MormonTimes.com: Reaching outside ourselves

LONG BEFORE SHE became my wife, Kristine Allen dreamed of living in France, and, being the kind of person she is, she made her plans and carried them out.

Her father had taught in BYU's Semester Abroad in Grenoble one year, while the family stayed home. When the program was moved to Paris, Kristine determined to go one day and began to prepare.

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