Day 7 - The Paris France LDS temple

The main reason we decided to go to Paris when we did was because we wanted to attend the open house of the Paris France LDS temple. As we pulled up on that rainy Wednesday morning, I didn't even realize we had arrived at the temple until the driver actually stopped, the temple blended in so well with the surrounding buildings. Although our Uber driver passed on Josh's invitation to go in with us, the rest of us were eager to look around and start our tour of this special temple.

We were not allowed to take pictures of the inside but it was absolutely beautiful as all temples are. The couple who led us through had such a great spirit about them and the story of their temple service was inspiring. The older gentleman had served his mission in France many years ago and even before the call went out for temple volunteers for the open house, he and his wife had bought airplane tickets and made arrangements to be there. They knew they wanted to serve!
There is always a room set apart at the end of the tour with pictures and videos for visitors to look at so it was there that I got to take pictures of some of the amazing examples of art glass that were on display throughout the temple.

We then spent some time roaming around the outside, admiring the gorgeous flowers...

and of course the large Christus. This temple does not have a Moroni statue so as to reflect France's architecture and history and blend in with the beauty already present there but to make sure that all who visit know that we are Christians and that we believe Jesus Christ is our Savior, there is this statue of him in the courtyard.

What a wonderful, spiritual morning spent at the first temple in France!