Last Norway Blog

Dear Friends and Family;

This has been a busy week getting ready to head for home.  We travelled to Oslo for our last zone conference. We had a wonderful conference.  We also had a going away fireside with the Hill's at the mission home.  They have been so kind to us.  We have found many eternal friends here in Norway.  We had a wonderful experience paricipating in the Christmas play "Did you see Him" in Stavanger.  Sister Mead wrote the play.  The Ward had a going away party for us Sunday night.  Many tears and hugs.  Wonderful people.  We had our last family night last night.  We will miss these awesome young people.  We leave our apartment at 4:00 AM on Thursday Norway time (8:00 PM Wednesday MST).  We get to Salt Lake about 2:00 Thursday afternoon and home to Cody about 11:00 PM.  It will be great to get home.  This has been a special and growing experience.  We are excited to see each of you soon. 

Love, Elder and Sister Gormley 

The Stavanger Ward.  December 10, 2017.  Gormley's going away party.

 Elder Cole in Oslo

Shopping in Oslo with the Cooks and Bergquists.  

Touring the Opera House in Oslo

First snow Saturday night.  Pretty and white.

Elder Garlick and Memmot with Sister Gormley

Sister Gormley with our special friend Charlotte Evanger.  I was able to give her a name and a blessing in church on Sunday

Vebjøtn Øglend, he joind the church this year as is doing great.

Marianna Munoz, she joined the church last year and just came home from England as an exchange student.  Super young lady.

Did You See Him?

Christmas Play Program

The three wise me, Leo Obrect and Sigurd Siglevik

Choir of Angels

Head Angel, Sister Gormley

Cast of "Did You See Him"

December 9, 2017

Stavanger Norway

We'll be home for Christmas

Dear Family and Friends;

I thought it was time to write at least one blog!  Our time in Norway is coming to an end.  The experiences and love we have felt will always stay in our hearts.  We have made so many new friends, felt the strength of many missionaries and have loved our YSA.  Our YSA endured an American turkey dinner with all of the fixings this month.  It is very different food for them.   We have been very busy in November.  We had a couples conference in Oslo that we coordinated.  We planned and prepared the food.  It was wonderful to get to the new couples here in Norway.  We are the longest here and were asked for much advice!!  We have had many goodbyes.  In Haugesund we bore our testimonies, had a great dinner made by Marianne and took a branch photo.  What wonderful people.  We bore our last testimonies in Stavanger.  The were many hugs and tears following the meeting.  The Lord has blessed our lives!  We will never forget these people.  We have made eternal friends.

Love Elder and Sister Gormley

Couples Conference in Oslo November 2017

(LtoR) Marvin & Lynette Miller, W. Keith & Sue Cook, Randy & Kathie Bergquist, 

Reed & Catherine Robinson, Tracy & Joeen Hill, Randall & Laurie Gormley, 

Reynold & Diane Brown,  Merrill & Elizabeth Jensen

Skogveien 7 in Jar (Oslo).  Were I lived on the top floor 42 years ago.

Thanksgiving with the YSA and missionaries.

Anskar and Åse Steffensen.  

(LtoR) Sisters Morris, Gormley, Sorensen and Eirin, a special investagator

Almar Nystad, Branch President in Drammen in 1974.

Branch Presidency in Haugesund. Randall Gormley, THunder Olsen and Ismo Hiltunen

Kristine Olsen.  

Anstien and Erna Olsen

(LtoR) Elders Welch, Garlick, Sperry & Braunberger, Sisters Sorensen and Morris

Transfer Breakfast

Kari & Lars Steinsvik from Haugesund

Haugesund Branch in November 2017

Tanita Kristiansen

Last bike ride on the fjord

Helene & Snore Gangsøy family

Johannes, Joanna & Celine Bjerge

Leo Obrecht

Stavanger Oilers Hockey game with the YSA December 2017

(LtoR Top) Elder GOrmley, Anstein Olsen, Sister Gormley, Sigurd, Ole

(LtoR Bottom) Lene, Linn. Maie, Louie. Leo, Vebjørn

Ole, Sigurd and Sister Gormley at the Hockey game

The YSA made a candel light dinner for us to thank us.  Very special surprise.