned out to be only about 15 min-
 utes long. But I got along fairly well-I just said
 two sentences which were entirely opposite from
 what I meant! I'm giving a series on prayer every
 Thursday night and an evangelistic message Sunday
 nights through the middle of August.


 CHAPTER 9-"What we need is a miracle"

July 30-We must move to a larger, better location for
 the P.-au.-P. church as soon as possible. What we
 need is a miracle. Last night I actually preached a
 half hour to my surprise. That is really too long
 to preach, the way I "murder" Creole. But it is en-
 couraging to me to find that I can now speak that