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Show t>j^yu^ Tit* 4 mm €4C*fo ~"*&*^&**** ~ & m+- *T * Ohaotung, Yunnan, CIIIIXA. JULY kGUkX Dear Children: -^^1837, Kote the date! And, a sei ago we celebrated ?ranici«r Birthday!^ Your father and I arose early, even tho i t was Sunday. We are c e l e b r a t i n g the day in thought. We returned to the c i t y on the 28th u l t , I having been xway a monthl My vacation came in having _fO Hospital ©are*1, Your fsxthsr was able to spend a p a r t or a l l of each Sun there with me. ALL of the women nu.»*ses, i n cluding Gra.d Horse, k i s s keng, had a good xxeek-snd t h e r e , hiking a l l over the b e a u t i f u l h i l l s , and gathering the wild r a s p - b e r r i e s , small white strawberries, p a r t i c u l a r i t y wild-rose " h i p s " , - t h a t are so large,and e i t h e r b r i l l i a n t l y red or orange in color that they are sold as f r u i t , or, to make into ne&klaces fa? ornamentation of c h i l d r e n ' s necks! - and, not a few xxeeds that are used as x • e t a b l e s , including the tender sprouts of one v a r i e t y of fern ( ! ) , ca.Med Dragon-claw Veg., etc. MOST p r i e e d of a l l were the mushrooms to be gotten for the gathering of them,under thorny bushes in wet places after r a i n . ¥e were careful never to be out l a t e after two v i s i t s of wolves almost at out back gate! The two Senior ITurses were there for a b i t over two ireeks, and tie did. int e n s i v e class-work. They completed t h e i r text-bk on kar,Boss, and Throat, and To m A "h*h o i T* X"'T?T'^1 ,-;,-/• <~,r-'•'-A, r~y-i r>n +V1 es-ppanvi Hm'ni*" WT7T.T. Wis p r i i r m l o + o H +li o -i-Jr-vl- "KV nn l i c l U . OJ.J. .... X J. - J-iifa.'.. .... •. ,J... „ .... . ., U J. -J ii UilCi l / V U | UUXiigj VVJ.JXJJU « V? S Kj'JiiijJ X t U t- U. lf.i_.fc -lLft.U'«Uii Oil O b s t e t r i c s , save -the l a s t 3 chapters, hot one word of s.$Udy since our returiii Such h e c t i c , full days! So many babies have come with the gravest conditions-complications, following measles. Hot many have xxe been able to save, tho we did admit two - refusing most that came, as having come "too l a t e 1 ' . We l o st those two babies, despite night work on my p a r t . Amebic Dysentery,- both of the "red" and of the Ooli v a r i e t i e s - affecting adults and babies alike .-also abound. WAT w i l l i t be l i k e before the summer i s over?? A Miao young woman, a C h r i s t i a n preacher% daughter, has been desperately i l l , in Hosp, with.confluent small-pox! She now i s convalescing. Then, operating work has been more numerous than usual the past Xx - the appendectomy that was performed on a new Seminary graduate preacher,being Der~ haps the most outstanding of them a l l. In the midst of a l l these absorbing cares ___»» been TJE_2 CUXBULT QM&mmkjMx&m of our 40th wedding anniversary, on the £9th u l t ! Your father has written i f ' i t , and so I will add l i t t l e , - only r e f e r r i n g to the wealth of flowers, once more - from Mr May1 s gar dens,-and, to again thank Sod for ALL the dj^s and ways in which Ms has led us, AND, for wfeak He has given us, espeeialiy It YOU! So, l a s t month saw TWO of the out-standing events that 1937 was to hold for u + , , v i z , , the graduation from. College of our youngest child|ra»» Sis, and, tea above mentioned 40th yeey celebration of our merr And, we have again moved - into tire rooms of tho 2nd floor of main Hosp, b u i l d i n g . Ycur father accomplisb«d t h i s while I was away. We delight in airy"," good-sized, sunny, nice rooms, one on the east of h a l l , with grand view ofMts to ^ t he II 33 - a t whose f o o t h i l l s is The Small ©ragon Cave, rnt views are to be " eauty - of walnut, fin. ind rP.st of tinar+v of 5 are due from the Cap. the coming Ikri, tne 9un. Mr ~Goldsworthy continues 6m gpbod^ journeys, and keeping in splendid h e a l t h . It i s indeed a p r i v i l e g e "to be serving the people in t h i s area. There pre so many of them, and so l i t t l e ha-mwer "oeen done for them. I have been to s e v ' l s t a t i o n s never before v i s i t e d »V a missjy, and to others where a k i s s ' y has not been seen for 5 or 6 y r s it-ally tBw/ vigor and the cont'd existence of the Churches emon*the C«!Uen Mao i s a J a e f m i t e evidence of the presence and power of the S p i r i t , and" a harmv AAA t a r y on the f a i t h f u l service rendered during the y r . by the h i a ) p r i c h e r " teacners. appomtea here. Distances are g r e a t , roads are rough, k t s are st«eoT ana r i v e r s m. Dig, out the Church i s growing, end, *Qur God i s marching o n ^ ' GomaDia . ,_e edds that nis wiiexis b e t t e r has been SO ILL, with hikn blood-pressure and h e a r t ] mr*A t__t_ft u r ^^-Z+Autsj-- ***** **«*« m.gu ua.oou M*fUx^ |