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Saturday, April 4th

I should have started writing this 59 days ago. And there is no promise that I am going to make it the next 486ish days.

Welcome to Eventyrene av Søster Emery og venner av det Norge , Oslo Misjonsstasjon.

Yeah, it's annoying when people think it's cute and clever to add a bunch of Norwegian to a message meant for English readers. So, I'll prøve å administrere meg selv!

Hillary, Sister Glosova, and Sister Wallace are two days away from leaving the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah and flying to Oslo, Norway, where they will spend the next 484 days teaching the folks there about the church and serving their fellowpersons.

I missed out blogging about her MTC experience, so, allow me to plagiarize from a letter from Sister Alicia Wallace, one of Hillary's two companions there:

(sent to her family)

So far, the girls have experienced,

2 Apostles

1 general conference

1 surgery

7 temple trips

about 30 toilets cleaned:)

8 sacrament meetings

about 35 miles runabout

60 salads eaten

about 40 grapefruits

about 60 chocolate chip cookies:)

9 Movies watched---5 of them were the Joseph Smith Movie---I could probably quote most of it:)

12 boxes of tic tacs eaten---missionaries can't chew gum:)

about 220 hours in the classroom with a teacher

about 440 hours in the classroom total

about 4030 hymns sung

about 930 bathroom breaks---One day we counted and Sister Glosova went to the bathroom 18 times in one day! It makes me laugh.

23 Health Center visits

7 visits to the outside world:)

16 loads of Laundry

about 80+ trips to the post office

about 125 times sister emery loses her blue card (thats the card that pays for everything:)

about 12 bags of cheetoes:)

7 districts have come into our branch while we have been here at the MTC.

-2 pounds gained---yahoo! I fluctuated a lot though:)

1 hair cut

2 wonderful companions

endless prayers

Norwegian? Still working on it:)

I went on a mission myself, back when we had coal-powered scriptures. And although it was one of the most amazing and important things I've ever done, it didn't translate well into letters home. Kind of dry and repetitive. So I might have to sprinkle the blog with some imaginary exciting events and situations. It will be subtle, so it won't be disruptive.

Next issue: Laser attack over the Pacific!