Our Christmas Greeting to our family and friends

A view of most of the Christmas cards and letters we have received from many of you. We put them on a wall in our apartment.
Our Christmas tree and the presents we have received and purchased. We will open our presents on Christmas day, not on Christmas eve, as is the custome here in Norway.
Our lease expires on the 31st of December at the building where our branch has been located for the past twelve years and the owners are not renewing it. So we will be moving to a new building in the downtown area of Tromsø. This is Elder Humphrey, Eveymartine Brogan, Elders Holst and Welch helping with the packing up kitchen items to get ready for the move. Sister Brogan is a university student from England who just recently ran into us in downtown Tromsø. She was not aware there was a branch here and was so excited to find us. We are also excited to have another strong member in our Branch.
This picture was taken today, the 22nd of December, 2007 at 3:05 p.m. She is standing on the main street in downtown Tromsø, Storgate. You can see the only American fast food chain found in Tromsø, Burger King, in the background. Also not the open air booth to her right. These booths are open year round in the downtown area.
This picture was taken about 3 p.m. also today. The moon is full and the church is the Tromsø Domekirke (Tromsø Cathederal) of the Luthern State Church.

With Christmas fast approaching, we want to say hello to all of our friends and family and wish each and every one of you the very best Christmas ever. We hope you remember whose birth we are celebrating and his mission here on the earth. If we live as he asked us to live there will be peace on earth. If we love all year long as we do during this time of year, if we think kindly towards those around us, if we serve each other unselfishly all the time we will do our part to have the Love of Christ among all mankind. This is what we hope for each of of us. We want to share with you our testimony, that Jesus Christ is the literal Son of God, that he lives today, that He and God the Eternal Father love each of us individually. They love us so much that they have revealed themselves to a prophet in these latter days to guide and direct us so that we can spend eternity with them by obedience to their laws and ordinances.