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A letter from Lois to her father, Donald, wishing him a happy birthday, assuring that the family is doing well, giving an update on the children, reassuring him and her mother that life in Mayari is still very normal with no disruptions from the revolution, sharing that the clinic has been busy and that their medicines are coming through alright, sharing that they don't leave town and Morrell doesn't travel his circuit at night, mentioning that their chickens are laying well and that she recently baked a cake using the eggs, discussing the clothing she has been sewing for Esther, and

A letter from Lois to her father, Donald, wishing him a happy birthday, assuring that the family is doing well, giving an update on the children, reassuring him and her mother that life in Mayari is still very normal with no disruptions from the revolution, sharing that the clinic has been busy and that their medicines are coming through alright, sharing that they don't leave town and Morrell doesn't travel his circuit at night, mentioning that their chickens are laying well and that she recently baked a cake using the eggs, discussing the clothing she has been sewing for Esther, and

A letter from Lois to her father, Donald, wishing him a happy birthday, assuring him that the whole family has been thinking of him, mentioning that Elsie is going to try and call him to wish him a happy birthday, letting him know about the round of flu that she and the children caught and are recovering from, and giving him an update on George.

A letter from Lois to her father, Donald, wishing him a happy birthday, assuring him that the whole family has been thinking of him, mentioning that Elsie is going to try and call him to wish him a happy birthday, letting him know about the round of flu that she and the children caught and are recovering from, and giving him an update on George.

A letter from Lois to her father, Donald, thanking him for letting them know Elsie went up to visit Esther (sister), mentioning that she plans to send Elsie's birthday letter to Esther's, sharing that Steed has been doing much better living at the school and that the children are enjoying it, discussing how she goes into Mayari twice a week to work at the clinic and do the shopping, and mentioning that Juliet (of the Milk family?) travels to Preston every week so Lois can join if she needs.

A letter from Lois to her father, Donald, thanking him for letting them know Elsie went up to visit Esther (sister), mentioning that she plans to send Elsie's birthday letter to Esther's, sharing that Steed has been doing much better living at the school and that the children are enjoying it, discussing how she goes into Mayari twice a week to work at the clinic and do the shopping, and mentioning that Juliet (of the Milk family?) travels to Preston every week so Lois can join if she needs.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, describing the Thanksgiving dinner they shared with another missionary family in Costa Rica, listing all the foods they had for the meal, sharing the details of the birthday party they threw for Steed, and expressing her eagerness to see them.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, describing the Thanksgiving dinner they shared with another missionary family in Costa Rica, listing all the foods they had for the meal, sharing the details of the birthday party they threw for Steed, and expressing her eagerness to see them.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, sharing that the electric plant has run out of fuel so they no longer have electricity in town and are reliant on candles and lamps, mentioning that Blanca has been a huge help as they are forced to use work arounds for many regular household things, thanking them for sending money for Christmas and Steed's birthday, mentioning that food prices have drastically increased and that they will have to use some of the work funds to help cover some of their living expenses, discussing her sewing projects, mentioning that she may try and visit

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, sharing that the electric plant has run out of fuel so they no longer have electricity in town and are reliant on candles and lamps, mentioning that Blanca has been a huge help as they are forced to use work arounds for many regular household things, thanking them for sending money for Christmas and Steed's birthday, mentioning that food prices have drastically increased and that they will have to use some of the work funds to help cover some of their living expenses, discussing her sewing projects, mentioning that she may try and visit

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, describing the family's enjoyment of swimming pools during the hot days, mentioning the local fundraising she has been working on for the clinic, ensuring that she has enclosed the promised check to pay them back for the hospital bill and Norma's dishes, thanking them for the birthday card, describing the gifts the family received for Pastor's Day, reporting on her work in the clinic, noting that the mangoes are ripening, mentioning that Morrell will be travelling again soon, and giving a short update on the children.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, describing the family's enjoyment of swimming pools during the hot days, mentioning the local fundraising she has been working on for the clinic, ensuring that she has enclosed the promised check to pay them back for the hospital bill and Norma's dishes, thanking them for the birthday card, describing the gifts the family received for Pastor's Day, reporting on her work in the clinic, noting that the mangoes are ripening, mentioning that Morrell will be travelling again soon, and giving a short update on the children.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, sharing all the celebrations and gifts she's enjoyed for her birthday, asking them to urge Esther (sister) to write to her, giving an update on the family chickens, reporting on a visit by the Ellis' and Miss Derby to the clinic and church, sharing updates on Esther's development, describing a busy trip to Felton to visit with other missionaries and their families, mentioning the weather, reporting that the Agricultural School is having it's graduation and that Henry Wallace will be speaking at it, and noting that they

