Tuesday, February 13, 2018

New Beginnings Welcomes New Girls

New Beginnings on the evening of Sunday, February 11 was a beautiful program with our amazing young women welcoming 4 girls turning twelve in the next few months and transitioning from Primary into Young Women's.

To begin, New YW President Annie Green spoke on peace and the importance of finding peace in Christ.

From there, the program was almost all girl-powered with Olivia Kerr delivering the Young Womens theme, before inviting all to stand and recite it together.  Then Grace Christensen shared thoughts on the motto. 

Traci Clem, a member of the Beehive class; Sally Fraser, a Mia Maid; and Cara Bair, a Laurel, explained the symbols of each class.

Those who introduced the values of the Personal Progress program included Ivie Adams (Faith), Sage Wilkes (Divine Nature), Melissa Larson (Individual Worth and Good Works), Martha Bown (Knowledge), Alanis Taylor (Choice and Accountability), Alyssa Brown (Integrity) and Andrea Brown (Virtue).

Wrapping up this beautiful program, Laura Brown, who earned her Young Womanhood Recognition Award at an early age spoke on What My Honor Bee Means and Tavia Clem, who will soon be receiving her Young Womanhood Recognition spoke on why she decided to work toward this important achievement.

The future of the Church and the world was gathered in the YWs room.  What an outstanding group of Young Women.

Saturday, February 10, 2018

Returnere med ære, Sister Aspen Honey Bair


Sister Aspen Honey Bair, 3rd of Bishop Mike and Lori Bair's 4 children - and their 2nd missionary - entered the Provo MTC on Wednesday, February 14 for the first 6 weeks of her 18 months of service in the Norway Oslo Mission.  This is also where she will begin to learn the language of her mission.  

Norwegian is a Germanic language but is closely related to Danish and Swedish. Written Norwegian is virtually identical to Danish. Swedes, Norwegians and the Danish understand each other easily. Norwegian is also related to Icelandic, German, Dutch, and English and is considered the easiest of the Scandinavian languages to learn.


Sister Bair states she requested a foreign mission when she submitted her missionary application, but was shocked to discover her assigned mission field when she opened her call letter just before Thanksgiving.  “I didn’t even know where Norway is,” she notes with a smile, “but those who have been there tell me 'it is beautiful, although the winters take some getting used to'.” 

The Book of Mormon was translated into Danish in 1850 - the first language other than English and only 20 years after the Church was organized – which was used in early proselytizing in Norway. The first missionaries came to Norway in 1851 and the first two congregations were organized in July 1852. By 1930 there were over 8,000 members. But, large numbers of Norwegian members emigrated to the United States beginning in the late 1800's although this out-migration virtually stopped after World War II.  This "seeking their Zion" limited expansion of the Church in Norway.  Post-war, Norway became in increasingly secular country.  Despite this secularization, there are now more than a few 2nd and 3rd generation faithful members and strong Church leadership in Norway.  Current membership in Norway's only mission is 4,633.

The members of the B7 Ward look forward to reading about your adventures and seeing the growth of your testimony.  May God be with you ... 

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Activity Days Girls Use the Alphabet for Service

The Activity Day Girls had lots of fun doing a service project for Switchpoint.  They did an Alphabet Scavenger Hunt for canned goods relating to each letter they were assigned (i.e., B for beans, P for peanut butter, T for tuna fish).  They had 25 minutes to find their canned goods at the homes of neighbors and ward members, and while they didn’t get all of them, they did pretty darned good in collecting food items for local residents in need.  These girls are awesome!  Thanks to all those who helped them out.

Activity Days is a Primary program which meets on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month with Sisters Elaine Christensen, Tami Sevier, Anita Sterner and Donna Ortiz called to serve as Activity Day leaders.