Our host family had a party on Saturday night to celebrate the engagement of one of their five children (all are grown—the youngest is my age). Our host father said it would have been a good joke to tell us the party was for us. The party was a fancy cocktail/hors d’oeuvres party. We talked to some of the guests, including a girl who is dating one of the sons in our host family. She said that she’s so excited for the happy couple but that it’s such a quick engagement and they’re so young. We asked a few more questions and found out that they’re 28 and 26 and have been dating for a year and a half. And the wedding’s not till next summer. I just had to chuckle at her shock.
Church on Sunday was great. You know how they always say that the Church is the same everywhere? Case in point:
•The Relief Society teacher really had to fish for participation.
•The Relief Society president asked sisters to please, please try hard to be on time.
•The first words out of the Sunday school teacher’s mouth were something to the effect of, “Okay, everyone. We’ve got lots to cover today, so let’s get going.”
•The Relief Society teacher asked us all to move to the front, and she was asked to speak louder.
•The bishop announced that there were seats up in the front for the latecomers.
•Some of the children in sacrament meeting had quite the lungs.
After church, we went and sat on the grass by the Eiffel Tower.
I’ve seen most of the major sites in Paris. I love the Tuileries Gardens (my spell check thinks I misspelled that and suggests Toiletries instead). It’s so great to walk around or to just go sit there to think or write.
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