RebekkaM

6th June, 1864

Dear son.

I want to thank you for the letter you send to us. After all the waiting of hearing from you, we became amazingly glad when we found out that the letter was from you. We hope you’re doing just great in America when you read these lines. We all miss you so much here in Norway, the place is not the same without you, but we’re trying to live with it.

Everything is going just fine here. Your mother and your two sisters are having it good, but they miss you a lot then. It’s nothing new since you left us, except of that it has been a beautiful weather the last time, so the farm is going very well. That is helping me a lot since it is my responsibility alone now. Out of this I hope to save a little money when I can, so that we can come and visit you sometime, if we can afford it. Wouldn’t that be great?

You told me in your letter that you’ve also got a farm over there, can you handle it? I believe so; you were terrific with helping me here at home before you left. What animals do you have then? I am more than willing to help you working if I come and visit one time.

How is it going otherwise then? Have you got any new friends? I hope people are friendly out there and treat you kind, you really deserve to have a lot of good people around; I just wish I could be there for you and show you my support and how proud I am of you right now.

I often sit down and think about how it used to be when you were here. You were always so helpful, such a lovely person. Because of this we all became very sad when you left us, but we console our self with thinking that you will get a better future in America.

We all hope you get the life that you want to live, and we wish you a lot of luck and happiness, so take good care. Remember; just write to us if you have something you want to share, we’ll be more than glad to hear from you, son. I will be looking forward to the day we meet again, and I hope that I don’t have to wait too long for it.

Love from your Father, Mother, Anna and Lilly.

June the 8th, 1865

Dear everybody back home.

I wanted to send you a letter because I miss you so much, and I am wondering how you all are doing.

First of all I’m going to tell you that I am just fine, but I am very busy too. So far I have practised a lot with shooting with guns. I think it is exiting, but a little scary too of course. Two bombs have came over us, but none of us got hurt, but we all fears that it’s going to happened some day. We just have to take care and look out for our self.

I really miss all of you so much. It hurts when I think about when I left you, and that I may never see you guys again. Every night before I fell asleep I pray that will survive all the missions here, so that I can come home to you again.

Well, how is everything going at home then? I really hope everything is going just fine. I’m really looking forward to the day when I hopefully come home again and see your faces again; it’s going to be amazing.

I hope this letter reach you safely. Take care and say hello to everyone from me.

Love from Pete.