his sin. (Could that be why we got the visa so soon
 afterward? Maybe this is why we had to wait so
 long to get the visa-after all, his soul has infinite
 value in the Lord's sight.) He told me, after trying
 unsuccessfully to call the minister, to return in the
 morning and he would fix everything up for us. When
 I returned this morning, he tried a number of times
 to contact the minister; and then, being unable, he
 took me across town in his jeep to the Foreign Office
 and told the administrative assistant to grant the visa
 for the Alstotts. After a brief wait while the papers
 and cable were being typed out, I was handed the
 cable and "went on (my) way rejoicing."

November 27-Thanksgiving Day. The Alstotts (Charles,
 Alberta, and little Danny) arrived today on the one
 o'clock afternoon direct flight from Miami, just in
 time for us to whisk them up to Petionville for Thanks-
 giving dinner with a group of Port-au-Prince mis-
 sionaries (making a total of 20 of us).
 After spending only a few hours together, it seems
 like we have known each other a long time. We are
 very satisfied with the choice of Dr. Rehfeldt and
 the General Board. Don't think we could have done
 better. The Alstotts are very much like we expected
 them to be from their letters and pictures. And, I
 guess Nazarene young people from middle class
 families who have grown up in the church and at-
 tended Nazarene colleges are pretty much the same
 and naturally have a lot in common. Alberta is, of
 course, a nurse-they made her head nurse at her
 hospital just before she told them she was going to
 Haiti. So, she must be a pretty good nurse and must
 have administrative ability! She seems to have a
 lot of initiative and know-how. Charles pastored a
 church for two years after graduating from Olivet
 and during that time built a church, so his experience
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