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April 21, 1929.
Dear father and mother:
When your two letters came the week before last
I thought there would be none the past week, but today when I came back
from church I found the postman on the porch handing our mail to Mac
Stokes. We all had some foreign mail; Bro. Stokes a letter from his
mother wanting him to get there as quickly as he could. Bro. Stokes
about making a trip over to see the big trees in Yose-
i't will not hurt a new car, but Mrs..Stokes keeps
;S to get to see her other two boys as soon as she can.
sending Mrs. Slide' s address;. I do so hope he can get
the money he wants;  no one could make better use of it.
The world famous cherry trees of the Orient are
now in full bloom. As you know, they are grown only for the flowers;
they have no fruit. The park in the old palace grounds in the eastern
section of the city is especially noted for its cherry trees, and it
is open every night for a week now and lighted, and great crowds are
going to see the flowers. The rain yesterday may have spoiled them;
but if not, I want to go tomorrow night. Some say they are prettier
at night than in the day, lighted by picturesgue lamps as they are.
The ti?ees that are close about us on these hills
are beautiful, but no different that I can see from other fruit trees
in America, except perhaps a little fuller of blossoms. The Japanese
advertising may be mainly responsible for their popularity with tbur-
''e extremely fond of them.
It  still  continues  chilly and windy,   so  that I
put  on my  spring turumaggi   for the first  time today.    From what I hear
about  the  summer  season,   I   imagine a   summer Korean suit would, be  the
most  comfortable  thing to wear,   unless  one puts  on  short pants and  goes
bare-f ootec* as  the missionaries do at the beach.     I  don't think I   should
like  that  state  odT undress as well as Korean clothes;   but I  am the  only
missionary  so far as I know,   except a  few of the women,   who wears native
costume any.     The Brannan' s  onZ* child,   a   girl about twelve,   wears
Korean clothes all  the time.
My work at  the mission will  be mainly financial;
I  will receive and disburse  the  funds.     The Korean assistant who has./v* :
been there  since it was  started will  look after the preaching.^ There-
are  several  regular attendants who are  good at personal work,   out we
need many more.    We need also a   children's worker who will hold a   ser- *f^
vice  for them either before  or during, the  other  service.    We  could  get
any number, of them;   they  s+and  around  at   the door while we are  inviting •;-
the people passing on the  street,   and are anxious to  go in.     If Bro.
Brannan's  secretary were here he would  be   just  the man.     I will attend   \fafc
the meetings  frequently,   and help as  I  can,   and  talk over things with
Wun moksa,^the Korean in charge.     The Mission is wholly under our Board;
was established   just a   few years ago by Bro.  Stokes,  and is the  only
one  of the kind  in the  city.
This past week I went on Monday and Tuesday nights.
The room was well filled both times,   and  eight  or ten expressed desire
to believe each night.     My teacher and Han Pyung Yong were also there
both nights,   asdwell as a'verv interesting Korean who  testified at the
close  of the meetings.     Monday night he  told  about a-ne.experien.ee he
had  in China s   few years ago.     One night he  stopped at a hotel and was