One of the things we learned on our Mexico mission trip was the value of togetherness. It was a shock to our systems, even this introvert who heavily values down time, to go from constant companionship to nothing overnight. We missed each other so much! We really wanted to try to incorporate that into our individualistic culture when we returned from the trip. So Terry and Mike scheduled a get together a mere six days after returning on June 22.
It was nowhere near as nice as the reunion Paul and Jana hosted at their place after the 2015 trip, and not every single person could come, but it was still really good to be together.
Proof Jake smiles 😏😙
Never again could we all be together like we were on that trip. Someone would always have something else going on. Life would just go back to normal unfortunately. We're all too busy.
Mike is always happy!
Noah chillin.
Evie confusedly singing? Ha ha ha.
Singing our favorite song together again, My Lighthouse.
The next thing we had planned was a report to the church, scheduled two weeks after our return, on the evening of June 30. Sarah came over sometime before to give Terry the video that she had made. Terry made another two and Suzanne made one.
Evie and Hailey all smiles.
More smiles from Savannah and Emily. My mom came and stayed for the entire three hours.
I didn't know Hannah, Tori, and Emily had all bought matching dresses. So pretty.
The entire team stayed on the stage for three hours while we shared about our trip. I knew we'd go long, but that was pretty crazy.
It was a pretty good turnout too! We did have a built in coffee and dessert break halfway through and some people left at that point.
We sang our favorite songs.
And every single person shared at least one time (except Sarah N. I believe because she's so shy).
Evie read hers. 😅 It was a wonderful night!
Singing one of our Spanish songs.
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