Meeting new people.

This is going to be short. I hope to post something longer later today.

Yesterday, Sunday Apr 26, I attended in the morning, as usual, the German ward. At the end, I met a senior missionary couple named Atkinson. I asked them if they spoke German and they said no. (Once again I ask myself, “why are they sending only-English speakers to Europe?”) Well, it turns out they have a rather special calling, one that sounds pretty “adventuresome.” They are charged with setting up a Church-sponsored anti-drug program in countries in Europe. I guess they are talking to government and healthcare officials in many countries. So they often don't need to have any other language, since many such people in Europe (who are, by definition, well-educated) speak English. Still, it would be nice if they could at least greet such people in French and/or German and/or other languages.

Anyway, this couple said they travel a lot! I told them Nicky's father-in-law has a new calling involving the same thing in his stake in Buffalo, N. Y. The couple said they were in Paris last week and it was Stake Conference with meetings held, I think, in the rue Merrie meeting house. They were * im-pressed! * by what they saw! It's a 16th century building, and it was filled!!! I think Stacy and Alice have seen that building, and I hope some day I can see it too.