Yes, I heard earlier today about the news of the new mission president. You probably knew before I did because I heard just a couple of hours ago. And no, I have no idea who he is. If I ever serve in the Evry area (which is where he's from, its part of Paris) then I'll meet him. If not, then I'll meet him when he becomes mission president or if there’s a conference before or something.

That's cool about the guy from our stake coming out here, speaking Spanish!!

So for p day today I found this really cool store with just all sorts of random stuff that I liked. I almost bought a hammock to sleep on in the apartment....... but I didn’t. I bought a new coat, new pants to wear everyday, and some ties. Everything is so expensive here, but this time of year is when the sales are around 20-60% off, so I took advantage. It happens like twice or three times a year. It’s called Soldes. Mark will know about it.

This week we got a referral from Mormon.org!  He's this guy from Bulgaria who lives here in Mulhouse. He knows French. He is actually in the military for France. He saw a show on National Geographic about Mormons and it caught his attention and so he went to Mormon.org and wanted to meet missionaries so he put in his information. We met him and he's a really nice guy! We just introduced what we do as missionaries and introduced the Book of Mormon and he liked it!  He's cool. We're meeting with him more this week.

So to answer your question on how I got to the leader training conference in Paris, I can go two ways; take a train from here to Dijon (which is out of our mission boundaries, but president knows and okays it) then get to Paris. It takes about 3 hours or so. Or I go from here to Strasbourg (one hour) then go 2 1/2 hours from there to Paris. I did the one going to Strasbourg because I went with the Zone Leaders who are in Strasbourg. I stayed in Strasbourg for the night then we got up early and took a train.

Things are going well. Next week is transfers so I’ll find out who my new companion is! One last question, how do I make Pizza? I want to make it. I think they already sell pre-made crust at the stores, but you can include that recipe also!

Thanks!