assured us that we had their confidence. I'm glad
 E---- wrote a letter to Kansas City, because he has
 been trying to cause confusion by saying that he
 was still with the Church of the Nazarene. But I
 think we are about through with the trouble he can
 give us. He's sorry he overplayed his hand now and
 wishes he'd been a little more careful But we aren't.
 This has been the Lord's deliverance.
April 18-Have switched to another lawyer to get us
 legally prepared to buy property and build. I don't
 know how long it will take to do everything, but I
 hope that we can get a definite idea soon so that we
 can get started. We don't exactly know what to do
 about building. We've looked at lots and have found
 some we like, but we hate to go through the grief of
 building only to move to Gonaives in a short time.
 What we are trying to do is work out a plan so that
 we can have our cake and eat it too!!
 We've been trying to decide what my title ought
 to be here in Haiti. They don't use "Reverend" and
 I didn't think I ought to call myself "Eveque" ("bish-
 op"). So Mary helped me out and we decided that
 probably around Christmas we could start calling
 me "Father." This time we are taking careful pre-
 cautions. The doctor doesn't want Mary to do any
 traveling except what she has to do in town. I think
 the Lord is going to see us through this time.
 I enjoy visiting in the mountains. The people are
 so nice and the country is beautiful. I just hope the
 rains don't start or I won't be able to visit any but
 the stations in the plain. Next year, I'll plan my early
 visit in the winter, maybe March.
April 19-The Lord has just led us through the biggest
 crisis of our work. During the months of February
 and March it became evident that we could not con-
 tinue with our Haitian leader, Brother E- Dur-