South Carolina Columbia Mission (19-21)

Mis queridos!  Thank you to everyone who made my Birthday so special! It was definitely one to remember. I have officially begun my "back in my 20s" stage! And I get to start it off by doing something I enjoy so much! Serving the Lord. I won't want to be anywhere else. Although some days are challenging and it feels like it's never going to end but then I just look back and see how far I've come and I am just amazed! Halfway! I can't even believe it. Feels like yesterday when I was graduating high school, going to college, and getting my mission call. But here I am, just doing my best to work hard and learn. And man oh man I just love it. I love how I have learned to rely on my Savior because he doesn't want us to go through things alone. He wants to help us because he knows how hard life can be sometimes. I love the Book of Mormon and I'm grateful that I have finally realized how much I need it in my daily life. I can tell that I am happiest

Mi Familia, It's been a couple week s . How  are you  all doing   with that cold Utah weather?  It was still pretty nice here until  November 1 .   T he first (actually) cold day here. We got up to go running and walked outside and had to come back inside to put a long sleeve shirt on. It was crazy because on Halloween it was in the high 80s and overnight it dropped to the 30s.  Anyways, last week   the Senior Missionaries in my area took us on a P-day to Beaufort and we were gone all day. It was so much fun! They picked us up and took us to Beaufort where we at lunch and had ice cream. We walked on the boardwalk and watched as boats came through the bridge. Then they drove us to hunting island to see the lighthouse. We got  t o climb the 197 steps to the top of it and lookout. The view was AMAZING! Elder and Sister Brandt are such Awesome people. After the lighthouse, they took us to this nature walk. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see any Alligators. Only turtles. On the

Mi Familia!!! Hope everyone had a good week! My week was pretty good here in Hilton Head! and GUESS WHAT??? It is finally starting to get a little chilly here. I hear it's freezing in Utah;) On Tuesday and Saturday it rained all day long. Which is definitely something I am not really used to. I hate driving here in the rain because there is a lot of it. Anyways, this week we did a lot of member visiting and finding new people to teach. On Tuesday, we had our weekly dinner with the Lynch Family. awwwww how I love them! Brother Lynch is so spiritual in the Gospel and always has something new to share with us. But this week we got talking to try and find ways he could help us with our people/members. He mentioned this talk and it really made me ponder. The talk is from the October 2012 General Conference. "What shall a Man Give in Exchange for His Soul?" I challenge all of you to read it and ponder this question. Would you sell your soul for a Nickel? It makes you think a

Hola Familia!  I finally made it to the ccm! Everything was great until getting on our flight to Mexico. We got to the terminal and everyone was already boring. And like 7 of us didn't have seats assigned and the plane got switch for a smaller plane so there were 17 fewer seats. I almost didn't make it on. But I made it! It's been the longest 2 days of trying to get here! My p-day will be next Wednesday. My companion is Hermana Connolly. We are in district F branch 12. I love you all! Have a good week! Love, Hermana Berry  Round Two...  Here she goes again... She is more than ready!  Brady was the only one who came for round 2...  See ya in 18 months...  There was a sweet mom who was also traveling and took pictures again today of all the missionaries leaving.