We received the following email this morning from President Babin:
"To the Family of Sister Hansen:
Sister Babin and I were delighted to welcome your daughter, Sister Maren Mackenzie Hansen, into the France Paris Mission on 30 Sep 2014. She and her MTC companions were enthusiastic and all arrived in good health. She spent her first day eating some good food, visiting with me, contacting non-members in the heart of Paris, and sharing testimonies. We enjoyed her spirit.
"The next morning, after a mission orientation, Sister Hansen left for her first assignment to work in the Tours S 4 Area with Sister Hopkins, who will be her trainer.
"We feel very privileged to work with your daughter. We also realize the responsibility we share with you to help her continue to grow spiritually as she faithfully performs her duties. May the Lord inspire us all to sustain her in this challenging and exciting assignment. We hope you will join Sister Babin and me in praying each day for your daughter, her companion, investigators, and all of us serving in the France Paris Mission."
The city of Tours is located about 2.5 hours southwest of Paris, in the Loire valley, which is a very beautiful and historic part of France with many chateaux. From Wikipedia:
"It stands on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection (as perceived by some speakers) of its local spoken French, and the Battle of Tours in 732. It is also the site of the Paris–Tours road bicycle race. Tours is the largest city in the Centre region of France, although it is not the regional capital, which is the region's second-largest city, Orléans. In 2006, the city itself had 138,268 inhabitants and the metropolitan area had 546,105."
Here's a picture of Sister Hopkins, who is from California and has been on her mission since May:
Exciting!
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