Show IN THE STATES fairview fail view sanpete co utah may 6 5 1898 having just returned from a mission to the states I 1 take pleasure in giving you a brief sketch of my travels while there I 1 left lef t my home january 14 1896 and arrived at chattanooga tenn I 1 was assigned my field of labor which was the south alabama conference to begin in mobile county I 1 labored in the conference about five months then I 1 was called horrie home to attend to some court matters after disposing of them I 1 again returned to the southern states again I 1 was sent to the south alabama conference to begin my labors in the metropolis of alabama state without purse or scrip elder E E weeley of idaho being my companion we began our labor and canvassed the city after finishing my labors in mobile city I 1 went to conference then I 1 was assigned to labor in dark clark county I 1 have been changed from county to county with several companions I 1 can say I 1 have enjoyed my labors very much and have had the privilege of baptizing some believers one of whom was a baptist minister my release came on the ibah of april when I 1 arri archd ad in my home I 1 found one of my children had died and had been buried three days before my arrival that was the second child that had been taken away by death since my missionary labors began in alabama naturally I 1 felt very sad but I 1 felt to say in my heart the lords will be done and not mine your brother E L TERRY |