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, sharing all the celebrations and gifts she's enjoyed for her birthday, asking them to urge Esther (sister) to write to her, giving an update on the family chickens, reporting on a visit by the Ellis' and Miss Derby to the clinic and church, sharing updates on Esther's development, describing a busy trip to Felton to visit with other missionaries and their families, mentioning the weather, reporting that the Agricultural School is having it's graduation and that Henry Wallace will be speaking at it, and noting that they

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, describing the way she and Morrell celebrated her birthday by going to the pool in Preston, mentioning some of the gifts she recieved, thanking them for the birthday letter they sent, expressing how much the family has enjoyed their new electric hot water heater, describing some of the outtings the family has been on (picnics, visiting the mines in Nicaro, etc.), mentioning that she and Morrell haven't been too busy between the clinic and church, sharing that the Seargant has been arrested on some sort of charges and that his family and

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, describing the way she and Morrell celebrated her birthday by going to the pool in Preston, mentioning some of the gifts she recieved, thanking them for the birthday letter they sent, expressing how much the family has enjoyed their new electric hot water heater, describing some of the outtings the family has been on (picnics, visiting the mines in Nicaro, etc.), mentioning that she and Morrell haven't been too busy between the clinic and church, sharing that the Seargant has been arrested on some sort of charges and that his family and

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, letting them know Morrell send a roll of film to be developed in Florida and asking them to help the developer identify them, mentioning that Morrell fell ill during his trip and is now well and safely home, sharing that they've received money from the work fund so they could cover the bills, discussing how busy the clinic has been, sharing that the Eldridges are visiting, discussing how they will be celebrating George's birthday early, complimenting them on their typing, reporting that the Sargeant has been released from jail and

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, letting them know Morrell send a roll of film to be developed in Florida and asking them to help the developer identify them, mentioning that Morrell fell ill during his trip and is now well and safely home, sharing that they've received money from the work fund so they could cover the bills, discussing how busy the clinic has been, sharing that the Eldridges are visiting, discussing how they will be celebrating George's birthday early, complimenting them on their typing, reporting that the Sargeant has been released from jail and

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, praising Elsie's typing skills, discussing how many letters she's been writing, congratulating Donald on his surprise cake at work, describing George's new suit and the family's celebration of his birthday, discussing the family's visit to Felton, mentioning that many of the region's mines have been closing and causing an economic blow to the people, sharing that Steed's doctor has recommended having his tonsils removed, and asking when they plan to travel to Europe.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, praising Elsie's typing skills, discussing how many letters she's been writing, congratulating Donald on his surprise cake at work, describing George's new suit and the family's celebration of his birthday, discussing the family's visit to Felton, mentioning that many of the region's mines have been closing and causing an economic blow to the people, sharing that Steed's doctor has recommended having his tonsils removed, and asking when they plan to travel to Europe.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, describing the intensification of political unrest and the family's preparations for if things become dangerous, mentioning their preparations for Easter services, informing them that Gerado had returned and thanking them for helping to make his visit to Florida so good, sharing her happiness at receiving photographs of the family friend's new baby, and giving an update on the children.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, describing the intensification of political unrest and the family's preparations for if things become dangerous, mentioning their preparations for Easter services, informing them that Gerado had returned and thanking them for helping to make his visit to Florida so good, sharing her happiness at receiving photographs of the family friend's new baby, and giving an update on the children.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, thanking them for sending pictures and for news of her grandfather and father's health, giving them an update on the money she will be sending them to cover a doctor's bill and Norma's dishes, reporting that the dishes have arrived in good condition, mentioning the chest of drawers they have ordered, describing a trip to Holguin, giving an update on the baby and Lois' concern about how challening the heat is with the baby, reporting on her work in the clinic and the preparatin of the clinic's annual report for the

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, thanking them for sending pictures and for news of her grandfather and father's health, giving them an update on the money she will be sending them to cover a doctor's bill and Norma's dishes, reporting that the dishes have arrived in good condition, mentioning the chest of drawers they have ordered, describing a trip to Holguin, giving an update on the baby and Lois' concern about how challening the heat is with the baby, reporting on her work in the clinic and the preparatin of the clinic's annual report for the

