The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-08-21
FROM FAR AWAY KOREA
University Park Missionaries Tell
of Interesting Experiences.

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will be of great interest to the writ.
ers' many friends, here and else.
where:
Seoul, Korea, July Is. 1913.
Dear mother: 1t has been so long
since l have written you, that l sus.
lpect wou have almost forgotten what
a letter from me would seem like.
But | am going to get you one this
morning, if my pen does not work
we'll and there are hundred and one
things to do.
Well, we have moved into house
that the mission has rented for us.
1t is on the Northern Methodist Com
pound. 1t is a cottage with Korean
roof. We are not settled, as the
house is being repaired. The Meth
odists in Korea are very spiritual.
Quite a good many of them holiness
people We were really surprised,
and there is really no opposition to
holiness teaching in the Methodist
church in Korea Most of them are
in hearty sympathy with our work so
that will give me an opportunity,
when we acquire the language, of 60
ing anywhere and preaching and
teaching holiness Victor has been
Invited to transfer from the North
iDalsota Conference to the Korean M.
E. Conference, so he will be able to
go in any church out here and hold
evangelistic meetings when we are
not in school, Surely the Lord has
been good to US and guided our steps
in pleasant pathways. We never
give anything up for Him but He re-
pays us a hundred fold. If we had
the choice again and had an oppor-
tunity to say whether we would come
or no. We would be ten times more
willing to say Yes than we were
last year at this time.
Language Hard To Master.
The language is no simple problem
but takes a great deal of hard work
if we ever hope to conquer it. We
were in Pyeng Yang one month and
studied hard. and We are going to be-
win studying again tomorrow. 1t
will be a year and a half before we
can do much of any public work and
iprobably four or five before we can
speak at all fuently, but the Lord
will help US. We can say a little
now. of course, enough to be under
stood by those who need to talk to us.
Yesterday afternoon Blanche and |
went down to the city to buy some
dishes and other things We needed.
While We were there, I thought |
would try and get some camphor. but
if you had been little mouse in the
corner you would have enjoyed a
good laugh at our expense. We fin
ally succeeded in getting camphor
gum. Thelma had such a cold and |
wanted to put some on her chest, so
she seems better this morning. ! am
sorry Brother and Sister Cownie did
not get to Oskaloosa for they had
planned 10 go. Just last week
Blanche had letter from Vera Hert-
zler in Tokyo, saying in letter from
Sister Cownie she had said they
would be at the Oskaloosa camp. So
| think they fully intended to go.
Last winter when we we're with them
in Long Beach they were making all
preparations to go there. But they
are neither one very well and hardly
know any time ahead what they will
| be able to do. We think that Cownie
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work, and are very conscientious as
to how they use the Lords money.
Keeping House in Korea.
! suspect you would like to know
something about how we keep house
out here. Just now | had to stop
and see what we would call the gro
Ger man at home. Well. will tell
you what We bought: Ten eggs
for III cents, one pineapple for six
cents. one cucumber for one cent.
These (such as they are) are very
cheap, but we have to make up for
it in such things as butter, lard. etc.
We have a man to do our cooking,
washing, ironing, and every kind OF
house work, and the ANA" that is
the Korean woman whose picture we
sent you. helps, and Blanche and |,
of course. take enough after you to
go and help each meal with the cook.
ing,-enough to see that everything
is clean. We could not do much
missionary work or getting of the
language If We did much other work,
for the climate is different from that
at home and we have to be very care
full. ! had a letter from Mrs. Cow
ME the other day in which she ex-
horted us to be careful and not over.
work and oveTstudy this summer.
Help is so cheap here, too, that one
could not afford to run any risk for
the sake Of what it costs us. Our
two servants cost US SO a month. We
have TO be very economical to live
on what we are allowed by the ORR
entail Missionary Society II is just
a little over half what the church
! boards give their missionaries and
some of them have told me that they
had to be careful to make both ends
meet. OF course we have never been
used to being extravagant which is
an advantage 10 us.
We will send some pictures of
Thelma and another little girl taken
by the other baby's papa while at
Pyeng Yang. He was trying his cam
era and wanted Blanche and the
baby to have their pictures taken.
Thelma wasn't dressed for the occa-
sion but looks just as she does every
day only she had on her Sunday hat
Well, must close. This letter has
been interrupted a great many times.
for had to go and cover the rasp-
berry jell and apricot jam with par
Anime which we made last Saturday
We can get lovely peaches from the