Today I am reflecting on the fact that I have been home from my mission for just about 6 months! I returned back from Chile on July 28th, 2021. This blows my mind because it seriously feels like just yesterday that I was walking off of that plane and coming down the escalator to a crowd full of people that I love. They had signs, posters, and the biggest smiles. As soon as I saw my mom and embraced her, my eyes filled with tears and I couldn't believe I was finally in her arms. It was so surreal to be back with my siblings and lifelong friends. It took some encouragement from my siblings to take off my mask. I had been trained to keep it on in all public places because if I didn't in Chile the police would come and ask us to put in on and make sure that it completely covered our faces. After a chant of "CHI CHI CHI, LE LE LE, VIVA CHILE" and some hugging pictures, we walked to the car and went to grab some In-N-Out (A California classic). I walked into the restaurant and sat down with my sister and best friend Madison Frost. We ordered and got chatting. I slowly started to feel so weird. Here I was completely relaxing and eating yummy fast food, not doing anything crazy productive to help others in the middle of the day. It was different. I wasn’t used to it. The past few months though I have gotten used to it. But the goal is not to get too used to it–I still need to stay out of my comfort zone and look upwards and outwards.
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