I'm back in the United States.
I was told that when you come back from a short term/long term missions trip to a nother country, you tend to feel reverse culture shock, you tend to feel like no one understands you, no one can share in your memories that you are so excited about, no one really cares about your trip, no one understands the weight of your trip, and you feel depressed because it was so much hype getting to it, you've done it, now it's over.
I will concede to the fact that I am feeling most of those things, though not all of them. Yesterday I got way caught up on sleep, sleeping about 20 hours from 3am to 5pm, where did my Thursday go? It's nearly the weekend now, and returning to life slowly has been the plan for my day. I start work tomorrow, I'm glad to see my coworkers again. I'm picking up my souvenirs and sorting my laundry, cleaning my room and throwing out lots of paper haha. All traces of any preparation for my Japan trip are being disposed of and I'm penning my last letters to my wonderful supporters.
This is hard. Being back is really hard.
I was told that when you come back from a short term/long term missions trip to a nother country, you tend to feel reverse culture shock, you tend to feel like no one understands you, no one can share in your memories that you are so excited about, no one really cares about your trip, no one understands the weight of your trip, and you feel depressed because it was so much hype getting to it, you've done it, now it's over.
I will concede to the fact that I am feeling most of those things, though not all of them. Yesterday I got way caught up on sleep, sleeping about 20 hours from 3am to 5pm, where did my Thursday go? It's nearly the weekend now, and returning to life slowly has been the plan for my day. I start work tomorrow, I'm glad to see my coworkers again. I'm picking up my souvenirs and sorting my laundry, cleaning my room and throwing out lots of paper haha. All traces of any preparation for my Japan trip are being disposed of and I'm penning my last letters to my wonderful supporters.
This is hard. Being back is really hard.
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