On P Day some of our missionaries gathered in Oslo to participate in a turkey bowl. They played for over 2 hours on frozen astro turf. It was 26 degrees. President Hill and I joined the party for about 45 minutes and we froze! We are grateful that there were just a few minor injuries.
We visited our wonderful missionaries and the branch in Mo i Rana last weekend. It is a beautiful town but quite difficult to get to…especially in bad weather. We flew in a small plane which had to be deiced several times. One of our flights was cancelled and we were told that there is no food at the airport in…
Last week we held zone conferences in Stavanger, Trondheim, and Oslo. We love the opportunity to see all our missionaries. Because of the geographical size of our mission, it is also fun for missionaries to see other missionaries. It is a whirlwind day of traveling, teaching, learning and eating….but worth the effort. I am able to hug all the sisters…
We were excited to celebrate the birthday of Elder Parkinson 11/7. He and Elder Duncan were the AP’s who met us at the airport with President and Sister Evans when we arrived. He has taken such great care of us and we will love him forever! Happy #20 We also love our Norwegian Elder Allman. He started his mission…
This week we had our monthly MLC meeting in the mission home. We have 2 new Sister Training Leaders and a few new elders called to be Zone Leaders. It is always fun to have the sisters come the night before for training. We made cookies to serve with lunch on Wednesday.
We were happy/sad that three great Elders finished their missions and headed home this week. They all extended one transfer so we had bonus time with them! They were wonderful missionaries and we will miss them. We drove to Fredrickstad to attend a Fall Ward party.
We have had another busy week in Norway. It’s transfer week and we were also excited to welcome 3 new Elders to Norway! The weather is cooler and the days are shorter. Fall is definitely in the air. We drove to Skein for church on Sunday. It is a beautiful little town with a great ward. We have 2 Sisters…
We were so excited to have all of the senior couples serving in Norway gather in Oslo for a few days. We feel like we learned so much and we are grateful that we were able to be together. Thanks to Elder and Sister Lemon for their efforts in organizing everything for us.
We have had such a great time with interviews in the past few weeks. Each missionary has an interview with the Mission President every quarter. We have been up, down and all around. We have also been doing apartment checks! Our missionaries have been working on dejunking apartments and doing a good fall cleaning. We are also trying to teach…
We had a Norwegian class at the Institute Center last week. We had about 25 people from all over the world come. The missionaries did a great job. They hold the class every Tuesdaly night and Saturday afternoon. We also celebrated two of our Sister Training Leader’s birthdays. They are companions and were born 1 day apart. Elder and Sister…