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, discussing the cooling weather, discussing the trouble the children have been getting up to, giving an update on her and Morrell's health, discussing the challenges of getting food and medicine into town, reporting on the clinic's finances, sharing their plans for Steed's birthday and Thanksgiving, thanking them for their letter, and mentioning that they are preparing for the new baby.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, discussing the cooling weather, discussing the trouble the children have been getting up to, giving an update on her and Morrell's health, discussing the challenges of getting food and medicine into town, reporting on the clinic's finances, sharing their plans for Steed's birthday and Thanksgiving, thanking them for their letter, and mentioning that they are preparing for the new baby.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, giving an update on the family's health and the weather, discussing their Thanksgiving celebrations and church service, describing the party they threw for Steed's birthday, mentioning that she would like to try and make it to Preston to visit a doctor and dentist, reporting on the continuing conflict in the region, and reflecting on how the family may need to leave Cuba despite their desire to stay and continue their work at the church and clinic.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, giving an update on the family's health and the weather, discussing their Thanksgiving celebrations and church service, describing the party they threw for Steed's birthday, mentioning that she would like to try and make it to Preston to visit a doctor and dentist, reporting on the continuing conflict in the region, and reflecting on how the family may need to leave Cuba despite their desire to stay and continue their work at the church and clinic.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, thanking them for Elsie's letter, describing the persistent bouts of sickness that all the children seem to be suffering, theorizing that the dampness of the house might be contributing to Steed's persistent illness in particular, mentioning that they went to celebrate the birthday of one of the Milk family children, listing her and Esther's measurements and the types of clothes that each of the family is in need of, outlining the family's travel itinerary for November and December, sharing that she is starting to work

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, thanking them for Elsie's letter, describing the persistent bouts of sickness that all the children seem to be suffering, theorizing that the dampness of the house might be contributing to Steed's persistent illness in particular, mentioning that they went to celebrate the birthday of one of the Milk family children, listing her and Esther's measurements and the types of clothes that each of the family is in need of, outlining the family's travel itinerary for November and December, sharing that she is starting to work

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, thanking them for letting her know how the rest of their trip went, asking if they could pass along her thanks to Esther (sister) for the book on tropical medicine, describing Esther Louise and Steed's well being and development, mentioning a visit to the Milk family to celebrate their daughter Ann's second birthday, sharing some of the movies she and Morrell have seen recently (The Bigamist and The Rose Tattoo), and reporting on how their garden is faring.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, thanking them for letting her know how the rest of their trip went, asking if they could pass along her thanks to Esther (sister) for the book on tropical medicine, describing Esther Louise and Steed's well being and development, mentioning a visit to the Milk family to celebrate their daughter Ann's second birthday, sharing some of the movies she and Morrell have seen recently (The Bigamist and The Rose Tattoo), and reporting on how their garden is faring.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, describing the birthday party they threw for Esther, giving an update on the children, describing their daily schedule at the Spanish language school, describing the housekeeper (Carmen), mentioning some of the strange insects they've encountered, describing one of the other Methodist couples at the language school who are preparing to go to Peru, discussing their trip to the leather factory, and mentioning a dinner they attended with other Methodist families.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, describing the birthday party they threw for Esther, giving an update on the children, describing their daily schedule at the Spanish language school, describing the housekeeper (Carmen), mentioning some of the strange insects they've encountered, describing one of the other Methodist couples at the language school who are preparing to go to Peru, discussing their trip to the leather factory, and mentioning a dinner they attended with other Methodist families.

Two letters written on front and back of a single sheet. The first letter is from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, asking them to come whenever is most convenient for them, sharing how her pregnancy is going and their plans for getting to the hospital when the baby comes, giving an update on the clinic and Morrell's church work, mentioning a cookbook that Morrell gifted her and a recipe she tried from it, sharing that they decided to pull Steed from Kindergarten as he was struggling, and wishing her mother a happy birthday.

Two letters written on front and back of a single sheet. The first letter is from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, asking them to come whenever is most convenient for them, sharing how her pregnancy is going and their plans for getting to the hospital when the baby comes, giving an update on the clinic and Morrell's church work, mentioning a cookbook that Morrell gifted her and a recipe she tried from it, sharing that they decided to pull Steed from Kindergarten as he was struggling, and wishing her mother a happy birthday.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, discussing how busy it has been with the visiting preachers and the evangelistic campaign, letting them know about the details of the family's travel plans for visiting Florida in the spring, asking if Elsie received her birthday message, and giving a brief update on the children.

A letter from Lois to her parents, Donald and Elsie, discussing how busy it has been with the visiting preachers and the evangelistic campaign, letting them know about the details of the family's travel plans for visiting Florida in the spring, asking if Elsie received her birthday message, and giving a brief update on the children.

A letter from Lois to her mother, Elsie, discussing preparations for the upcoming evangelistic campaign, giving an update on how the children are recovering from the measles, asking if they could see about possibly sending a vaporizer for the children, mentioning that they've recently bought a kerosene stove to help reduce the gas bill, describing the cooler weather, and wishing Elsie a happy birthday.

