Happy St. Patrick's Day! We had the chance to go to dinner with the Mission President and his wife of the Paris France Mission. For those of you who do not know I am working as a volunteer with all of the LDS missionaries in Northern France and Brussels (270 in total) to coordinate their medical care and help keep them all healthy. The missionaires are young men and women who leave their home (for 18 months for the girls and 2 years for the boys) to come serve people and teach people about Jesus Christ. They can be sent anywhere in the world and do not get to chose where they go. The mission president is in charge of all of the missionaries in a certain area. The President of the Paris France mission and his wife are truly amazing people and it was so fun to spend an evening with them. We had dinner then walked around downtown Brussels and finished our night off with a famous Belgium waffle at the Mannequin Pis statue.
It was St. Patrick's Day so the Grand Place was all lit up in green!
The reason the mission president and his wife were in Brussels was that one of the leaders of our church, Elder D. Todd Christofferson, was visiting Brussels to have meetings with the European Union. The next day Maddie and I had the opportunity to go hear him speak. He spoke to a group of missionaires, making Maddie the only baby present. Elder Chistofferson was so kind as he met us and spoke to baby Maddie and his words were truly motivating and inspiring. I enjoy working with the missionaries and am grateful for the chance it gives me to keep using some of my medical knowledge while we are here in Belgium.
Hello Kellen and Sarah. We are Aj, Yui, and Macky. We are doing a French Missionary project and we choose you. Can you please send us information about your missionary? Please email me back at akshayasrikanthan@gmail.com. Thank you.
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