A Long Awaited Homecoming

LANCE IS HOME!!! On Feb 5th Lance returned from El Salvador skinny and happy! We all met him at the Salt Lake Airport. We arrived a little early and waited for what seemed like forever and then there he came with four other missionaries from the east mission. Mason and Logan had signs for him and the rest of us just had our open arms. It was wonderful! A lot has happened over the last 2 years and I am sure it was tough to be gone while it was all going on but I'll tell ya, Lance is one strong spirit! Nathan and I just loved to hear him talk, he's so grown up and he speaks 2 languages and it awesome to hear his experiences. It truly opens your eyes to how blessed we are to live in America and have the freedoms we have. Lance has since bought himself a car, started working for Nathan, went on a date (or two) , and he just keeps going. I have thought about way it's so hard to take off the name badge and get into the routine of life and I just didn't understand it. I asked Nathan way it's just so special? He and Lance both said that, "it's because you know that's the only time in your life when your going to be able to set aside everything of the world and serve you Savior. There will never be a time when life doesn't get in the way. It's unfortunate and it's just hard to let it go." I really believe that. Everyday we have to life and make ends meat and worry about all the other things in life to survive and it's difficult to find the right balance and often times we are more heavy on the life side rather than the spiritual side. What a testament to the atonement and working everyday to be better than you were the day before!