Letter from Abraham Owen Woodruff, 6 October 1894
Dearest Father and Mother:
Pa's kind letter of Sept.
17th & one from Blanche were received yesterday. Will
take your advise about writing only when it is
neccessary. Hereafter I will only have a chance to
write one day in the week; so if you don't
hear from me very often do not be at all alar-
med. After leaving Frankfurt I went to Leipzig & there
had the pleasure of spending two days with dear
Bro. J. W. Weiler & Wm Mc Ewan. We had a fine
visit & are all feeling fine & testifying that we
have [about] the best days of our lives since enter-
ing the field as missionaries. Well here I am
in the fine old city of Dresden on the Elba about
the most noted of Germanys old Cities. As far
our cause here I am sorry to say that we have
one of the poorest Branches in the mission; there
being only about 11 members & several of those are
only about half converted & only about one quarter
of them that we can call good members. This
City has been quite thoroughly Tracted by Elder
Schönfeld who will soon return home. Prest.
Nägle will visit us about the 11th of Nov. & I have
some hopes he will send one of us to
Sorau as we are here to work for the cause
of Christ & it matters but little to me who
is my Companion or if I have one at all or not.
