Thursday 7/30 we celebrated 1 month in Norway!
What an adventure it has been.
We had a wonderful…busy…amazing…and uplifting week.
Monday…Shopping for groceries in Sweden!
Grocery prices are much more reasonable in Sweden. It is a 90 minute drive. It was a beautiful day and such a pretty drive!
The Swedes love their candy!!!!
Pauline Isackson and Judy Brostrom came along for the ride!
Tuesday…
Sister Hoggard, Sister Sims, and Sister Randall.
We said goodbye to this great sister!
we visited these great missionaries at their district meeting in Fredrikstad…
Sister Gates, Sister Neilson, Sister Leland, and Sister Rogers.
Wednesday…
The girl in the middle was an exchange student in Heber City Utah last year. The family she lived with contacted the missionaries and they taught and baptized her dad, stepmom and half sister. What an amazing night! She is meeting with the missionaries too!
Elder Kirk, Elder Phipps, the Ravneng family, Sister Neilson, and Sister Gates.
This great family was baptized! We were able to be there and we will ever forget the wonderful spirit that was there. They have a great new ward family. They actually have 4 little blonde girls. One is missing from this picture. The other couple knew them before and are members of the ward.
The ward had a wonderful dinner after the baptism.
Every primary does these beautiful murals. They are all fabric and tell such a great story!
We gave Tuva a children’s songbook! She was so excited!
Thursday…
New trainers training! They listen better when food is served!
New District Leader training! We skyped those who were to far away to attend.
This is Sister Leland. Her grandmother and my mom were best friends. My mom traveled to Norway with her grandparents and helped them do family history many years ago. My parents and my brother and his wife know her parents. She and her companion had an amazing experience this week. They were coming to the baptism on Wednesday from the town where they are serving. It was 2 very long bus rides away and takes over an hour. They left in plenty of time but the bus was very late. They knew they would miss the baptism but they still wanted to come because they had an investigator coming. They caught the first bus and when they were changing busses they got on the wrong bus. They were really sad. This lady was on the wrong bus and she kept looking at the sisters. Finally Sister Leland went and sat by her and started visiting with her. They discovered that she was a member and had be inactive for 11 years. The sisters convinced her to come to the party after the baptism. When she walked into the church some of them members wept when they saw her. She was hugged and loved by everyone there. She said that all her family had recently moved and she was sad and quite alone. As she visited she realized that the family that was baptized live 3 doors away from her! Miracles happen! A perfect ending to a perfect night!
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Our son looks so thin – but so HAPPY!
The pictures are great and the story of the Ravnengs is a beautiful one! Knowing Iselin and her family has been a blessing to Sister Gates and Sister Nielson. They are special people! I am so happy to get to see more pictures of my missionary! Thank you for posting them!