It has been a busy few weeks. Last week we attended the Europe Area Mission Presidents’ Seminar in Budapest Hungary. Our son served a mission in Hungary so we had visited Budapest several years ago. We were excited to be there again. The city is beautiful! We had perfect weather and we were well taught! It was a wonderful few…
We were thrilled to have the sisters together in Oslo for a conference this week. Our theme was “Be of good courage and the Lord will strengthen thy heart.” We had lots of help from the senior couples. Our speakers were wonderful! Our classes were taught by both members and senior missionaries. A special thanks to them all! After 36 hours…
We had a busy week traveling to all four zones for zone leader training. It was a fast and furious week but a wonderful opportunity to be well taught and see all the missionaries. First stop…Trondheim with the Nord Zone. On to Stavanger with the Vestlandet Zone… The Østlandet Zone….in Romerike The Telemark Zone in Drammen…
Our busy week….. …WEDNESDAY… We love meeting with the leadership of the mission each transfer. It is a great opportunity to be taught, plan and prepare.
We spent the weekend in Bodø for District Conference. It was wonderful to spend time with our missionaries and members there. We had a middag on Saturday night. This was delicious! We love transfer week! It is fun to greet our new missionaries at the airport and see the excitement on thier faces as they realize they have finally made…
A highlight of the transfer is bringing all our new missionaries in for training. They love seeing their MTC group again and we love getting to know them better. We spend the first day at the Mission Office/YSA Center and then we spend the 2nd day at the mission home.
We were thrilled to have President Uchtdorf visit Norway. He held a meeting with the members on Saturday September 10th. It was a night that will be remembered by the Norwegian Saints for many years. Elder Top has been serving in Romerike while waiting for his visa to Angola. He took a break from stacking chairs to take a picture….
We recently had visitors from our neighborhood at home. We love sharing the beauty of Norway even though the weather does not always cooperate. President Hill remained in Oslo but I was able to visit missionaries in Bergen and return on the Norway in a Nutshell tour with friends. Our group got caught in a huge rainstorm while on the…
We had a busy but wonderful week. We spent the weekend in Alta for branch conference. These missionaries are the most northern serving missionaries in the world. We were able to take Elder Beck and Elder Miller to dinner and celebrated Elder Becks birthday! We met our daughter Kelsey and son in law Wes in Bergen for a few days….
Our wonderful friends and neighbors the Petersons came to Oslo with their son to enjoy the Jazz Music Festival. Dan was kind enough to do a fireside in Oslo on Sunday night. It was a real treat to have him speak. Monday they visited our office. We love seeing friends from home. Transfer week is always a busy one! A…