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…

This was a great week. We traveled to Kristiansand and had dinner with the Torgesen’s and the wonderful missionaries serving there. Sister Torgesen made a bløtkake (Norwegian cream cake). It was amazing! We stayed the night in Grimstad and drove on to Arendal for church on Sunday morning. Grimstad is quaint and beautiful. Thursday and Friday was Interim Training. It…

On Wednesday we welcomed a wonderful new elder to our mission. Elder Top is Norwegian and is waiting for a visa to serve in Angola. He came with his family to the mission home and spent a few hours with us before saying goodbye. We were soon on our way to deliver him to his first area and two waiting…

We invited the Drammen and Sandvika/Asker missionaries over on their p day to play some yard games. They were able to get in one game before it started to rain…and then pour for the rest of the afternoon. So we made tuna melts, sang and played Rook instead. It was Zone Leader Training last week. We were able to attend…

We have had a busy few weeks. We were thrilled to meet our newest grandchild Julian. We were so excited that he was able to be blessed in the mission home. This little family spent the weekend in Oslo and then we joined them for a few days in Lofoten. While there we were able to visit a member of…