Letter from Carl Hansen, 6 February 1893
Spring City
President Wilford Woodruff;
Salt Lake City
Dear Brother:
Yours of the 27th ult;
bearing the inteligence of ^my^ name having
been excepted as a Missionary to
Scandinavia, have been duly recieved, and
contents carefully considered.
Replying, will say, that I feel truly
thankfull to the Lord, that he through his
Se^r^vants have counted me worthy to go
in the Missionary field, and my pressent
feelings are that I will use all my
endeavors in preparing myself to go,
but April next would find me unprepared
in a financial sSense, and My Wife and
Children would in a great Measure be left
unprovided for on my part.
Financially my cercumstances may
be fbriefly summed up.
I left my Native home twenty
years ago, arriving here poor and without
Relations I entered ^in^ the Service of Apostle
Oron Hydes House, and with four years
of small earnings I Emigrated five Members
of my Fathers House, and have since
