Sister Brooklyn Palmer South Carolina Columbia Mission 2022-2023

Another miraculous week in Newberry! Ahh I'm forever grateful for this town that's grown to be a part of me! Odds and Ends ---Sister Carter tried to drive over a cone but it definitely got stuck under the car ha! ---Found a leaf bigger than my face ---Had red bean paste sesame seed pastry thing. Mm mm. Never again.  ---Had my first actual door slam of the mission. ---We had a member meal with the Morris family. I just love them! We had homemade milkshakes. Right before the spiritual thought, Jaron and Brother Morris got into a little mini wrestling brawl. Brother Morris threw a pillow and it knocked a milkshake over and spilled everywhere. Thankfully it didn't knock over the lamp or glass nativity. Haha! Kinda a fun little moment.  ---We were talking with Henning and Dana on Thanksgiving, when one of the dogs started having a seizure! Henning and I had never seen a dog have a seizure. Sister Carter proceeds to tell us about her dog. And this story just got progressively wor

  First off, we got transfer news a little early. SISTER CARTER AND I ARE STAYING IN NEWBERRY TOGETHER! Almost all of my companions I've only had for one transfer, so I finally get to keep one around:) We get to be together into the new year! Odds and Ends ---I had a peppermint Wendy's frosty. Yum! ---I found out our friend Raelynn used to call me and Sister Bradshaw Elsa and Anna when she was still here. SO cute! ---Theres a place in Newberry called Pomaria. Apparently the story of how it got its name is a cow named Mary sat on the train tracks. She got hit... so now everyone says "po' Mary..." (like poor Mary) hahaha! ---This old lady said "I like your shoes." She was pointing to my bag, not my feet. She need some glasses... ---Had Low Country Boil for the 2nd time. ---I was corrected by the Southerners that the Thanksgiving green jello is not called that. It's called Watergate salad.  ---Sister Carter and I had a debate on what a tortilla with mel

  🎶There can be MIRACLES, when YOU BELIEVE🎶 Odds and Ends ---We were teaching a family and it was so big there wasn't more sitting room, so I sat on the carpet with the kids. Afterwards, I looked down at my dress to see about 8 grease spots from their carpet. I felt like a true adult when I rinsed it attacked it with a Tide stick, and used dish soap and laundry soap to all get it out.  --- There's a member that told us that Sister Carter looks like his old middle school girlfriend, and it's so weird... he'll say "heyyyy girlfriend...just kidding!" hehe! he gives us each one dove chocolate every Sunday though, so I'm not complaining! ---A random man texted us and told he wanted a picture and our address... we said we can offer you a picture of Jesus and the church address!!! ---Sister Carter is mainly allergic to garlic, onions, beans. So we went to a member meal on Friday and the member says "We made homemade black beans without garlic and onions ju