I receaved yor letter yesterday
morning asking my feeling in
regards to going on a mission to Europe. I want to do what
the priestood require of me to the
best of my ability, in regards
to my sircumstances, I am not
very well prepard at present I
have got a wife and 5 children
the oldest child is ten years old
I have got about 7 acers of land
and half acer lot that is all
the real estate i have got i have
got quite abit of fruit on my
lands I hardly know how i could
rase the money. I have got ^$^ 50 dollers
in the house but I will have to pay
my taxes out of that which is 8 dol
and some od cents I am not yet
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A natura^l^ised citison but court
will meet in Saint George next
month and I expect to get my
papers iff I can I have got a
team and wagon and 3 loose or
range horses and about 12 head of
range cattle I have no money in
banks non on intrest i have no
captal stock nowhere of course times
are hard or money scarse there is
no sale for stock nor horses at
present how the future will be
I cant tell we have not much chan
of making money here at present all
the way we can make money is by
going to pioache 100 mile withe
fruit but there is so much fruit
goes there that we get only 3 and
cents a pound for it that is about
the condition I am in I feel
to keep what I have got on the
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alter of sacrifise and say
the Lords will be doen and myself
with it
I would say to him that we
would like him to go on a
mission, but not so unless he
has the means and faith
to go and labor with, his
whole soul in the ministry.
If he does not feel prepared
at this time to do so, he can
take the time necessary, and
when he feels that he can
do so, he can so report
to us. J. F. S.