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Welcome to This is the Gospel, an LDS living podcast where we feature real stories from real

people who are practicing and living their faith every day.

I'm your host, Karin Le.

If you've ever said to yourself, look, I'm just not that adventurous.

You're in good company.

Growing up in Pennsylvania, I never thought to imagine myself as a world traveler navigating

strange cities where I could barely speak the language.

I mean, I wasn't even brave enough to strap two sticks to my feet and slide down a mountain

for school ski weekends.

So how could I even think about something as foreign as a study abroad in college?

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