First sacrament meeting in Oslo
Well, not exactly Oslo. The LDS ward we'll probably be attending is in Sandvika (pronounced SAHN-vee-kah), which is just a little west of Oslo, so I took the train out there today and tried to find the chapel. The address was somewhat difficult, and nobody that I asked knew where it was, so it took me about an hour to find it. I thought I was going to arrive early but ended up arriving with just enough time to catch the tail end of sacrament meeting. The info I had looked up online said that meetings began at 12:50, but it turned out this was just for the final meeting; the schedule actually begin at 11am. So it was a good thing I arrived when I did, or I might have missed it altogether.
The chapel looked similar to others I've seen, but had a distinctive Nordic style to it, with plenty of exposed wood. They had wreaths up for Christmastime.
The members were very kind to me, and excited to see another family potentially moving into the ward. Knowing that we hadn't figured out exactly where we were going to live yet, they all did their best to encourage us to decide to move there. Here are a couple of kind sisters I met there, Ågot Amundsen and Solveig Wyssenbach:
One of the members of the bishopric works as an appraiser and knows a lot about property values. He recommended an area called Slemmestad as a good location that is close enough to Oslo but relatively less expensive than the surrounding areas. A few families with kids our age live there too. So I'll definitely be investigating that area for potential places to live.
