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Dear father and mother: Sajikkol, Seoul, August 31,il930• | t . It haal been only a few days since I frot my last^letter •mailed to you, and I do not have much news this^time. | I am so anxious to1 hear fromgyou again, and know..how mother is getting along. Yesterday a roll of papers and. Bro. Shulerf s Magazine came. I have not had time to read much in the latter, but I see the Times has a great deal to say about theadrou^#*taad heat in the Middle Test. It must be quite serious.. I am SoJth&nkfulfyou are not there suffering in|it. I don't know of a .place-oless at the mercy of the weather than California. el #';t Bro. Brannon reported one town o£fl50 houses in the TTonsan district|in which ipi men were drowned in the big storm this summer. They were out| fishing. One of our leading church members .in one fishing village; last his whole '-fleet of boats, amounting to several thousand yen in value. t^How I wished some tone could replace his boats, as theyma!re his only meansfof livelihood. § In another town some|200 were drowned, I believe he said, i Another town situatedpon a river was submerged up to the roofs, and now they arefmoving the whole town to a higher location. The church there of course■ ,a31 find : some way or rehabilitating and establishing itself in thefneWdSit evidently has not been known In the hi story of the village Brannon said he. did not see how it could have 'happened»gas oucn a iiooa •m v - 3ro. ,. it was.not on jlow came ..'u ground. There was no losslof fe. <1 PI ne waters Before dar&. The Deoeile -:at ^onsan 3e'ach refer ■fV»p -pi or>ft tt >£>- ei fr JL .■»■ -A ^. *t become one of *he l**ndm*rk9 i too V^tr 4C» ees.ssesuour rwind the sea £rd a "oourincr r°in kept up °lU3ost "^en+v-four hours wi+hout » minuted cessation, °nd +he ™*ter kept, piling up +111 the mattresses in one of +h* houses ^'ere ret>or+ed to be floating. Some abandoned "their houses before . ni mat; others stayed tlilpjh<$ next &$:fe&:j^^ 9ti&$ were kept busy fas+ening§|f§002ss ftnl windows, and in^tspi^etof every effort some were taken right|off their hinges. One person infthe night not kno^in^t that the water h*d come up., started to get up to clbsegor fasten some door, °nd stepped almost up to the knees in ^ter much + o his surprise, and dismay. A battered boat wa striven* in past! the' -firstdrow o^ houses °nd is yet to bel-seen beside the road| hltal onefhasdever claimed it. 'But three bodiesfwere found near by on tti| befich, and it is thought very likely *hev were *he unfortunate oceur^nts of the boat, ITthis was the middle of July.. The lay of the. sandfalonc^ the be*ch h*s been so1 changed I frould not refcop-nl.ze it a.s the -sajnetf>la ce^v Fortunately • no, serious damagefwas done to the houses. A'- . j oo ■ " g ; <d |. .-. .§ ' Aside" from'ioany fields that weret covered'- up* with sand or . sldec1away,1 the crops: seem to be. looking well. Even the few days I •was at MisiiorhMeeting, IIwas amazed at the change ir$,the rice fields; the heads' seemed1 to be bursting outi-aiIdj|t once^ Butt I will be sorry to see the "beautiful green turn to yellow, and the leaves pegin to fall and -know that winter.' is not --.far off yA Before I progress: any farther,^ lljnust say how wonderful I think the trombone la. ' It would be enouriti to ta,ke a person without - j«t. mam s*e <*H ' S ' .; " ** S * ± Was ct--L SO Quiljc any musical talent at all want to learna&o p^ay. surprised "at ^thef n£$|fc case. It ^a,*rorth every cent it cost, Ifamjsure. Now if Idcan Just'&nake it di full duty-for theporepn church, I shall be happy, g k | ^
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Dear father and mother:
Sajikkol, Seoul,
August 31,il930•
| t . It haal been only a few days since I frot my last^letter
•mailed to you, and I do not have much news this^time. | I am so
anxious to1 hear fromgyou again, and know..how mother is getting along.
Yesterday a roll of papers and. Bro. Shulerf s Magazine came. I have
not had time to read much in the latter, but I see the Times has a
great deal to say about theadrou^#*taad heat in the Middle Test. It
must be quite serious.. I am SoJth&nkfulfyou are not there suffering
in|it. I don't know of a .place-oless at the mercy of the weather than
California. el
#';t Bro. Brannon reported one town o£fl50 houses in the TTonsan
district|in which ipi men were drowned in the big storm this summer.
They were out| fishing. One of our leading church members .in one
fishing village; last his whole '-fleet of boats, amounting to several
thousand yen in value. t^How I wished some tone could replace his boats,
as theyma!re his only meansfof livelihood. § In another town some|200
were drowned, I believe he said, i Another town situatedpon a river
was submerged up to the roofs, and now they arefmoving the whole town
to a higher location. The church there of course■ ,a31 find : some way
or rehabilitating and establishing itself in thefneWdSit
evidently has not been known In the hi story of the village
Brannon said he. did not see how it could have 'happened»gas
oucn a iiooa
•m v
- 3ro. ,.
it was.not
on jlow
came ..'u
ground. There was no losslof
fe.
<1 PI
ne waters
Before dar&.
The Deoeile -:at ^onsan
3e'ach refer
■fV»p -pi or>ft
tt
>£>- ei fr JL .■»■ -A ^.
*t
become one of *he l**ndm*rk9 i
too
V^tr
4C»
ees.ssesuour rwind
the sea £rd a "oourincr r°in kept up °lU3ost "^en+v-four hours
wi+hout » minuted cessation, °nd +he ™*ter kept, piling up +111 the
mattresses in one of +h* houses ^'ere ret>or+ed to be floating. Some
abandoned "their houses before . ni mat; others stayed tlilpjh<$ next
&$:fe&:j^^ 9ti&$ were kept busy fas+ening§|f§002ss
ftnl windows, and in^tspi^etof every effort some were taken right|off
their hinges. One person infthe night not kno^in^t that the water h*d
come up., started to get up to clbsegor fasten some door, °nd stepped
almost up to the knees in ^ter much + o his surprise, and dismay.
A battered boat wa striven* in past! the' -firstdrow o^ houses °nd is yet
to bel-seen beside the road| hltal onefhasdever claimed it. 'But three
bodiesfwere found near by on tti| befich, and it is thought very likely
*hev were *he unfortunate oceur^nts of the boat, ITthis was the middle
of July.. The lay of the. sandfalonc^ the be*ch h*s been so1 changed I
frould not refcop-nl.ze it a.s the -sajnetf>la ce^v Fortunately • no, serious
damagefwas done to the houses. A'- . j oo ■ " g ;
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