Letter from Charles L. Olsen, 27 May 1891
Payson, Utah,
President Wilford Woodruff,
Salt Lake,
Dear Brother,
Yours of the
25th inst. received, calling me as a
missionary, and requesting me to
state my feelings regarding same.
Will say my pecuniary situation
was briefly stated in my reply to
Pres. Gates and will not tire you
with a re-iteration of same, but
will here only state that, though fi-
nancially in an embarrassing con-
dition at present, with a family of
small children (four in number
alive, the oldest 7 1/2, the youngest 1 1/2
years old,) still I feel that the Lord
is able to open up ways and
provide means least thought of
by weak mortals, and, relying
on His omnipotent providence, I
hope all can be placed in shape
that I can leave honorably. In
spirit I feel, at present, having
been called from the right source,
to obey, and, notwithstanding I
keenly realize my own weaknesses
and imperfections as a man for
such labor, yet I feel to go, and