A letter from Lois to her mother, Elsie, discussing preparations for the upcoming evangelistic campaign, giving an update on how the children are recovering from the measles, asking if they could see about possibly sending a vaporizer for the children, mentioning that they've recently bought a kerosene stove to help reduce the gas bill, describing the cooler weather, and wishing Elsie a happy birthday.

A letter from Lois to her family expressing her relief and satisfaction in being able to be of more use in the church and clinic now that she and Morrell have a better handle on Spanish, describing how the family and their friends celebrated Lois' birthday, sharing that Steed is in need of a new playmate, providing an update on the clinic and the head doctor there, describing the weather, sharing about her experience going with another woman to a rural community to do some public health work and evangelistic work, giving an update on her pregnancy, reporting that the local mangoes are in

A letter from Lois to her family expressing her relief and satisfaction in being able to be of more use in the church and clinic now that she and Morrell have a better handle on Spanish, describing how the family and their friends celebrated Lois' birthday, sharing that Steed is in need of a new playmate, providing an update on the clinic and the head doctor there, describing the weather, sharing about her experience going with another woman to a rural community to do some public health work and evangelistic work, giving an update on her pregnancy, reporting that the local mangoes are in

A letter from Lois to her family offering explainations for her lateness in writing, describing an illness that Steed had, mentioning that Morrell is heading off for the missionary conference while she stays behind with the children, confirming that she and Morrell would appreciate a renewal of their Newsweek subscription, describing the celebration they held for Morrell's birthday and the presents they got for him, and describing the persistent rain they've been having.

A letter from Lois to her family offering explainations for her lateness in writing, describing an illness that Steed had, mentioning that Morrell is heading off for the missionary conference while she stays behind with the children, confirming that she and Morrell would appreciate a renewal of their Newsweek subscription, describing the celebration they held for Morrell's birthday and the presents they got for him, and describing the persistent rain they've been having.

A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, wishing her a happy Mother's Day, thanking her for the subscription to Newsweek magazine, describing his birthday celebrations and gifts, expressing his happiness that the carnival season is coming to an end, sharing details about how they plan to get news from the States and manage their accounts better, describing his endeavors in gardening, praising Lois' mothering, asking for a picture of Elsie and Donald to share with Steed before they arrive, describing how active Steed is, and insisting that the new child will be a boy rather

A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, wishing her a happy Mother's Day, thanking her for the subscription to Newsweek magazine, describing his birthday celebrations and gifts, expressing his happiness that the carnival season is coming to an end, sharing details about how they plan to get news from the States and manage their accounts better, describing his endeavors in gardening, praising Lois' mothering, asking for a picture of Elsie and Donald to share with Steed before they arrive, describing how active Steed is, and insisting that the new child will be a boy rather

A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, thanking her for the birthday card and listing all the places he received cards from, describing the gift Lois gave him and the celebration the family had, giving an update on the children, expressing his excitement at their impending visit, mentioning that they reached out to his mother to see if she would be interested in visiting along with them, and asking if she could send the address of a family friend so he can write to her.

A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, thanking her for the birthday card and listing all the places he received cards from, describing the gift Lois gave him and the celebration the family had, giving an update on the children, expressing his excitement at their impending visit, mentioning that they reached out to his mother to see if she would be interested in visiting along with them, and asking if she could send the address of a family friend so he can write to her.

A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, expressing his and Lois' complex emotions about leaving Mayari, thanking them for their dedication to keeping up a correspondence with the family throughout their time in Cuba and specifically thanking them for the birthday letter he received, and sharing their plans for leaving June 2nd from Havana and spending several days in Lakeland before the conference.

A letter from Morrell to Lois' mother, Elsie, expressing his and Lois' complex emotions about leaving Mayari, thanking them for their dedication to keeping up a correspondence with the family throughout their time in Cuba and specifically thanking them for the birthday letter he received, and sharing their plans for leaving June 2nd from Havana and spending several days in Lakeland before the conference.

A letter from Richard and Juliet Milk (and their children) to their friends sharing news of their work at the Agricultural School including both the bad (setbacks to construction and improvements, lack of a road and public school, the accidental death of their intended music teacher) and the good (successful graduating class, profitable crop and livestock operations, new irrigation system, the success of the local church and missions), describing the successful courses offered in April, sharing news of their son, Richard Lee, completing eighth grade and the family's impending return to

A letter from Richard and Juliet Milk (and their children) to their friends sharing news of their work at the Agricultural School including both the bad (setbacks to construction and improvements, lack of a road and public school, the accidental death of their intended music teacher) and the good (successful graduating class, profitable crop and livestock operations, new irrigation system, the success of the local church and missions), describing the successful courses offered in April, sharing news of their son, Richard Lee, completing eighth grade and the family's impending return to