Early Homecoming: Insights from Missionaries who Returned Early artwork

005: Deby's Dual Perspective as an Early-Returned Missionary and as the Parent of an Early-Returned Missionary

Early Homecoming: Insights from Missionaries who Returned Early

English - August 25, 2019 06:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Deby returned home early from her mission in the Washington D.C. South Mission after 12 months. She shares her struggles with anxiety, depression, and an eating disorder. She discusses how she was mistreated upon returning home early and how it took her ten years before she ever even spoke about her mission. Just recently, her daughter returned home early from a mission and she shares what it was like for her to watch her daughter go through the experience. Deby offers timeless advice to both early-returned missionaries and parents in this personal, insightful episode.