Conference on Norway time

Hello to all of you!!

 

Today is General Conference Sunday.  However, Dad has gone to Priesthood meeting which is 11am today.  Yesterday at 4pm was the Relief Society Broadcast at the church (I had already watched it on the  computer) and at 6pm was the live Saturday morning session.  Today at 2pm is the Saturday afternoon session and at 6pm is the Sunday morning.  I guess we can watch the Sunday afternoon on the computer at 10pm.  "A little bit different"

 

On Friday we went to Tromso for zone conference.  It is up in the arctic circle.  They already have snow about half  way down the mountains.  We went street tracting and it was CHILLY.  This next weekend we are traveling to Mo I Rana.  The missionaries haven't had much succes there for a year.   So the elders are moving here to Trondheim and we are to go there once a month--7 hour train ride--go up on Saturday and return Sunday or Monday depending on the amount of visiting we can get done.  There are about 20 members there, but only five or six attend meetings.

 

In Trondheim about 50-60 attend meetings each week.  When we talked with the other branches, we realize how MANY we have.  Our branch mileage wise woulod cover from Ellensburg to Spokane to Hermiston.  Several people come once a month because it is so far.  We have one Aaronic Priesthood age and no young Women.  The Primary varies from 1 to maybe 10 depending on the week.  There are about 15 under 50 yrs old who are active.

 

The sisters are teaching a young man from Ghana and he said that conference last night was WONDERFUL.  A girl from Uganda--a roommate of someone  they are teaching wanted to come to conference and she thought it was great.  Not many of the investigators are Norwegian.  Many people speak their native language, Norwegian and English.  They say the classes at the university are taught in English. 

 

In contrast when Dad was here as a missionary, all spoke Norwegian and there were hardly any immigrants.  Now there are many immigrants and if they plan to live here they have to take 300 hours of Norwegian language.

 

We have started wearing our winter (expensive)  coats.  Norwegians are hardy people.  They walk, ride bikes or mopeds, push carriages with babies snuggled inside.  They just dress for the weather and go.

 

Yesterday I made rice krispie treats for after RS broadcast.  They were excited to be eating something NEW.  What is this?  Is it like rice cakes?  Is this American food?  You never know what will happen when cooking.  I have had a hard time cooking.  What I would make at home, we can't find the ingredients and what they have here I have a hard time making it work--so I guess I will just make rice krispie treats for the rest of our mission

 

This is frustrating to type because it will go for a little bit and then stop especially when sending email--any suggestions why this happen?!?!??!