dinner aboard ship. We invited Dr. Ellis to spend
the day with us on Sunday. When we picked him
up at the landing on Sunday morning he had a valise
which he brought to the car. Taking out two canned
hams he said his mother would never forgive him if
he didn't bring something to the missionaries. Well,
we were so surprised and pleased. How Mary loves
ham!
 We had a good service that morning and afterward
Dr. Ellis took some pictures of the people. Fortunate-
ly we had planned for a station service not far away
in the plain that afternoon so that Dr. Ellis could get
out into the country and see how the people live.
Mary cooked a delicious chicken dinner at noon. A
missionary from the country comes in about once a
month and just about keeps us in chickens. I think
Dr. Ellis enjoyed his brief visit, for he said he would
like to return again and perhaps make a trip to the
north and visit the Citadelle. I know we certainly
enjoyed his visit. We talked and talked about people
in the church we knew and where they were and
what they were doing.
 The Alstotts were appointed for Haiti at the Gen-
eral Assembly. We have already had a letter from
them and they seem to be a nice couple. Of course, we
are quite anxiously awaiting their arrival which is
to be "in the fall" probably not before late October
or November, I guess.
 We are hoping to take a vacation in August in
the mountains back of Port-au-Prince where we have
been invited by a missionary. We are beginning to
feel like we need one, and with the colds I've had
this month I guess a vacation would help to build us
up.
 I'm getting a fair little library in French gathered
together. Other missionaries said that there just
isn't anything good in French, but with a little diffi-