Sister Brooklyn Palmer South Carolina Columbia Mission 2022-2023

Okay! I am still in Newberry! Hurray! But... I lost my other half🤧 Sister Bradshaw was transferred to Charleston. This girl not only showed all our FRIENDS unconditional love, but she showed ME unconditional love. There were a few days this past transfer where the adjustment seemed too much and I was in a low place. I was crying, and Sister Bradshaw looked at me and just hugged me and we stayed that way for a while. From then on I KNEW I could lean on her for any support I needed. We skyrocketed together and landed on the moon. Now she is headed on to another galaxy, in Charleston. I miss her and am so grateful for the amazing friend she was to me. Only 6 weeks, but a lifetime of core memories. ✨️ MEET MY NEW COMPANION  Sister Gracie Carter! First thing I noticed about her (well the first is that she's gosh dang BEAUTIFUL) but the second thing I noticed... she's TALL! I've never had a companion really near my height. But we are both 5'9"! Don't ask me which is...

  I'm. SO. HAPPY! I love being a missionary more than anything.  Odds and Ends   ○saw my first roadkill armadillo... it's legs were like stick straight... ○apparently I use a rake wrong and I got two gnarly blisters on my thumb pits (for lack of a better word). You'd be surprised how often you use that part of your hand. To pull up your skirt/pants, for handshakes, to hold a bag... ○I learned what a cochlear implant is and how it works! ○During a lesson, a little girl was giving me a check up by putting the ear-checker thing in my ear and tapping my knee with the reflex tester haha! It didn't phase me until she said "you have to kick so we know it's working!" So so cute. I love little kids! ○I got a SUPER fuzzy jacket and I hadn't washed it yet, so i had fuzzies all over my shirt. One of the guys we were teaching offered to help me pick them off... needless to say we are not attempting to teach him anymore hehe... ○Sister Barnes, a lady I LOVE in the b...

  Okay. NO time to waste. Into my brain for the past week! Odds and Ends   ---Sister Ramos made BOMB sweet potato brownies that don't use any sugar. Sounds nasty, but they were heavenly  ---I had to clean up dog poop from a couch  -We almost successfully pranked Brother Black with a Halloween toilet cover with spiders on it ---My chair fell over and SLAMMED to the ground when I stood up to bear my testimony for zone conference ---We were in lock down and couldn't leave the house due to Hurricane Ian. We are safe and just had a tropical storm!  ---I saw 2 friends from my high school that are now missionaries in the missionary choir for general conference! Elder Brandon Lee and Elder Harrison Durrant! ---I successfully entertained a 3 year old for 20 minutes with M&Ms ---When we realized we might want to have backup snacks in case we can't go to the store because of the hurricane, we wandered around for a while and only left with our own personal box of Z bars...