And then the other day, I got home after classes, and my roommate Clémence told me there'd be someone coming by to film around dinner time that evening. Kind of the same thing--later that evening, a guy with a camera, a girl, and some other guy who didn't seem to be entirely connected came in to our apartment--following another of my roommates, Sydney. They walked in and I kind of rolled my eyes and muttered "great" in French.
Then they turned off the camera...it turned out that, unlike the first group, this group actually spoke French. In fact, they had come from France (except the third guy, who seemed to be a guide/host from Church headquarters). They began introducing their network--M6, a national network in France. It was about this point that I realized this was a little bigger than the BYU TV guys.
It turns out they're working on a huge...special? on Mormons. They followed missionaries around in France and talked with members there, they came to Utah and went to Temple Square, Welfare Square...and BYU! Asking Sydney about it later, they followed her around for most of the day. She got pulled out of class that morning--someone at BYU helped them narrow down students. Sydney said they were looking for someone who lived in the French House and was taking a French class.
They came to dinner--watched us eat--and asked everyone questions. Questions about why BYU, about the Honor Code, about what we do on the weekends, about dating. I hope we represented well. The next day in the shower, I started to wonder--will we be the only representation of young American Mormons? I wonder...
Last of all, I finally have pictures working again...here are some from the FLSR. Just for the sake of finally adding pictures again.
This is my Russian friend Alla making me kimchi.
Sidewalk chalk messages for roommates.
And me. In someone's apartment. Mine?
