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
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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$,the rice   fields;
the heads' seemed1 to be bursting outi-aiIdj|t once^    Butt I will be   sorry
to  see  the "beautiful  green  turn to  yellow,   and the  leaves pegin to  fall
and -know that winter.' is not --.far off
yA Before I progress: any farther,^ lljnust say how wonderful I
think  the  trombone la.  ' It would be enouriti to    ta,ke a person without
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±   Was   ct--L SO   Quiljc
any musical talent at all want  to learna&o p^ay.
surprised "at ^thef n£$|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     |   ^