Where am I? and Whats that Smell?

sights of Decatur 

Selfie

this funny dog barking at me

 The Arch!!

sister palmer and I and the arch

the arch again!

a cute dog 

Hey everyone!! This week has been pretty great!! Also to explain the subject this is what Jerry and his family decided would be a good thing to put on a shirt for Decatur hahahh. It smells especially a lot like soy beans today we were shocked when we walked outside. This week was super good and we saw lots of cool animals and got to teach some people about Jesus christ which is always a blessing. 

Monday-CHristmas Eve!

-We went to the carriers house and it was great! they are such a sweet family and they have a dog! Also a bunch of people from the ward were there. we read luke two with them also and that was great

Jerry with his family

We also got to go to Jerrys house for second dinner!! We love Jerry! we got to meet his kids and they were just like him it was awesome. The food was so yummy and jerrys family is crazy and awesome also jerry has a dog and if jerry turned into a dog his dog would be exactly what he would look like

 -I wore my christmas pajamas to bed and they were so cute thankyou so much for them!!

Tuesday-Christmas!!

-it was a great christmas!!  I got to call my family!!!!!! best present ever!! it was so good to see all of their beautiful faces and be able to talk to them :)

family!!

got to see penny too

-we ate lots of good food and spent time with members

-we were allowed to watch movies and we watched the scary grinch, he will always scare me so much haha his fingers! We also watched elf and he kinda reminded us of a super excited missionary

-I got to play the ukulele that was pretty fun!

Wednesday

-we saw a robin and it was so pretty and bright red!!

-we went to this neighborhood where there are tons of shootings and we were trying to find this kids house but we couldn't so we just tried random houses. all the windows of the houses we tried all these houses and seriously they were all shot up and same with all the windows of the cars it was crazy!! But we met all these kids on the street and we handed out some fresh copies of the book of mormon and one of them said that their mom would be super interested!! she said she was going to put the book of mormon with her bible and that we should come back to her house. That was super good

kids that we met

-We taught jerry and his son about the restoration. We love them so much and 

Here is what jerry looks like with his overalls hes my fav he always goes yep yep!

-We tried to contact maria but her kid came to the door and opened it and then slammed it sad day

-We had a super amazing lesson with Danny!! We read from Mosiah 27 and the spirit was super strong. He can relate a lot to Alma the Younger and we are so proud of the steps that he's taking to come closer to christ

Thursday

-everyone hated us today! Just kidding, not everyone! I am just dramatic. haha it was just the strangest day where every single plan we had the whole day fell through. All of our appointments canceled and we almost got hit a bunch of times and we got honked at so much!! It was crazy!!

-"the only people who didn't hate us today was...brother Nocak!"-Sister Palmer

-We met a man with 15 cats and they were all like crawling around his house, that man really loves cats

-Jerry has been wearing overalls and we love them haha. He keeps his camera in the front pocket and takes pictures of so much stuff. He took a picture of everyone at the Book of MOrmon study. The more we get to know Jerry the more he becomes my favorite! Same with his son Sam!!

-we had a really good book of mormon study!! we had a really good discussion about how God has a hand in all things. He will always prepare a way for us if we trust him

-We decided that Decatur is behind the times by a couple years because they still have video stores like family video its the craziest thing!! all the fads that I have seen in utah like years ago are big here now.

-We met a man named gene because he requested a bible and he was super nice and he called us "swell" and he said we could come teach him about the restoration so we are going on Wednesday!! 

-It was stormy and there was an exercise ball that like flew across the street

-when we tract here people never answer their doors they always just go "who is it" before they open it 

-jerry said Huzzah! during scripture study and it reminded me of working at temple square and it made me laugh so much  

Friday

-We had the New missionary orientation and that was pretty cool I got to see the city of Saint Louis!! A member and his daughter and son drove us there and his son is named Miguel AND HES JUST LIKE LINCOLN!!! He is so funny and cracked up so much. But I seriously cannot not get over how much he is like lincoln

-His best quote from the trip "I thought pday was the only day you guys could go to the bathroom"

-I got to see the famous arch it was super cool! The member who drove us let us sprint out of the car and get a picture and then run back in. It was so nice of him!!

Saturday

-I felt like the grinch because of how many outfits I put on!!

-Helped bake the sacrament bread again

-We went to visit Shykea  and read scriptures with her and she was at her boyfriends house and one of the guys there hit on us and I like sprinted away and then he was like "im gonna come to church just for yall" and we gave him the elders phone number

-WE SAW A WHITE SQUIRREL and we were in the middle of a conversation and sister palmer goes "is that a white squirrel?!?!' like sooo loud and at first I thought it was a plastic bag BUT IT WAS A SQUIRREL and it was completely white and it was running in the street. so crazy thats the coolest thing ever, a white squirrel.

lake clinton

Sunday

-We went to De Witt and visited an elderly lady who is in our ward. the air felt so good their because it didnt smell like soybeans and it was fresh!! it was awesome!!

-We taught Angelina and her children about the plan of salvation and we put her and her kids on date for baptism!!! It was cool to teach her about the plan of salvation, it is such a blessing that we have the knowledge that got has a plan for us

-While we teach Angelia her little kids are so funny and crazy and they like start brushing mine and sister palmers hair and like go through our bags and look at everything but we cant really do anything because we are teaching haha I love it.

LOve you all hope Utah is good!! Read the Book of Mormon everyday it will change your life :) I am so thankful to be a missionary!!! 

1. The Arch!!

2.the arch again!

3.this funny dog barking at me

4.sister palmer and I and the arch 

5.kids that we met

6.a cute dog