Mission leadership council….
Friday…. We finished off the week with our MLC meeting. The zone leaders, sister training leaders and our Assistants met at the mission home. It was a beautiful day in Oslo!
Friday…. We finished off the week with our MLC meeting. The zone leaders, sister training leaders and our Assistants met at the mission home. It was a beautiful day in Oslo!
Thursday we met with the other half of our missionaries in Bergen. We had a wonderful meeting with the northern and western parts of our mission. It was a beautiful, rainy day in Bergen! We also were excited to be joined by our senior couples!
We had a wonderful week with Elder Paul V. Johnson and his wife Sister Jill Johnson. He is a new member of our area presidency. Elder Johnson is a returned missionary from Norway! We were so excited to share our love of Norway with them. It was a special day for our missionaries to come together and be taught by…
Over the last few months the YSA Center in Oslo has been remodeled and our mission office has been relocated to share part of that building. We have been preparing for weeks and the last load was delivered late last night. We have a busy week ahead trying to get the new office set up and welcoming Elder Johnson and…
I spent the afternoon yesterday in Oslo with Sister Hartley before she left for home today. It was my first time to see the harbor and walk the streets of the city. These girls are from the Oslo YSA group. They came to say goodbye. We celebrated her last day with an ice-cream!
We visited Fredikstad last week at lunch time and found Elder Tennant making spaghetti! They have a beautiful view of the city from their apartment. We spent Saturday evening at a youth conference in Drammen. These great missionaries were also on the program.
We traveled to Stavanger on Friday afternoon. It was a beautiful drive! Our son Chad and his wife came from London. The weather was perfect! We joined them for a hike on Saturday morning to Preikestolen (pulpit rock). The hike is 2.4 miles on a rocky path. It is quite challenging to watch your feet every step of the way….
We had an exciting week welcoming these new missionaries to Norway! They are an amazing group and we are so grateful that they are here! There were miracles that happened to those who traveled and for us as we waited for their arrival. Their first flight from SLC to Dallas was cancelled and they were split into groups and placed…
What a blessing it has been to know these missionaries. We were able to spend their first 6 weeks in the MTC as their Branch President and now we shared one transfer in Norway! They came to the mission home on Wednesday afternoon. We had dinner and a testimony meeting with them and then….off to the airport at 5:00 a.m….
We had a great day with the leadership of our mission! This meeting is held once a month. It involves the AP’s, zone leaders and sister training leaders. We are taught, we share, and we plan and prepare for the month ahead. Here are some pictures from the day!