We are praying very definitely that the Lord will
 open the way for us to acquire some property for our
 headquarters, so we can get started building a Bible
 school, missionary home, and other buildings as need-
 ed. We just must start the Bible school on a full-
 time schedule as soon as possible.

November 1-After 11 trips to government offices, we
 think we are on the verge of getting the visa for the
 Alstotts-but we don't know! It is possible that they
 may arrive around the middle of this month. We are
 now beginning to realize that if we hadn't come di-
 rectly here to Haiti at first without the residence visa,
 we might never have gotten here without friends who
 helped us get our visa while we were in Puerto Rico.
 "Sometimes I feel discouraged," as the Negro spiritual
 goes-but the Lord has His plan.
 Back in May one of our preachers at a station 25
 miles north of Port-au-Prince began telling us that
 he was having phenomenal success at a new preaching
 point he had started in the mountains. When he said
 he was holding Sunday services up there instead of
 at his regular station, I sent another preacher to see
 what was happening (since I was booked solid with
 visitation); he returned with the same amazing story
 of a real revival and numbers converted. It seems
 that there has been little gospel work there and the
 harvest was ready. God led our man there, and there
 have been over 200 professed conversions. There are
 now 8 baptized members and 147 probational mem-
 bers. This station is called "Barreau."
 The second week end in October was my first
 date free. We started out on horseback for Barreau
 early Saturday morning through the lush coastal plain
 planted with bananas and sugar cane; we sweltered
 through a desert section with giant cactus standing
 guard; we jogged our way up a heavily settled tropical
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