Sajikkol, Sdoul,
Feb. 5, 1929.
Dear father and mother:
I have had two letters from you today,
and four since I last wrote.  It is 9:45 p.m. now, but must*at
least get my letter started, as it is already Tuesday.  I think
I have never been  this late in the week before. But at my regular
writing time after dinner Sunday one of my S.S. boys was here and
stayed till time for foreign church,  ^hen last night I fully
expected to write, and then had to give the evening to drawing a
heading for a bi-weekly ''Korea News Letter*' which the sons of
some of our Songdo missionaries are starting and trying to introduce all over Korea among the missionaries.
This is my first free moment since Saturday, when I paid
my epistolary indebtedness to Bernie; and oh, there are so many
more I ought to write to.  This week is especially full, as every
afternoon immediately following language school Dr. Ridout of
Asbury Theol. Seminary is giving Bible talks to the missionaries.
He is also speaking two other times each'day to Koreans, through
an interpreter, of course. He preached Sunday afternoon at foreign
church. Has come out very plainly on holiness. There has been a
good attendance at the meetings. His wife is with him, and they
have been several months in China and Japan.
I also have added to my activities the past week three
visits to the city mission.  I am so anxious to be doing something,
and enjoy going to the mission greatly; but feel so helpless every
time I try to talk Korean.  I am sure to want to say something for
which I do not know the words.
This morning Bro. Swinney psMe  me father's letter of Jan.
9, which he said came late last night; and then just at supper time
tonight mother*s with Aunt Fannie*s enclosed came, written Jan. 14.
Of course it was quite a surprise, especially when I^saw it was
typewritten and thought it was another from father, and opened it
and found it was mother's.  The papers about Bro. Shuler and the
one from Vallejo also have been  received, but I am writing this
now rather than reading them.
My teacher left the hospital about Thursday last week,
and came here for one morning; at the close of which he asked for
his.Feb. salary and explained that he had to go home for a .week to
recuperate, to"eat eggs and chicken, which were too expensive in
Sep.ul.  Another reason I think is that Korean New ve.ar's is next
Sunday, the greatest holiday o'f the year for them.  All the family
must have new clothes then;'all business stops for fifteen days,
everybody goes about calling on their friends, the children
receiving presents and the grown folks eating a-t every house.
My tea chef told me that the Christians did not care
anything about the holiday, ?nd it did not matter if they did not
have new clothes; that Christians thought a new heart-was sufficient; but still I suspect he won* t mind being at home over New
Year's.  Mr. Stokes* secret-arm is still living me two hones every
morning, but he also seems to'be on the verge of getting sick all
the time. His wife is in the hospital now.  5§y teacher s trouble
was hookworm, which they say a large percentage of the population
suffers from.  Someone has sale thet the Koreans work on about
half efficiency most of the time on account of poor health.  They