Veronica Rosdahl, daughter of New Canaan residents Vince and Diana Rosdahl, returns home on Tuesday, July 29, after serving for 18 months in the Santiago, Chile, West mission as a volunteer missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She will speak about her experiences in Chile on Sunday, August 10, at 1 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Church at 682 South Ave. The community is welcome to attend.
Additionally, two 2013 graduates of New Canaan High School recently left to begin their full-time missionary service. Alima Cannon left the missionary training center in Provo, Utah, on July 15 to begin her mission in Kennewick, Washington, and Andrew Read left the language-training program in Mexico City, Mexico, to begin his service in Quito, Ecuador on July 16.
The New Canaan Ward (congregation) currently has 13 young adults — nine women and four men — serving missions throughout the world: Gabrielle Ames, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Interlagos Mission; Alima Cannon, Washington, Kennewick Mission; Elizabeth Checketts, Washington, D.C. Mission; Chloe Davis, Cambodia, Phnom Penh Mission; Zach Edwards, Brazil, Londrina Mission; Taylor Goormastic, Utah, Salt Lake City Mission; Aubreigh Guynn, Brazil, Campinas Mission; Vanessa Neeleman, Brazil, Curitiba Mission; Andrew Read, Ecuador, Quito Mission; Declan Rosdahl, Utah, Salt Lake City West Mission; Veronica Rosda, Brazil, Sao Paulo North Mission; and Nick White, Zimbabwe, Harare Mission.
Approximately 85,000 men and women between the ages of 18-25 will serve missions worldwide this year. Expenses are paid by the missionary or the family during this voluntary service.
Veronica Rosdahl of New Canaan returns from her volunteer missionary work for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday, July 29. She speaks about it on Sunday, Aug. 10, a the New Canaan church on South Avenue.