December Memories - Oslo & Zone Conference



A quick trip to the south gave a little reprieve from the cold and dark of Tromsø.   Always fun to enjoy the company of the younger missionaries and the other Senior Missionary Couples. 


As an added bonus we stayed over for 2 zone conferences this year so we had extra time in between to visit Oslo and some of it's winter Christmas festivities....

 We also enjoyed a nice couples dinner with President & Sister Tew at the mission home.


Sights and sounds of Christmas on Karl Johans Gate.

Barna Hage kids eating their lunch.


Some of the window displays in a fun store in town.






A fun snow sculpture.

Royal Palace

Christmas tree ant the Mission office.


view of torv from National Teatre


Christmas market in Oslo


Ferris Wheel and ice skating.


Royal Palace in Winter



Sisters Starkie and Neal.

Elder Holyoak and Anderson.

Missionaries have lots of musical talents and each zone conference we are blessed to hear them share 

Sister Jensen and Bergquist.

ready for lunch


Our hired help for the day.  The Bergquist's and Castles. 

Dad and The Jenson's.  (Merrill and Betsy) - Looks like they had a different reaction to the story being told


Lunch is served.



A couple of the YSA in Oslo participated in the training at zone conference.  Anne is preparing for a mission in the near future

Do you think Elder Aland likes chocolate cake or what?

Choir of missionaries serving in Oslo

Sisters Neal, Cook, Stakie

These are many of the elders we have been blessed to serve with.  It was nice to have them all together at the zone conference. Elders Baughan, Putt, Aland, Parrish, Anderson, Holyoak, Pfieffer and Arneson.

Sister Larson and us.

Salvation Army band

Elder Perry Jensen

Elder Randy Berquist

Dad

Everyone had to try on the fur coat Sister Tew got at a second had store. Some gangsters have joined the church, maybe they will convince some Norwegians to join also with their convincing methods.

Elder & Sister Naylor [serving in Trondheim]

Elder & Sister Bergquist [serving in Oslo]

President & Sister Tew

Elder & Sister Castle [served in Stavanger & Ålesund]



Elder Cribbs is multi-talented musically - Piano & Violin




Sisters Starkie & Neal

Sister Cook & Sister Crossley

North & South Zone conference picture

table decor at President's home for couples dinner



Oslo Christmas market with Cooks, Naylors, Jensons, Castles



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