Love is in the Air!

Hey, Hey Everyone! I have a lot of GREAT news!

  -Sister Collard found a recipe that makes close to 100 cookies...and I made them! ...With extra chocolate chips! :D

  -Elder Hesser leaves for his mission to Tonga next week!

  -Megan and Jack are getting MARRIED!!!! I have been praying for this for so long! Megan finally got a job and Jack was able to quit his, giving them enough money to give Sister Partridge an excuse to make a wedding cake!  Jack has also made some big progress with the discussions. He watched the Restoration with Megan (member) and he loved it! He made a connection I wouldn't have with Moses and Joseph Smith. They both received the same guidance for the Lord's people. BAM! God is the same in the Old Testament and Now! Jack is starting to get excited about the Gospel of Jesus Christ...Megan is a little held back in lessons, but really she should be the missionary! She knows everything and knows how to explain it so well. She will be an amazing Mom and wife!

    Sister Womack and I have been having a lot of fun this week and

have found a new love for missionary work. The Lord is so good! I Love our Prophet Thomas S. Monson and I love Conference!  As a church we have been going back to the basics. The primary answers. Prayer. Read your Scriptures. Go to Church. All these things are Great but if we don't have Faith they don't mean very much.  In Alma 32, Alma teaches what Faith is and how to get it. "Faith is not a perfect knowledge...but, an experiment...". Try my words and the words of Alma, experiment, Pray with real intent, Go to church with an open heart, Read with a question on your mind, See what happens. I promise those who experiment always get results and these results are always Good!

Love you alll!!!!! Thanks for the love and prayers, it really helps!

Have a Great Week!

Sister Partridge :D

Mormons at our BBQ!

 This week was so much FUN! We had a lesson with Kate and Connie, we went to the temple, and had a family BBQ!

The Indy temple is soooo beautiful, the beauty is beautiful. Everyone we talk to that went through the Open house has loved the reverence and purity of the way we treat the building. One day, one day they will be able to feel that same reverence and purity in there lives! I am so grateful for the opportunity we had this week to go through and feel the power that my Savior has.

Our lesson with Connie went well, she read the pamphlet and loved not being the only one to ask which church in true. She found a great connection with Joseph Smith and knows that she need to pray to know for herself. Her grandnephew came home in the middle of the lesson and seemed a little interested. We are going back next week to see how she is doing, she says her memory isn't to great but she loves to read so pray for Connie.

We were invited to a less-actives family BBQ on Saturday. What an

event! Sister Womack and I had so much fun. We shared stories about vacations, watch out for those creepy BnB in Deloris Colorado. It felt a lot like we were the Mormons at the Baptist Barbecue, but nothing caught fire by the time we left so it's all good!

This week I've really been working on Mind over Matter. There's

something that a Jewish captive said while in the middle of horrible, heart breaking conditions. Frankl Said "Its not what happens to us, but OUR response to what happens to us that hurts us." I have started to understand a little more what my mind can do. We are to Act, not to be acted upon.

I've had a good run, my mission is only 18 months, but life is much

longer. Take care of your self and your family and all will be good.

Keep smiling!

Love ya!

Sister Partridge

Temple trip with Sister Womack!

Gotta love those park bathrooms!

Why Do I Believe

Its good old Sister Partridge again, Hey Guys!

This week was a blast!

Sister Womack went on exchanges with Sister Giles and they found 2

whole new investigators!!!! and they are both Former investigators,

Even Better!!!

        Connie is the sweetest old lady I have ever seen, she has

recently had a change of heart (probably because her husband died),

her husband would visit with the Elders and she would walk in the back

room. Now she whats to listen and, more importantly, READ!! YAY!

        Kate is a single mom with a bad smoking addiction, she

stopped taking the lessons because she couldn't stop, but now shes

ready for something to change! She loves the idea of Enduring to the

End, she even has a tatoo of a semi colon behind her ear to remind her

and give her strength. We will be meeting with her tomorrow, she is so

cool and is really in need of love.

