I have a lot of catching up to do. Before I post more about events that happened in my mission, I'd like to keep you up with whats going on in my life right now. When I was on my mission about ready to come home, I set a lot of goals for myself about how I am going to stay a missionary even when I'm home. I didn't think about how hard it would be to keep those goals! My first couple weeks as a return missionary were just a little hectic and I had a lot of catching up to do with just about all the people I've ever known. My brother Mark set me up on a date just a few days after I got back... He even called me when I was on my way back from the airport to tell me that I had that date coming up... It was just a little awkward since I had been avoiding girls like the plague while on my mission! Not so anymore :). Speaking English has been a problem even until now! I still cant pray in English...
It's been a lot harder than expected to try to live the life that I lived on my mission. There are so many temptations and distractions that it has all been rather overwhelming. I've been trying to keep myself busy though by going to singles ward activities and institute. Since most of my friends are still on their missions and everybody else is either at college or married... I've been able to make a lot of new friends. It's been good to socialize and get out of culture shock. Funny enough, I actually have more culture shock coming back to American than I did going to the Philippines. Funny how that works.
Life is still really good though. I'm finding purpose to my life every day and trying to become the person that I've been striving to be even though there has been quite a lot of speed bumps along the way. I think about my mission everyday and I wont ever stop thinking about it. However, I'm starting to find that I was always missing home a lot more than I even knew. It's good to be back!
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