Is there life after mission?

I posted this chapter because of Shauna. After church she asked if I had written anything since our mission. "No, I am busy, I don't know where to begin, I don't know what to say, I haven't been taking pictures, I am six weeks behind, our life doesn't compare to our mission." Is that enough excuses? I said to myself, "just do it, just do something." So I set a goal: by the end of Monday night, enter a post. We visited Matilda before she left Utah to travel back to Falenu in Tutuila. We love her.

Tasi (center) was in our Mesepa Internation Ward in American Samoa. We got to meet two of her daughters. She is one of the kindest people we know.

"Matthew and Jessica, look we are playing dominoes all by ourselves, and we remembered the rules. We wish you were here to play with us."

We told several families all about Samoa and our mission during Family Home Evenings. These sweet young boys tried on our missionary tags. They will have their own in a few short years.

Our sweet Marcie got married while we were on our mission. She is a lovely wife.

It has been wonderful visiting our family. Danny, our daughter Megan and son-in-law Mike, and Danny's mother, Diane.

I began preschool again. I LOVE TEACHING PRESCHOOL. We had a great time in the cold snow. I haven't experienced this in almost two years.

It is just plain hard to express all the feelings of our heart. It is pulled and twisted all over the place. We loved our mission in Samoa. The people we met are dear to us, and have changed our lives forever, for good. We too, are excited to be home because this is where our family is.