Surgery! Another Baptism! Moves.

Surgery!  Dana's hand had big-time pain and numbness causing great discomfort and loss of sleep.  Nine doctors later, each of whom spent a lot of time with her trying to diagnose and prescribe was an  unpleasant but caring, personal experience.  Total cost: about $200.00.  Surgery was free.  

Acute Carpel Tunnel surgery.  Doc #9 also found fluid in the hand that he had to remove.  They had to do the surgery soon; waiting could have produced nerve damage and loss of feeling in some of her fingers.

Is that pretty or what?  A piece of art.  Surgery seems to have been successful and Dana's on the mend.  Lots of people have been helping her do things like cooking for 30 and cleaning.  Putting on makeup is a challenge, and no, Norm doesn't do it for her.  She would never trust him - for good reason.  One of Dana's biggest frustrations has been that she hasn't been able to cut her own hair as she has done so often.  So she went to a salon and paid the $90. for someone else to give her one.  And there are a lot of missionaries and YSA who are having to go elsewhere for their cuts.

The branch lawn mower is a hovering machine.  No wheels.  Works well on flat ground but the grass belonging to the church lies on a very steep hill, making it very difficult to maneuver.

Hardest lawn he's ever had to cut.

Yonas, our awesome investigator living three hours north of the church, was baptized!  Stian baptized him and he was taught by Elders Linge and Brown.

Dennis, gotta love him.

Mali and her brother, Daniel, two of our very faithful, caring young adults.  Mali was baptized last summer.

Maria, our awesome new YSA Council President, savors a bite of Sister Springer's yummy chocolate cake/brownie.

Sam, our wonderful new YSA Council VP is one of five new YSA we received in August.  Somebody opened the window during FHE so he grabbed a snuggy.

Moves Day!  Otherwise known as transfer day.  Elder Linge, one of our awesome zone leaders, successfully completed his mission and has now returned home.  Having a great sense of humor he is known as a champion of one-liners.

Elder Brown, our other terrific zone leader and solver of all our technology problems was transferred to Romerike to train a new missionary.

Elder Anderson was born in Trondheim four months ago, meaning he came to us as a new missionary.  The fearless hunter has seen a lot of success in Trondheim.  He is moving to Tonsberg  as a senior companion.

How do you turn these pics the right direction?  We'll work on it.  Sister Fredrickson, also born in Trondheim six months ago has earned a reputation for hard work and strict obedience.  Having worn a coat during the entire month of July we can only imagine her situation as she moves to the city of Bergen this winter.

Moves Day, November, 2011.  Sisters Fredrickson, Grass, Springer, Mergens and Floyd.  Elders Brown, Anderson, Springer, Linge, and Bischoff.  A good group.