Kimwha, Korea9
April 17, 1940,
Dear Father;
I wrote you only a lay or two ago, but the next
day after nailing the letter your letter of March 24, came-
In it you enclosed a slip to be signed for the bank so an
returning it now so as to have it in your hands as soon as
possible'.  I suppose it will be necessary to have the checks
written on blanks made by the bank, so you will see that I
get a book as soon as convenient.  Thank you very much for
this trouble. vou spoke once or twice about having enough
on deposit in a special account to pay for a trip to America
in case it was needed, and I was thinking that you would
transfer this or a part of it to this new account.  Not that
I expected to draw on It, but since you say the bank requires'
at least a hundred dollars to be kept in deposit, that amount
would fulfil the requirement, without keeping other monies
tied up.  Am returning another check, which I think is the
last I have received.
uast night one of the chundosas cane to tell Ire
that the T"lfe of Pi ehundosa had just died.  She has not been
well for a vear or two and* has been bedfast for several months.
I was expecting that news any day.  she is over seventy I
think, and ready to go.. From what they said I think perhaps
she had a-tumor or cancer, and has not been able to eat for
weeks, and was nothing but skin and bones, so this is a
welcome release. The two roo^s were full of friends from the
church, and while I was there the women put the burial clothes
.on the body, while the men moved out some of the furniture
to make a space in the upper room, to lay the body.  Prooably
a number stayed all night, but I came back about ten, as there
was nothing I could do.  The seasons make a great difference
in Korea, and we are always glad when a birth or a funeral
does not occur in the hottest or the coldest weather.  At
such times there are always guests to be accommodated.  A
daughter is to come from'Fusan, whom they telegraphed la~t
night.  It depends on when she comes whether the*7 can have
the funeral Thursday'...or Friday.  The funeral will take a good
share of one day of my time, so am writing now, to get this
off to you before the end of the week.
"7ou asked who the senior missionary is now.  In
looking up the records, I see both ^ro. stokes and fir. Sri&yder
came in 190?.  ^ro. ^--erdine, now retired in Florida, came in
1902.  I was surprised that Mr*■Snyder.had been here that long.
Dr. Stokes would be considered the senior missionary, I am
sure.  *fr". Snyder is not an ordained man; came nir&t under the
y.Mv-O.A. and then transferred to our mission, and has been connected *ith schools all the ti^e, till he became field treasurer.
Bro. Brannon is next in line, having come In 1910. He left a
week or so ago on an early furlough on account of his health.
But Hiss Warner has "oeen  here longer than any, having come in
1904.
Will close for this tl*e.  With much love from r.