Christmas time is also busy in Paris

What a great week.  We have begun to meet and remember the names of many of our Young Adults who come to the Center.  We have also attended some parties for the Young Adults. 

 

Brother Gilger (standing on my right next to the door ) is a counselor in the Paris ward Bishopric and his wife is the Relief Society President.  He works for IBM here and they invited us along with the Young Adults in the ward to their apartment near the Arc de Triomphe in the center of Paris for a Christmas party.  We had a wonderful time with them and were joined by Elder and Sister Hadfield and Elder and Sister Prince who direct the work in the Visitors Center at St. Merri.  We enjoyed wonderful food as well as singing Christmas carols and watched a great presentation about the birth, life  and mission of Jesus Christ.

Snow fell for the first time this year during the week but didn’t stay long because it had melted in the rain by the afternoon.  It did remain cold for a couple of days and we saw frost.  The English conversation class is going well with about a dozen people attending.  We will be busy next week preparing Christmas snacks for two Missionary Zone Conferences.

 I was particularly pleased to sustain along with the other members of the ward a couple (pictured here with Dixie) from the our home ward, the Torcy ward, to serve as ward missionaries.  Brother Lazerus is a retired medical doctor who has helped many missionaries with medical needs including me.  He and is wife speak good English and will be excellent additions to the missionary work in the Torcy ward.  As you can see they are younger than Dixie and I because people can retire earlier here in France.  We look forward to other couples joining them.