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Show r l e s t they be robbed by those Who were l e f t out ; and then too almost nothing t h e i r own crops were ishnxx'this year , so thoy are short themselves . They were very good to us on t h i s tour of r e l i e f , and welcomed us in most hospitable fashion , doing a l l in t h e ir po^er + 0 help vis find thoee most in need of the l i t l e i we had to give . mhinV o* i t , we had $&0O. to d i s t r i b u t e among BOfi v i l l a g es ^e did divide i t anong eleven , a^d in those to aboi.it iwnety-four or forty families were helped a l i t t l e . 'ne v i s i t e d only one t h i r d of lhos4 on. t h e i r l i s t s as in extremis , and I can assure you the- do not so c l a s s a family u n t i l they are very low . We *re gathering a number o* children from nomee wh^re the r r e n t s are U t t e r l y unable to support them , or from places '^bere the father is dead , and the mother i s forced to send them out to b^g t and you Who' have been in C&ina know what an unspeakably/ miserable and sonl-des^royin^ l i f e that i s ! *fe have Orphanages that ov'ntu-.lly will tak' them o^nsr , out in the meantime it takes money ^o g-?t bedding ' o r them and food and fuel and help to look a^tor thorn , and T thought that probably 7/iere around be those vfhO l i k e to help a l i t t l e ir t h i s way . Hoping to hear from you snon , Y°urs ever sincerely , Paul V.Felliwell ^liSftbetb -Memorial Hospital , tintBlngcho , China. |
