Another new experience. Attended the ward in Moss, Norway today.
There is only one ward meeting in this chapel. They started at 11am
in Relief Society, followed by Sunday School then Sacrament. The
lessons were familiar so I could follow them in English on my phone.
When they showed videos though, they were in English. In Relief
Society there were about 27 women.
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| Moss LDS Chapel |
This building was quite different to ours. The hallways and foyer do
not have carpet. The mothers room was stocked with disposable diapers
etc. The chapel has chairs – not pews – that way they can use
them for the hall as well. Lots of young families.
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| Back of Relief Society Room |
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| Front of Relief Society room |
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| Foyer |
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| Primary Room |
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| Mothers Room |
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| Chapel |
Many people spoke to me and reverted to English when they realised I
could not understand a word they were saying. Two sister missionaries
were from the United States. A very pleasant new experience. TM.
After church we went to look at their family history centre. Wow! A
great room. The director came down and I showed her how to access
some NZ records. She is a well known Norwegian family history
blogger. Cathrine Apelseth-Aanensen.
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| Family History Centre |
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| Family History Centre |
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Cathrine, Me and Margaret
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Goodbye to Moss chapel from the car park at the back of the building.
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ReplyDeleteGreat to see you getting in touch with your Norweigan relies. Its many years since I have been to Oslo - 1989, in my case on business but stayed with friends in Drammen and got the Horten to Moss ferry when on my way to the extra high voltage cable testing facility at Halden. I was involved with the laying of the Cook Strait HVDC cables in 1990. Halden is to the east off the E6 and close to the bridge connecting Norway and Sweden.
ReplyDeleteMy Norwegian relatives came from Stange - about 30km north of the new Oslo Airport on the E6