HAPPY NEW YEAR! Almost. Last week was pretty epic with Christmas and parties and loads of caroling all week, but I want to tell you about an awesome experience I had two weeks ago. (more…)
December, 2012
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Senior for a Day
December 31, 2012 by Sister Roueche
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A Special Christmas Broadcast
December 25, 2012 by Sister Roueche
Merry Christmas!!! I hope that you are all enjoying the wonders of this GREAT SEASON! My greatest present this year, besides the opportunity to be here in Korea, is that I get to talk to my parents on the phone! (more…)
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Party Time!
December 17, 2012 by Sister Roueche
This week I got to travel up to Daejeon where our mission’s headquarters is and have a giant Christmas party with all the other 94 missionaries serving with me. (more…)
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it…SNOW!
December 10, 2012 by Sister Roueche
I am currently emailing from the post office across the street from my new apartment! [Gwangju map wiki] And new it is! Nothing but dishes and furniture when we moved in. Slowly, thanks to the generosity of the elders already serving here and the local church members, we have collected some supplies and food. I am now dreading the amount of money I’ll have to spend one day when I move to a new city…a transition some might call “the real world.” My new companion 허상아 자매 (Sister Heo) and I are the “test run” for our mission in how to open a new area. With missionaries flooding the world, many places that haven’t had missionaries before or recently will go through what we are going through right now: a lack of hangers. Actually not being able to unpack was really the least of our concerns. On my way here, I gave away my Book of Mormon at the train station, so I didn’t even have a Book of Mormon to show people when we went out to teach! (more…)
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I can speak KOREAN!
December 3, 2012 by Sister Roueche
Yesterday was Fast Sunday. For Mormons, the first Sunday of every month is set aside for abstaining from two meals and a attending special meeting at church where anyone can bare his or her testimony. Money we don’t spend on the food and drink we would have eaten for breakfast and lunch goes to those in need. Fasting isn’t just starving though, we fast with a purpose in mind: a question or concern that we have for Heavenly Father. Our dedication to the fast and even our donation to help others shows Heavenly Father our humility and desire. I love fasting! (more…)
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