Dear  Father
Kimwha,   Korea,
1940.
tfav
23,
Since I am. late, again writing this week, I have two
etters of yours to answer, one was here "when I returned from the
nofth yesterday morning and thelother came during the day yesterday
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As I began writing, the baby came up to handle the keys with great
joy, as she had no^ seen the typewriter for a number of days while
I was gone.  Typing is one of her chief delights.  So Ruth picked
her up and has srone out Into the yard.     1 I;
' It is evening .no™ and supper will soon be ready«
During the meetings-I got only about four hours sleep a day, and
then had a night/ s ride on the train coming home,, reaching" here
at ..ten yesterday.  First I unpacked my baggage and then we had
lunch, and then I was so tired I lay down'for an hour's rest.
While I was resting two old friends from voung Pyung came in.
One is the chundosa who hac '*rr,*  the work of a pastor in that
circuit for five years and the other is the leading exhorter who
always entertained me when I made visits at that village years
ago. That-is the first village I visited and where I met'Han .
Pyun-ff vong and Kim Youn/s Whan 7 !i
That circuit is prospering now, under the leadership
of this chundosa, who is a good worker, and the help of Miss
Edwards, who frequently visits there now *  -hey are building one
or two new churclies.  They brought me the picture of one j xst
completed, which I had helped a little; and they wanted a promise
from me to help out on another which is soon to be built-  They
had also heard that I was leaving soon and said they had always
wanted to visit me while I was here and see the new Kimwha church-
showed them «**w ^
ing, of course we ~ ~ ,n
morning on the 8:40 bus
them the rest of the a	
^-—   — aa& *'wg bus that even
So.I talked with them the rest of the a
the church.  As there was no returning
ise we had them stay all night, and they
fternoon and
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left this
This morning I read the mail that had come while I
was awayand then Ruth went on a picnic with the kindergarten
mothers and their, children, and soon afiter she had gone, I found
I was so sleepy I couldn't do anything and lay down.  I must have
slept four or five hours, &itfl then had lunch.  Then I went out to
weed a little whiiefin the garden. Ruth came back just a little
while ago-  At any social gathering she has to take the lead in
entertaining, and"I am afraid not much would be done if toe were
no t alon &.
Again now for five days we are having to keep in.
darkness ever^f night, practicing for air raids. 'These things are
certainly tiresome and utterly useless.  Always announced beforehand and' kept up steadily for a number of d*ys and then dropped
for months, I can't see what good they would be by way of practice
for unexpected danste
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