Kimwha, Kor
April 29, 1940
Dear Father:
|H Yesterday was the baby's  first birthday,   the one
most  celebrated  In Korea next  to the  sixtieth birthday.     On
account   of the difficulty  of  ccettlnct rice and other things,   I
had-thought we would  not have much  celebration.     Bu+   oneor
two   friends  in the  church  sent   ||| rice beforehand and  several
came  in on Saturday to help.     Different  guests  came axso,   so
in the end we had quite a celebration.     Han moksa's wife came
early  Saturday,   and  a  friend  of Ruth *s  since college days  came
Saturday  evening.     Mr.  and Mrs-  burkholder came  from Chuiwon
on the first train Sunday morning,   bringing with them a  friend
of Ruth^s who used  to be a  teacherin the Chuiwon Center and
studied together with Ruth  and  the  other  friend at Ewha.
Several days ago Ruth's mother and older brother came  from
Songdo,  and her younger brother  came on the evening train
Saturdav.     ^he three guests who  came Sunday mornincr left that
evening,   tou^-the other  five are  still here.
|jsr   • All day  Saturday ||j§| kitchen was a beehive of activ
ity,   and  still  that  nisht| thelpork was  far  fromjjdone.     Fortunately a number of the church women dropped  in and helped.     As
it was Ruth and her mother and  friend did not  set to bed till
two  in the morning,     ^hey wet*e making Korean  confections, -little
cakes with dates and  chestnuts  in the   center.fwhlch took a  greax
deal  of tim? .  , I  don't know how many hundreds  they made,   but        JJ
there was  enouschltto ceo around abundantly to ail  the  church people
yesterday and  thefSunday School  children of both our Xlmw!
church and Saprok.    i       M
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P%f ester day Kimwha and Sagok churches, joined in'an
outdoor worship on a hill half way between the two peaces.
Perhaps you-remember the hill which we skirted on four return
rom Sagok through the baddv - fields.  Part of the way we followed
he same path which you traversed, and I thought about that day
when you visited these scenes which are now so familiar. On
the hill is a large grassy area between the pines, and we found-
it a stood place to gather.
We left here a4- ten, and ."began Sunday School soon
tffter getting there,  mhe children gathered in one place and
the grown people met separately in another spot,  ^hen we
joined ^or church service. A^ter church everyone ate lunch,
gatherIng in ii+tie groups.  ^ p the children had some games.
We had expected to have some, games for the crown people, which
Ruth was to lead;, but owing to the distance from home.  *he
women felt +hey would have to be start ing back in time to get
supper, so after a picture fas taken we ail dispersed.  There
were probably two hundred or more in attendance.
The past two Sundavs had been cloudy and chilly,
and since|puesday of the past week most of the time had been
rainy, with wind", and chilly. We were concerned lest Sunday
also be a bad day, but Saturday was bright, and Sunday was