Santaquin, 21 Jan. 1889. Prest. W. Woodruff Dear Brother, I received your letter of 29 Dec. 1888 the day after, calling me on a mission to Norway, to leave Salt Lake 9th April 1889 &c also your favor of 20th inst. to day, which I will try to answer, the reason I have not done it before is that I waited for our Bishop to come home from the pen. My feelings with regard to this call are as I stated in my former letter ...

letter before, that I did not have any money to start the journey with, nothing to make these winter months and a large family. I stated in my last that I have 2 sons that would be a great help to the family in my absense, if the Lord would bless them with health and profitable employ- ment, but it would ^be^ unnat- ural to expect that they could take the whole burden and go right along with it, and provide for the family without mater- ial assistance. I therefore ask if the time could be ex- tended a few ...