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“THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN” MISSIONARY WORK IN CHINA
Amy Moore
Raymond and Frank both went up with one of the early parties to Guling. They came from Shanghai
by boat and Raymond wrote that
“we only took three days because we kept going all night . . . when
we got to Jiujiang we got our luggage off the boat and on to our
school truck. Then we had quite a long drive over the plain. I was
used as a stool by Charles Crapuchettes and as an arm rest by John
Pearce. Then we stopped about half way to put chains on the tyres,
and I got something else to sit on so that raised me up a bit and they
had to be content without me to sit on. At last we got to the foot of
the mountain. Some people got sedan chairs, but I and some of the
others had to walk all the way up. I think it must have taken us about
four hours to climb it. At last we got to Guling and since we have
been here we have had the time of our lives snowballing each other.”
Guling at Christmas time
A letter from Mrs. Houghton said both Ray and Frank were well and seemed happy and everybody
was making plans for Christmas. The Pearces, the Crapuchettes, the Houghtons as well as Raymond
and Frank and Raymond Street would all be there for Christmas. Percy’s friend from his school days
at Chefoo, Clarence Preedy, was going home for Christmas to Canada but left some money for each
of our boys to buy a Christmas present for themselves. So we were content that, though we could not
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Amy Moore
Raymond and Frank both went up with one of the early parties to Guling. They came from Shanghai
by boat and Raymond wrote that
“we only took three days because we kept going all night . . . when
we got to Jiujiang we got our luggage off the boat and on to our
school truck. Then we had quite a long drive over the plain. I was
used as a stool by Charles Crapuchettes and as an arm rest by John
Pearce. Then we stopped about half way to put chains on the tyres,
and I got something else to sit on so that raised me up a bit and they
had to be content without me to sit on. At last we got to the foot of
the mountain. Some people got sedan chairs, but I and some of the
others had to walk all the way up. I think it must have taken us about
four hours to climb it. At last we got to Guling and since we have
been here we have had the time of our lives snowballing each other.”
Guling at Christmas time
A letter from Mrs. Houghton said both Ray and Frank were well and seemed happy and everybody
was making plans for Christmas. The Pearces, the Crapuchettes, the Houghtons as well as Raymond
and Frank and Raymond Street would all be there for Christmas. Percy’s friend from his school days
at Chefoo, Clarence Preedy, was going home for Christmas to Canada but left some money for each
of our boys to buy a Christmas present for themselves. So we were content that, though we could not
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