15th october 1982
Dear Sun-Hee,

I arrived well has Seattle. My sister came to look for me. I am very happy to find her after five years of abscence, she didn’t recognize by me. I got acquainted of her children ; They are adorable. Sun-Hee, you would see America you would be surprised and stunned. When I arrived, I didn’t know has what to wait for me. I imagined everything. I would like you to be her is with me to see.
When my plane reached American continent, I was amazed, I immediately noticed the differences with Korea. The Ground was iliminited light the stars in the sky. It was unexpected. Coming for the country where electricity is where and expansive and where we have always to save every piece of energy. America appeared to me a country of aboundance and waste.
That I’m cleared I saw that everything was different. When I get into the car with my sister’s family, Indeed, It’s very unusual for me to see so many light on all at once. I felt small In the middle of every these lights. The americans are not thrifty but they are wasteful. The USA is a country very rich but also there are verry poor people. Its inhabitants do not have good wages.
America is a country extravagant but a country of wasting.

I miss You. Goodbye.
Love.
X X X X
Insook

P.S : Said hello has my family of my