An Indiana tradition is "Why I Believe" programs. Basically several

converts are given the opportunity to get up and tell their conversion

story. A musical number is preformed and then we have COOKIES! The

testimonies last night were amazing. Truth is found where the spirit

is felt and I have felt that spirit with the Gospel of Jesus Christ:

Daily faith, Daily repentance, and Weekly sacrament meeting.

I had the privilege to be born a member... but I have chose to stay.

My life would never be this happy, this inspiring and joyful if I was

not an active member. I love the work I can do and I love the people I

serve. My life has turned on small hinges, its the little things that

matter.

Keep being awesome everyone! I love ya lots! Remember to invite the

missionaries over for dinner with a friend who would like some Joy!

Love ya, Sister Partridge

Have a Great Day!!!

The Spirit's a Real thing Guys!

Hey Everybody!!!!

This week was a Crazy learning experience for Sister Womack and I. I have always had the question Why would anyone thats not already Mormon want to be Mormon? Well I got my answer this week when I skipped church to go sing in the Methodist church! ...Just kidding, I still went to church, I just had 2 sacraments on Sunday! For all those that have been raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or have never attended a Methodist service this will be interesting for you, I think....
   

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1st off, I LOVE the Methodist people! They are sooooo good at giving Charity, you can't help but feel love from them, they are the Salt of the Earth.
      2nd, All services are generally the same but they will very in doctrine and principles.
  Okay, It was a dark and stormy night....
The service started with a Welcoming from an Usher then a "turn to your neighbor and get to know them time". It was almost rude if you did not participate. Then the pianist would start playing the song we were to sing. The song we sang was loud and boisterous, with very little mention of our Savior in it. Lots of energy but thats all. Then we recited what the assistant pasture said (mostly a prayer I think). A scripture was read from the New King James version of the Bible (I was soooo lost at this point). Then the head pastor introduced the topic of his talk, "Controlling our thoughts" and for the most part what he said I agreed with, he quoted the KJV Bible a couple of times and gave an analogy of checking an airplane before take off.
Then it was time for communion (sacrament). The head pastor washed his hands with hand sanitize held a fresh loaf of bread in his hands and said a very wordy prayer that we participated in. He asked that everyone keep there eyes open and watch him as he ripped the bread as a reminder of our Savior's sacrifice. Then he blessed "the cup" in the same manner.
He gave his two assistants a half loaf and two others the two cups he had blessed. We all filed to the front of the room. An usher (mostly woman) tore a piece of bread off the side of the loaf they were handed, and handed it to us. We then dipped the bread in a glass of grape juice and went back to our seats. An assistant pasture came up and said some words about the talk and we sang another song with a prayer and everyone left.
       I haven't felt so aweful in a while. I couldn't really explain the feeling I had until we got back to the apartment. Then it dawned on me, that aweful feeling was the absence of the Holy Ghost. I felt physically ill not having His influence with me. Sister Womack described it like being empty spiritually. Having your very best friend leave you. As we drove home all I wanted to read was the sacrament prayers. Moroni 4 & 5:

And they did kneel down with the church, and pray to the Father in the name of Christ, saying:

O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it; that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him, and keep his commandments which he hath given them, that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.

O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee, in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine to the souls of all those who drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of thy Son, which was shed for them; that they may witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.

Peace and warmth came instantly flooding back to me. I felt full and alive again! I know the answer to my long thought question: Others can feel the Spirit's presence and want it just as I did, they just have no idea where to find it. That's OUR job, let's share Peace and Love with all those around us!

I would love to hear any conversion stories or moments that have changed your perspective this last week. I'll be here same time next week if you so desire to share! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!💞
Have a Great Week!!!

        Sister P out!
p.s. I love Sister Womack, she is amazing!

I didn't get any pics this week... so here's a Dog! 🐕

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