Being Home

Well guys, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I've been home from my mission for 2 weeks now.
2 whole weeks!
Can you believe that?
I can't.

I need to thank my lovely parents for allowing me to serve the Lord for 18 months.
That is the best thing I have ever done.

I also want to thank my parents for posting my weekly emails on this blog for me, so you could all read about my life as a missionary in Detroit.

Now, I'm about to answer the question that everyone keeps asking me:
How are you adjusting?

Well, very well thank you :)
Sure I'm still adjusting, but I don't feel like I'm sinning when I hear normal music or wear pants.;)
I've been able to just jump back into life and it's been very relaxing.
I still don't know how to use my phone though...technology is so foreign to me, haha.

While adjusting to normal people life hasn't been to rough, I still miss Michigan.
I miss being a missionary.
BUT, I can say that it feels so nice to relax and sit and do nothing.
I loved being a missionary, but 18 months was enough.
Let me tell you why.

Being a missionary is exhausting mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
All of that has lifted and it's really nice.
But, it's funny because though I was exhausted out of my mind (I'm not quite sure how I functioned out there), it was the best time of my life.

The reason I can say, I'm glad to be home, is because I served with all my heart, might, mind and strength.
I find comfort in knowing that I did all that the Lord needed me to do in Detroit.
I am no longer needed in that way, and the Lord will need my efforts in different ways now.

I'm excited for what God has in store for me next :)

D&C 6:36
"Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not."


Love, Emma