Homecoming :: Hurst Family | Salt Lake Missionary Photographer

On May 17th, my husband's brother AND sister both came home from their missions. Chris came home after 2 years in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Harmony came home after 18 months in New Caledonia, which is an island off the coast of Fiji in the Pacific Ocean.

I remember watching CNN with my family after some US soldiers were released from China or Russia (I can't remember which and I couldn't find it through Google...it was a long time ago). The camera panned across the tarmac where the families waited for their loved ones to come off the plane. As the soldiers stepped off the plane in single file there was cheering in the background and the families were jumping up and down in excitement. But once the soldiers' wives leaped into their husbands arms, there was nothing but silence. And I started to cry.

I didn't cry at this homecoming, but it was a peaceful experience that is also expressed better in images than in words. I defer to them.

Welcome home, Chris and Harmony.