Hello Brother & Sister Merz, We were excited to greet and meet your son! He arrived in Nairobi on October 25 with 10 other new missionaries. President & Sister Msane had a training meeting for the new arrivals yesterday and today they are off to their new areas. Your son looked great and it was fun to get to know him. He will be a wonderful missionary. Attached is a letter from President Msane, a picture with Pres & Sis Msane, and a picture of a him by the lovely Carl Bloch painting of the Savior on the Mount of Beatitudes that hangs in the Mission Home. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to send me an email or phone me at the number below. We promise to take good care of all of our missionaries! Nice to learn of Elder Merz’s German background. (I asked him about his name). My grandmother spoke only German until she was 6 years old. Her parents came from German-speaking Switzerland. My grandfather’s parents were from Germany. So we have a bit in common. Sister Torrie