abandoned them, and that was all. He was really
amazed to find out all that had happened, and he said
that he hadn't given his stations into E--'s hands
but into the hands of the Church of the Nazarene and
would remain with us whether the people did or not.
Of course, they all say that they are with us "until
the end" and "until eternity." But at least, Cauvin
is with us now and that makes it still possible for
us to get at his young preachers and prospects to
train them for the ministry-that is the chief value
of our work in the north, the large number of prom-
ising young people.
 Wednesday a.m. Dr. and Mrs. Jones arrived. We
took them out to Merger for an evening service and
had the other evening service here in town at La
Saline. They were very nice and seem to be taking
their traveling well. From here they go to Puerto
Rico.
 Yesterday we had the car in the garage (and
today). Jacques Egger got our mail for us so we
didn't even leave the house. In the afternoon and
evening when we were reading we played some
records and we really enjoyed them. We don't play
our own records all the time, but every once in a
while we get kind of starved for some good music.
Quite often we play the religious records on Sunday
just so we won't forget what good church music
sounds like. Really, the Haitian singing isn't that
bad, or maybe we've gotten used to it by now.
 I've got an idea that I'm going to suggest to the
American cultural attache; that is, there are just
lots of Americans and Britishers here in P.-au-P. who
are experienced in choral singing, and I'm sure that
there would be a lot of interest in starting an annual
presentation of "The Messiah" for either Easter or
Christmas. There would be no problem in getting
an audience, but the most enjoyment would be in
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