Songdo, June
1935.
Dear Father:
This time I am late with myfletter, astit is already
Wednesday.  The days have seemed particularly full.  The meetings
in the country closed Sunday, and I came back to Songdo Monday
corning.  I have been busy most of the time since getting an article
reedy for the July number of Sungwha (Holy Fire), the new magazine
to which I contribute monthly,  it comes out the twenty-first o
each month, and I should get &J  contribution in right away.  I
have it finisheiinow, except copying.     m Y
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for
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This morning the principal of Songdo High School called 1
nie to come to the office to help him on some things.  The student
CA. is having an examination of the Sunday School children of
city on Saturday on their knowledge of the*Bible, and is offering
something to the ones in each of two age-groups which pass the best
examination-  They had asked the principal to make out a list of ten
questions for each of the groups; and-lie wanted me to help him on
that. -Then he has been asked to speak to the missionary prayer'
meeting tomorrow afternoon on ^Educational Ideals*; and he said that 4
when he said he would prefer speaking in Korean, he was told that  11
some of the missionaries (referring to Dr. Boehning!s wife and Bro.
Anderson*s apparently) fcould not understand much Korean, and that
he had better speak in English.  So he told me all he had to say in
Korean, while I took it down in English shorthand (I mean I translated
it as he spoke and wrote it in shorthand).  Then I came back and   xf
wrote it out on the typewriter. He expects to read it tomorrow. .
apparently.  I write his English
I did for some time in Seoul while
Department of Education in the   | 0
Church headquarters.  Thentl translated Han moksa1s letter which he
lis English isfrather deficient
orrespondence for him also, as
he was general secretary of the
c
wrote to you Ilonday, and which I enclose.
Bro. Stokes left for a summer visit to his sons in America
the other day,.  moday I had a note from him written the morning h'e
was leaving,' in which he said he had written" you some time ago, and
he  saidghe hoped to see you on his return in late summer
by way of
u
is going
Seattle, but may return by Los Angeles.
chur ch.
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Tomorrow
Tonight I am to preach in the Eastgat
*- * English Conversation* to teach at the school.
I have my^two hours of  wrr-«r -
And in the afternoon, the student Y.TI.CA. is having a meeting in^
which they are planning to say farewell to a teacher who is leaving
and welcome me.  The next afternoon they are having a meeting with -
the traveling secretary from the Central Y.M.CA. in Seoul, a fine
young Korean with whom* I am acquainted; and they want me to come to
the student choir wants me to come and help them
They have no one who can play, and the
that.  The next day]
out by playing the organ.
music teacher 'takes interest only in the band, they say; so the choir
lags along without a leader. They want me to give them a ooost. -ou
should be here to lead.  I ml git play the organ, but as Por leading
I am afraid they will find no leader is better.
.V,
a choir-
But I cannot meet with them this
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me,
for I hav
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to