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Show Work for Women and Children at Lintsing Sha ntung China. Report for the year 1930 The evangelistic work for women has been carried on by a small group of Christian women,working in the v i l l a g e s , v i s i t i n g homes,talking to those who seem interested and teaching any who will try to read the words of simpfe t r a c t s * Often they are called upon to take down a paper god from the wall &fi and burn i t , for the woman who has decided she will not worship i t longer may yet be afraid to tear i t down. More v i s i t s from the Bible woman help to HLftfi strengthen her faith,more things learned by attending Sunday School and churcV* The next step i s often that of reading for half a month in a woman's class- called here a Station Class-&Here she learns hymns and Christian truths. 0 After such a time of study and association with-those who are Christians many a woman has gone home to witness for Christ with a firm conviction that she has found the True Way for which her heart has been hungry, Ther is a small fee charged for entering the class but the church has paid more than half of the expenses. The women eat and l i v e together,and are free from the home duties for a few days and have long hours for study. One woman said ,f*Sino€ my l i t t l e g i r l began to read in the school we have had no paper gods on our walls, for she came home and told us that at school theyp had none of those and that they were not able to help people.'1 The autumn class was a record class, enrolling over a hundred.The hope oi getting work and food, the stress of the Famine conditions may have brought some,but neverthelessthey had their chance to learn of God and His love. One group of the l i t t l e children made a tiny school by i t s e l f and i t was good to hear them singing "©raise Him,praise Hin,All ye l i t t l e children,God i s Love.'1 A group of dear old ladies was excused from the regular reading and given morning talks on simple Christian truths,but they repeated with pride the hym* and prayer they had learned. The younger women made the most progress,but the" time was a l l too shortfor them. 9a are thaftkful that this year a young woman of strength and training has been added to the women's force,She i s Miss Chang and her training has JfaP been with Hiss Gertrude V/yckoff. The Industrial Work begun by Mrs E l l i s has now grown into Hi a School For several years Mrs Eastman has had i t in charge and two Chinese women are sharing In the financial backing as well as in the plans for the school and in the work of measuring the t a t t i n g and paying the workers. Not only i s this cnance to earn money a real blessing to the women and g i r l s but the need of doing careful.work i s a character training too. They have daily prayers and a r anT*M t%i¥ * *£* ***** *** ****** Tmm* mu MM m for # # £ / Bibla reading and lessons in hygiene. This fall the stress of the famine situation led them to add as many as possible to the numbers doing t a t t i n g . Mrs Eastman also opened a new department for ather sewing mostly crossTs t i t ch and wor& on native cloth This has helped a number who were UiUM$i MU MtUf. having a hard time to get enough^ food this winter^. The Hoarding School for g i r l s has numbered about f i f t y . The three young women who are teachers have all been pupil a here and a l l ho-oe to be studying again in the fall either at Techow or at Peking. Their loyalty to £h the school and their interest in the g i r l s is a 'big help. The Chinese classics are taught by Mr Wang, The furlough of Idss Long began in May and she i s greatly missed. It has been most fortunate that Miss Ruth VanKirk could come to Lintsing this f a l l fand both she and Mrs Houlding have helped much in the school. Miss Van- Kirc s beginning of a Camp Fire with the school teachers had given them much pleasure and soon they plan to include some of the older g i r l s also. In October the dedication of the new Recitation Building for VnedMrf school was a time of thanksgiving. I t is of gray brick with a t i l e roof of the same color. There i s white iUfflt M 1>M IffiNW stucco in the gables and a touch og green on windows and porch . p i l l a r s . It is much admired.lt has the curved roof-lines so characteristic oft Chinese architecture. Some of the recitation^ rooms are already bursting full-but the assembly- reosids-large |