On the 25th and 26th of October we had a Mission Conference-south in Stavanger. In Norway we have one Stake (a group of smaller geographical groups of members) in the Oslo and surrounding cities. The rest of the country is in the Mission jurisdiction and is divided in the north and south area because of distances. We have a mission conference twice a year. This conference was presided over by an Area Seventy, Elder Steven Kerr. His son, Elder Benjamin Kerr is our District Leader and serves in Stavanger. This is a picture of father and son. This was a very spiritual and worth while conference.
At the Zone Conference and Mission Conference we met two of the elders we had worked with in the Tromsø area, Elder Isaacsen and Elder Holst. Two great elders. It is good to see them again.
The Mission Conference was for members from all of the cities in our zone plus another branch. Between meetings there were meals served. This shows the missionaries taking money for the meals. The young man standing to the right in this photo ws a native Norwegian who just returned a couple of months ago from serving a mission for our church in Salt Lake City, Utah. He had a wonderful experience and was very successful. He spoke durning the Sunday meeting for all of the members. He gave an excellent talk.
This is Elder Humphrey, Sister Sarah Crowther, and a member of our branch in Haugesund, Dado Emana. She knew Dado in Oslo where he was baptized in May. He has since moved to Bømlo, an island about an hour and a half drive north of Haugesund. His goal is to some day return to his native country, Eithopia, and do missionary work. He is very excited about the gospel.
Us with Sister Sara Crowther. Sister Crowther is a granddaughter of a couple, Brother and Sister Duane Crowther, that we worked with in the Bountiful Temple. She came to Norway about three months after we did, but has been working in the Oslo area and this weekend was the first time we met her.
On the 25th and 26th of October we had a Mission Conference-south in Stavanger. In Norway we have one Stake (a group of smaller geographical groups of members) in the Oslo and surrounding cities. The rest of the country is in the Mission jurisdiction and is divided in the north and south area because of distances. We have a mission conference twice a year. This conference was presided over by an Area Seventy, Elder Steven Kerr. His son, Elder Benjamin Kerr is our District Leader and serves in Stavanger. This is a picture of father and son. This was a very spiritual and worth while conference.
At the Zone Conference and Mission Conference we met two of the elders we had worked with in the Tromsø area, Elder Isaacsen and Elder Holst. Two great elders. It is good to see them again.
The Mission Conference was for members from all of the cities in our zone plus another branch. Between meetings there were meals served. This shows the missionaries taking money for the meals. The young man standing to the right in this photo ws a native Norwegian who just returned a couple of months ago from serving a mission for our church in Salt Lake City, Utah. He had a wonderful experience and was very successful. He spoke durning the Sunday meeting for all of the members. He gave an excellent talk.
This is Elder Humphrey, Sister Sarah Crowther, and a member of our branch in Haugesund, Dado Emana. She knew Dado in Oslo where he was baptized in May. He has since moved to Bømlo, an island about an hour and a half drive north of Haugesund. His goal is to some day return to his native country, Eithopia, and do missionary work. He is very excited about the gospel.
Us with Sister Sara Crowther. Sister Crowther is a granddaughter of a couple, Brother and Sister Duane Crowther, that we worked with in the Bountiful Temple. She came to Norway about three months after we did, but has been working in the Oslo area and this weekend was the first time we met her.
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We love reading your blog about Norway. My husband served in Haugesund for a year between Sept 2003 to Sept 2004. We returned in May 2007 so he could introduce me to all the wonderful member there. They have a sweet spot in our hearts and we think of them often. We talk to some members once in a while by email, but if you could tell them that Solomon and Lyndsie Campbell say "hello" that would be apperciated. Solomon was there when Kari and Lars Steinsvik and Heather Petterson were baptised along with a couple of others, but I can't remember their names. From reading your blog it seems like everyone is doing well. Thanks for the update.
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