widen that ministry. We met a very nice man with
his wife who run the Haitian-American Institute, and
he was anxious to meet and talk again.
 During the course of the evening, they served
hot dogs. We were a little disappointed because they
had all kinds of ham and turkey for sandwiches last
year, but I guess there isn't anything much more
American than a hot dog. We heard that all the
embassies were told to cut down on entertainment
expense for the 4th this year. We enjoyed the evening.
It does you good to get out and meet people and exer-
cise the social graces once a year. They had fire-
works for the kids at about 7:30 or 8:00, so it was
almost like celebrating back home.
 That night at the American ambassador's home
one of the missionaries told me that someone at the
embassy was trying to contact me. When I finally
got the information I found out that a Doctor Ellis
was trying to contact me; he is a navy dentist and
was on the "Quincy," which was visiting in the harbor.
I had quite a time getting word to him and getting
his answer (it is terrible to try to get something
done on the telephone here in Haiti!), but we finally
made contact and I picked him up at about four on
Saturday afternoon. He is a Nazarene from Graham
Church in Los Angeles, and of course knows prac-
tically everyone that we know. He is the brother-in-
law of Dr. Harper, who is editor-in-chief of all our
church school materials in Kansas City.
 Immediately he asked if we could go back out to
the ship for dinner with him that night. Who am I
to refuse? We've been wanting to visit a ship ever
since we've been in Haiti. Well, I had to go up to the
house and get Mary and also stop by a hotel to leave
something for a Wesleyan missionary and her mother.
We stopped by there and Dr. Ellis invited them too.
So we had a nice group and a very nice visit and