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Show American Board Mission, Paoting-fu, Chihi April IS, 192?. j China. Dear Mabel: Perhaps if I write now the letter may reach you before you start for America. Abbie has shared with me Grace's letters to her telling about your trio down the river and the makeshift housekeeping in that Tientsin building. You will be glad to get into more comfortable quarters soon, and I am glad for yon. and for Grace that you can get passage so quickly to America. I kept very busy last week with teaching and rehearsals for Easter music which went off indifferently well at the Easter service yesterday. The teachers' piece was sung very nicely, but the school music would,haye been better if'there had been more time for practising. Ma Hsiu Chin announced the program, Messrs. Pal, Ten and Liu all made speeches, ana all the schools sang, and T'ung Jen. furnished instrumental music as well. I had the coolie take ever some apricot blossoms for decorations, ana had. also three of Miss Chapin's plants that were in bloom. The Chinese had #iven no thought to any church decorations, but Mr. pal said he would be glad to have flowers when the janitor asked him if he cared to have what we could supply. Kiss Chapin and I jhave oeen doing considerable ing as we have had. opportunity. As scon as we hear f taken by the Council* meeting with* regard to foreigner stoo my classes and go to packing in earnest. I hav< Mr/Jen about it, I am teaching Chung 2 English at Mr. Hsu +=vlng the rest of the English. Abbie has re but has had no comment from the Educational Commit/ is going on with classes as usual meanwhile,_ except t close *-: --dor to allow, the pupils to go to 'the fair. starting out and pack-iat action has oeen r^3 leaving 1 expect to already talked with ':1s request these days "s1gnvd from ring re, ^ the matter* and f t, o-d' Yu Chen" resigned both school from ?'ei Chi because she feared she would be in hferd position but ar. eX had a good talk with her and she Is planning to -continue to the end of the term. Miss Chapin and T both expect to go to ilwrpa until autumn. I suspect that -any of trie Chinese here will prefer to feet along with just as fewP?oreigners as possible, but there is no doubt thai some of them will Do sorry to lea us go, 'and the poor old. women are much furled. The schoolgirls "hsianfr" Grace very much, and beg me to stay nitn them. It certainly has helped, to stabilise the situation to have Aboie i d me remain as long as we have, but I suspect the time has now come for us to go. Grace win be travelling with you, I presume, so please share this 1-ttor Jth her. May rid bless you all, day by day. It is good to realize at tines liVe this that wherever He wants us to be is the place where we want to be, whether in China, Korea or America, and Be will nevei leave nor *,or«a,4 us no matter what changes lie may permit to come. *MV love to all the children, please, and to your own dear self and Grace. Lovingly, |