easily have happened. Again, God took a hand in
matters when we were able to make a settlement
out of court with the boy's mother a few weeks later.
Insurance took care of all expenses including the
repair of our jeep station wagon.
 Friday, December 21st, we closed the first semes-
ter of the Bible school. We feel that this is the most
important single aspect of our work in these formative
years, and we are very much satisfied with the results
even at this early stage.
 January 3 and 4 we held a preachers' meeting
and convention in the north at Canal Bois. We took
several preachers from the south up with us and it
did them a lot of good to see the work up north and
fellowship with the other preachers who have never
been south. The second day there were 43 converts
baptized (and there were about 30 baptized just a
few months ago), which indicates how our work in
the north is progressing. What we need now is more
time and strength for closer supervision, but that will
have to wait until another missionary couple can be
sent to help us since we already have more than
we can do.
 We have been trying unsuccessfully to get away
for a brief rest before opening the Bible school again.
 Mary is in bed again now under doctor's orders
and observation. We are trusting the Lord to take
a hand and bring us through triumphantly in Him.
 For a little over a week we have had a couple of
missionaries as our guests; they were both here in
town for medical attention. The husband has just
found out that he has a fairly serious heart disorder
because of overwork here on the mission field for
only about two years-and he is only thirty-three.
Things like that make us realize that we really need
to take our full vacation and get a real rest each