That moment when your stake president says, “You are now
released, you can take off your tag” is probably the hardest thing a return
missionary has to hear. You would think that after spending a year and a half
to two years away from your family and friends you would be excited to finally
hear those words! It’s actually the opposite. Something that all missionaries
would agree with is that people that you serve and get to know as a missionary,
really become your friends and family. I missed my family! A lot! Don’t get me
wrong.. Missionaries just live in a world, that when they return home, no one
knows about. The funny, scary, sad, happy, and spiritual experiences that happened
to us each day can’t be fully expressed. If it was the Philippines, Ecuador,
Texas, or Idaho; the places we served will always have a special place in our
hearts. The thing that we now need to learn is how take the tag off and become
the children of God in society that we need to be. Adjusting is no easy
experience; I still feel like a missionary walking in the midst of college
students. Something that my mission president always told me was that the best
days of our lives happen after the mission. That was always something that was
hard for me to believe. I mean, the mission was the best! That is why I wanted to dedicate this blog to that adjusting
missionary out there. If you’re anything like me, this task is a little
daunting and nothing close to easy. The fact of the matter is that serving a
mission was the best thing to help our lives and we can apply every single
thing that we learned and experienced into our everyday lives as “normal”
people. We’ll go through this journey of a 21 year old returned missionary
adjusting through college life. 