Missionary moments

My mom and dad are serving an 18 month mission in Norway. My dad served there when he was 19 and had never been back until about 5 years ago, when he, my mom, my dad's brothers/sisters and spouses and even my sister and her husband went - we helped watch their 5 kids while they were gone....We only had Lea at the time...... :) They've been there now since Aug 2009 - we love getting emails, seeing pictures and chatting with them on skype. They travel ALOT and some members travel great distances to get to church and go as often as they can. Some traveling up to 5 hours one way just to attend church. So my parents travel to see the members (less active, active and investigators) wherever they live. Their recent trip was to Mo I Rana this past weekend, about a 7 hour train ride from Trondheim where they are living. My mom does not speak much Norwegian but is learning and my dad translates for her. She always says her Norwegian comes out with a Spanish accent. :)

1st day there - notice the nice weather, no jackets, my mom in short sleeves.......

Beautiful colors and my beautiful mom

My mom/dad's apartment - celebrating Christmas with the Sisters and Elders

I think this is my dad's first self portrait - not sure I've ever seem him do that before. He loves to take pictures and said their drives go much quicker when it's dark because he can't stop to take pictures of the beautiful scenery.

4:30 pm in Mo I Rana - some places never get daylight and during the summer it's the land of the midnight sun as the sun never goes down. Not the same nice weather when they got there in August, but they love it nonetheless and are enjoying the people and taking care of the sisters/elders and anyone else in need. My parents are great that way - always helping and serving and both very talented in all aspects of life.

One other quick story - this little bunny is at a members house. My parents went there one day to visit with the family and my mom got too close to the cage. Pretty soon the bunny was nibbling on the bottom of her skirt. She had to go home and mend her skirt. Lucas thought this was so funny that a bunny would eat Grandma's skirt - he laughed and asked me to tell the story again. :) The next time my parents went to visit this family, my dad took this picture - there is more distance between my mom and the cage now. Apparently, the bunny has nibbled on the owner's pants when she was standing too close. Bad little bunny!