Trondheim cathedral

 Elders Tarver and Mathews "accidentally" slid down an icy slope, soaking their suit pants.

 An old, historic part of Trondheim showing buildings on the river.

 Cool, huh?

 Elders Tarver, Mathews, Moyes, and Carmichael.  Sisters Stevens and Johnston are in the distance on the right, barely visible.

Elder Carmichael catching the graffiti lady in the act.

 Someone asked if we have any photos of Dana cutting Norm's hair.  I don't think so; here's the first one in 39 years!

 We had a Trondheim missionary breakfast.  Dana put Elders Mathews and Tarver to work.  Cute aprons!

 Tomatoes going with the eggs.  Tomatoes go on everything in Norway.  Thanks, Sister Johnston for helping.

 Missionary conference held in Oslo.  Couples had our own session.  Left to right: Springer's, Hickman's, Johnson's, Heer's, Pedersen's, Burton's, with Sister Johansen in the middle.  President Johansen was with the young missionaries.

 Zone Conference in Oslo.  Eating Sister Johansen's delicious lunch are Elders Sutton, Bischoff, Brush, Burr, Facer (without the face), Spencer, and Shigley in the back.  Elder Bartholomew, who made the chicken, is hidden in the apron.  We also had great trout and salmon.

 Oslo Conference with Dana, Sisters Johnston, Stevens, and Johnson.

 Yummy salmon, Oslo Conference

Elder Carmichael waiting for his flight out of Oslo to Trondheim.  Looooooong day!  It started at 3:50 am and we got home at around 10pm.

 Trondheim's relief society had a birthday party dinner at Pepe's Pizza.  A young adult member and investigator helped Dana and Sisters Johnston and Stevens finish off some dessert.

 A before-the-cut photo of an investigator from Hungary.  He wanted to look nice before coming to church.

The all-finished cut for an investigator.

Trondheim

March 2nd the night before transfers in Trondheim  Front is Sister Stevens, us, Sister Berggren.  Back are Elders Whitehead, Mathews, Gardner, and Carmichael.  Berggren, Whitehead, and Gardner were transferred.

 Adrian (left) and Robin (right) Andersen, 2 brothers and a strong duo in our young adult group in Trondheim.  Elder Carmichael is in the center.  Adrian served a mission in Salt Lake South and Robin in the Ukraine.

 At Robin and Adrian's home.  Sisters Berggren and Stevens, Adrian, Robin, Elders Carmichael and Gardner

 Trondheim Branch is going through major remodeling.  Supposed to be done in April.  Here workers are installing an elevator.

Sister Springer's tea party with Elders Mathews and Tarver and Corrie.

It's cold in Hell

 We went to Hell!

 The girls will be happy there's a shopping center in Hell.

  Hell

 Couldn't go to Hell alone.  We dragged Sisters Stevens and Johnston with us.

 Dana decided she didn't like it in Hell and was trying find a way to get out.

 Hell's train station.  The writing actually means, "Hell, good trip", or "Have a good trip".

 Dana's trying to keep Norm from entering the Hell Hotel.

Sisters Stevens and Johnston straddling the tracks determined to stop the train and save the people arriving in Hell.



Games

 The "Smile" game.  "It" tries to get others to smile so they'll be out.  Elders Moyes and Tarver, new to Trondheim, followed by Mathews and Carmichael.  Mathews is trying to get Tarver to smile.

  Trying to find the leader.  Members copy the leader and person in the middle tries to guess who it is.

Robin, the Mummy, surrounded by an investigator and Corrie.  This was part of our game night.

Do you love your neighbor?

Lade

 We live in a part of Trondheim called Lade (pronounced Lah-duh).  We live on a peninsula!  One of us thinks that's exciting and the other one just rolls her eyes when it's brought up. The fjord surrounds us on three sides.

 Hill overlooking our peninsula area. 

 Sunrise on our peninsula.

 Famous Norwegian cathedral in Trondheim.  So famous we can't remember the name.  It's huge and was built in the 1100's.  We're waiting for Wendy to come visit before paying to go inside.

Elder Moyes posing at the cathedral standing below a sculpture of his twin brother.

Saying Goodbye to Oslo/Sandvika

Sister Pedersen (left) and her husband replaced us as office secretaries.  Wonderful people who are native to the Oslo area.  Sister Johansen, mission president's wife, is in the center. Dana teaching Elder Pedersen how to do finances for the office.Norm teaching Sister Pedersen the duties of mission secretary.Shortly before moving to Trondheim we were invited to dinner by Eldbjorg, on the left.  "Ellie" was baptized a year ago and is a strong member in the Sandvika Ward.  Next to Ellie is Elizabeth's friend who is investigating the Church.  In the middle is Elizabeth, also baptized a year ago, Sister Johansen, and Dana.Sister Johansen with Elders Crandall and Dearden, mission AP's and both from Springville, Utah at a conference shortly before we moved to Trondheim.  Several Assistants to the President have patiently given us hours of help as we struggled to learn our duties in the office.

Goodbye Sandvika Oslo

The AP's moved into the apartment we vacated.  Dana wanted to be sure they never forgot us by placing probably 20 photos of us around the place, on the walls, inside cupboards, and even .....

Inside the  potty.

After saying goodbye to good friends in the Sandvika/Oslo area we took the 7 hour train ride to Trondheim.  We rode the train rather than fly because we had so much stuff.  Sounds like us.  Dana had never ridden a European train before and Norm hadn't been on one since Germany 40 years ago.  Trains have improved over the years.  Here we are sitting in the dining car.

Old timers will remember the winter Olympics held in Lillehammer, Norway sometime in the 90's.  The train passed through Lillehammer on the way to Trondheim so we grabbed a quick photo so we could say we'd been there.

We are here!

We arrived in Trondheim on February 8th where we  spent one day with the Sorensen's, the couple we replaced. This photo shows the Sorensen's last institute class where the young adults honored the couple, including this American flag dessert prepared by Corrie, a recent convert in Trondheim.

Young adults saying goodbye to the Sorensen's.  In the photo are 5 who were baptized within the past year and two more who are investigators.

Our new apartment in Trondheim in an area called Lade (pronounced La'-duh).  This is a before picture.

"Before" shot before Mom attacked the place.

After.