Month: June 2017

We recently joined in celebrating the life of John A. Widtsoe on the Island of Frøya. We spent the weekend with church members, Widtstoe family members, and citizens of Frøya as they dedicated a statue in his honor on the island of his birth. His father died when he was a boy. His mother moved to Trondheim with her sons,…

We spent 24 hours in Bodø last weekend. We love visiting our branch and members there. We left rainy Oslo and arrived to blue skies and sunshine in Bodø. The Henriksen’s picked us up at midnight and we drove to the top of a nearby mountain to see the midnight sun. The sun kisses the horizon and moves slowly up…

These fine missionaries started their missions on June 24th 2015. We remember that day vividly because we also arrived at the MTC that very same day. We have loved serving with this group of 13. There was lots of love and laughter last night as we shared time together. It was a bitter-sweet morning as we said “see you later”…

On May 16th we visited the Opera House in Oslo. The Kings Guard was performing in preperation for Syttende Mai the following day. Lunch in Romerike with Sister Hess and Sister Davidson…. At the Oslo Opera House with Sister Crenshaw and Sister Neilson… President Hill and I had a wonderful weekend on opposite ends of the country. I attended a…

Thursday was day #2 with Elder Herland. We love these missionaries and couples! Our MLC had a special meeting with Elder Herland on Friday morning.

It was a perfect week in Oslo for two days of Zone Conferences/Mission Tour. We were thrilled to have Elder Herland as our visiting authority. He is an area seventy and is from Norway. We had two wonderful meetings on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday we held a special leadership meeting for the zone leaders and sister training leaders.