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Show were impressed by their message. Hoping to interest her husband, Anna arranged to have meetings held in their home, but Johnn remained indifferent. Five-year-old Wilhelmina--Anna's second Krause daughter-was delighted when she received a small hymn book at one meeting, and she cherished it all of her life. The Krause family held membership in Our Lady Church (Lutheran). Sometime later, other missionaries called at the Krause home and again the story of the restored gospel appealed to Anna. Her husband was still not interested, but she continued to attend meetings and was baptized with her older children. She wanted to go with her friends to Zion, but Johnn maintained she could go to meetings, live her religion and worship God in Denmark as well as elsewhere. He did not intend to sacrifice a good business by leaving Denmark, and was happy with his family just as it was. As time passed, and many of her friends left for America, Anna was unhappy and wanted to go also. She cried while singing her hymns and her husband saw that she grew consistently more unhappy. He finally relented and planned with Anna to go to the United States and settle in St. Louis where he would start a new business, but he refused to go beyond that point. THE BEST OF PLANS The factory was sold and transportation planned to the United States. Enough money was retained to buy property and begin a new business after arriving in St. Louis. Anna felt 12 |