In 2018, life was good. I was enjoying serving as a full-time missionary with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I also just finished a semester of school at BYU- Idaho on campus before setting out to serve a teaching mission. I loved campus life! I made friends with some awesome roommates and thrived in an environment that accepted my learning disabilities and encouraged me to learn to the best of my ability. It prepared me to be away from home for what would be a longer period, an eighteen-month full-time dedication to sharing my beliefs. I knew it wasn't going to be easy for me, having been diagnosed previously with ADHD and dyslexia. I also found out at sixteen that I have a specific learning disability in mathematics and one in processing as well.

I had things against me from day one of wanting to serve a mission, but I also had a very determined spirit about me. I did get flagged in my mission paperwork and was required to do extra interviews because of some mental health factors. Thankfully, I was able to clear those, and I was approved to continue trying to serve, but I was also told I needed to stay in the United States due to difficulty trying to get my ADHD medications outside my home country.