We have gotten our approved budget for next
 year (beginning May 1). They appropriated $6,000
 for building a missionary home and $5,000 for a Bible
 school. We're happy about these two items.
 Mrs. Louise Chapman is coming for a visit Febru-
 ary 14 to 20. The last week in March Dr. and Mrs.
 C. Warren Jones will visit us for several days.
 This is the dry season-haven't had rain for weeks
 and weeks. The boy has to water everything every
 day and still things are kind of drying up. The dust
 from the road is bad, but we keep the front door and
 windows closed most of the time so we don't notice
 it except when we see the layer of dust on the furni-
 ture. The temperature has been nice enough-very
 nice especially in the mornings. I plan to plant some
 more zinnias soon so that we can have a few nice cut
 flowers most of the time. We keep the place with
 green things around it--elephant ears and cannas
 that hardly ever bloom, plus some other tropical
 plants.
 We've gotten about 2 dozen boxes of used cloth-
 ing in the past few weeks, most of it from Michigan.
 We start [the new semester of] the Bible school
 a week from today (Monday, February 4).
 I'm getting anxious to start in the Bible school
 again. I really love the teaching. I want to get Mary
 started in teaching them a course in health education.
Jan. 30-When we were returning from a trip in the
 north on December 11 in the afternoon, a boy on
 horseback galloped around a corner on the wrong
 side of the road and turned his horse directly into
 our car while we were swerving to avoid him. The
 horse died shortly after striking its head on our wind-
 shield, but the boy had only a bad gash just above
 the knee. Surely God's hand of protection was with
 us to prevent a much worse accident which could