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Show . . ' v . Lin Chftlng, China/May 25-th, 1907. My dear family, ' ; %4 You cannot knew with what satisfaction I sit down t-e wra&e to' V you all together again. The postals ,etc. that have been sent during theae \ weeks have been most inadequate from my point of view and nossiblv"from \ * yours as well. K Iv- Ls I stent pn1". r* :, irom kao kinpi kn 'a.nrn 1 wen. e:. 1 tdie :txn..,t I d Jan-j.Por several weeks we had known that Rev.Samuel G-reene ,who is a member of the Seattle church that supports the Ellises,and is the superintendent of the Cong, S..S. and Pub*, Sony, for Washington and northern -Idaho, was nominn to Japan to, visit his brother, our f i oldest A.B.E.F.M; missionary there ,ahd with him expected, to attend the Shanghai conference.He had -written 'the xBllises that he would like to visit. them in their own home,but we thought that his desire might be seriously • #f:fexted by the distance and other real difficulties in the way o^ pnttin-" here.But it seems he .knew what he was talking about, and that he peallj^ wa*. pi : ming to make the trip in spite of its discomforts and the fa%,t that •"' i • c, --; •• - > o f f-* nvn"-"btn',' o n e . pf conrei I wanted to b e - i n L.G. d u r i n n n h i s v i s i t , but a l l thdmm c o n s i d e r - y.'f yii seemed best for me to s t a y a n P . T . F . a n d I wrote thx Pad, i . • - Dr. «G*a* Gemene t,o t h a t e f f e c t . A f t e r we had moved Mrs.Perkins-home we be an t r a i n i ng !oy i t o do for lier same of the t h i n g s we had done b e f o r e , t h e cook a«d and ner*ven XXI her. meolr , n'';" 4\o pot s t r o n g e r and more.independent eanh • • y p a i t i i Miss Jones was free to gt *re h e r time to g e t t i n g r e a d y - f o r t h e i r - s<u !vc:'pmu ,1 t o study and do, a l i t t l e -Sard g e t t i n g my many l e t t e r s answer* ed.Snsit* l e a r n e d to "bake" har f a t h e r . f o r ' h i s rheumatism q u i t e as well as I... condd do itxancl so whan a n o t h e r I d . t t e r came T'oon Dr.. 0-reen , s a y i m t h a t i*****^ "he was v i s i t i n n us with the thoupbt t h a t t h e i r church could support another family h a r e if the Board would find the maamtho . P . T . F . f r i e n d s nmeed ?/ith WQ t h a t I might be spared to h e l p &r« G-reene sen our f i e l d hn i t s now s t a t e . Mrs P e r k i n s i n v i t e d him to spend, a day at P . T . F . which-he did ~ ... i ethinn; of t h e i r work6*The next day we took the one hundred' f i f t y mi.3 I ... g_ t Q gii n n rj@ pra in about- f i x hours', iflk h$.6 r./monpnrtaent to on:--->-:-me» •h to our sat i s f a option .A Chinese nentl^man went i n t o the s e c t i o n befom u s r b u t as one w i l l accomodate e-ink.t neonle without- undue crowdmmwn f e l t we: .had a r i p h t t h e r e . What t h e Chinese p e n t l e n a n thoixpkdD I do net .'know, but tie i *,-> so*r?e n o l i t e Fftr»nv*k p^o^t j fes n,ot beiii'P" conVeillsfff.nsivinM n l a d v i'n the t y r t o ' • y I g ^ r ^ T ^ - t y ^ n I n Z d ^ * .,-.' hj Jlo in i Foun i - ' e fe* We were not' s o r r y 'to .nee h i t Imm pine " "' rtyfenl I en«S ;la<S IHaH Im* A"-xb*-r s t h e r e to sav o o l i t e feh.inprs In •rend,'r* f o r that, would Have been beyond me. Myt month 5n Pao Ti'm Sfjx am:- a great pleasure*. . The . t h r e e weeks I., was at .the l ? r e e b y t e r i a n m i s s i o n , I got l e t t e r m r u a i n t e d with the f r i e n d s theirs and with t h e i r work. -One day when Dr. Mackey was not able to go to tke h o s p i t a l , Dr. l l i a a d a t k , Lewis ink I '. ., A ^ i l o n a jthree houre in the fore bo on x Ar ,.f t e r nooy y w J:': 11". - ' S 3 g hospi 1 2 ndi [llfipi ; ' 'P p it"' " ' r . .0"a Ix"! -• ""n out, Jesi time than, I no Men. Jcnsn ha# to t a l k for Us ""nn Eire ' h i new ani*i pptq "it w';,-: eff gf> rcTfrpb-P>,y* 13Tr?n when we •crot tarou-^b«but ffii to.o t i r e d to c a r s -Mie'ther t h e r e w&$2WLf supped'kl cy^-y* t o •adSlre anfl' ".p "key arm-p*' rouchhShe raiuinded of T "'"T T&fee* though they look n o t h i n g pmk ' I do not wonder t h a t Mre Wilte' i s s-bt'fond of lie r # Win en w^ ^ot over, t o n-ur ow^i ntissiosi I saw "yyo of the Aikenn than. b e f o r e t b u t ^tiad1 stl'3 too l i t t l e / a nd it d e t t e p an pn y^-'-^- irith Mr. P-prlcIne - id wit-h 8''"':.-'-, r] D :; 3 " elj ) t f u l , sweet b'h r l o-5* x'?.-* -a ^ »*« f».f*» Parkifi.' i . ' fi ' *:< •-' *. n '•" i,;' '* ' n r • t h e time since h i s wifef e nnndne^t wihi. •'i:nb:"".J:k:'",H- was s t i l j unable t o . rd ...' , ,•• . v . . , j isacie way.'but Wsas itsibrO'vin/: under ti";n *ltot rp a e:: 0,-,. ... see- :se - . ? Dr. a •.^.::'~ y ,rv '... .>. I. O n e I ion in •" i it i relations, ' : • • ' . ; .. 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