menagerie-dog, cat, and chickens-not to mention
 the cockroaches, mice, and termites in the house!
 The poor chickens have survived being left out in
 the rain, but I think we'll get Susanne to kill them
 so we can eat them next week. They're too much
 bother, and they haven't laid an egg yet-they brought
 them to us to eat.
May 6-Toby is looking fine with a sleek coat of hair,
 but he feels slighted because of the new kitten and
 probably persecuted because we won't let him come
 into our bedroom all the time. The kitten (we call
 her "Squeaky" because of the way she cries) has
 been okay, except tonight she started crying mourn-
 fully and soon urped some of her dinner (and proba-
 bly a bug she ate that gave her the trouble) and was
 soon back to normal.
 Yesterday and today I've been working on Bible
 school courses. I'm working up a catechism in French
 and Creole for our new converts-we have compulso-
 ry instruction to prepare them for baptism; what I'm
 trying to do is standardize what they learn by mak-
 ing a basic minimum course for the preachers to
 follow in teaching them. Also, as soon as I can find
 time, I want to get a correspondence course started
 for some of our better preachers near Gonaives.
 This typewriter sometimes makes mistakes and
 can't spell very well unless Mary is nearby to ask.
 I did something today which made my little heart
 pump up and down with joy-I ordered some books
 from Britain. New books, especially those printed
 in the States, are so terribly high nowadays; and
 these secondhand from Britain were so cheap, and
 good books too. I need a good reference library in
 English because there is practically nothing of any
 value in French, though I'm still hoping to get some
 good French books from Europe.