Arrival in Paris

We haven't heard from Maren yet, but there are some pictures and videos on the mission Facebook page, showing the arrival of the 28 missionaries yesterday. Here's the video:

It sounds like there is a tradition to give all the arriving missionaries a "pain au chocolat" - which if you haven't had one is a puff pastry with a couple of pieces of dark chocolate inside. In the south of France we called them chocolatines, and they were one of the reasons I gained 20 lbs on my mission. Maren will love that I posted this picture, I'm sure:

Looking at previous posts on the Facebook page, it looks like there will probably be more videos and pictures soon, showing the assignments for each of the missionaries. Hopefully more to come soon.

The Facebook page also has some recent photos of the early construction of the Paris temple (near Versailles), which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016. C'est fantastique!