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Sunday, April 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
6 Months Baby! Crazy!
Talofa!
I officially hit 6 months yesterday. so the tradition is to burn a tie. It was pretty cool! not gonna lie! I can't believe it's been this long though already! I don't even know what's going on! I'm pretty much trippin' cuz I can't grasp the fact that it's been this long! Now I know what old people mean when they say they remember stuff like it was yesterday! It's so weird! And everyone always talks about how fast a mission goes by! but i had no idea how fast until I'm actually on one! Which is pretty sad considering that I love being on a mission and i don't want it to end this fast!
We had another baptism last weekend in the Samoan Ward! We baptized a guy named Charles Tuigamala! He's soooooooo sweet! He is the guy that got up at the beginning of the month and bore his testimony before he was even a member of the church! and he has such a strong foundation! His father is the pastor of another church back in Samoa and he called his dad and let him know that he was getting baptized! That took a lot of courage! But the coolest part of the story is that his father is sooooo happy for his son! Charles is disappointed that he didn't get baptized before he was married because he really wants to serve a mission! haha The thing that's going to be amazing that I am looking forward to so much, is the day that Charles and his wife Moe go to the temple to be sealed for time and all eternity! This is the kind of thing that makes a mission so amazing! and I can't even begin to describe it in words!
We went to the temple today and in the session right behind us, all the General Authorities went through a session! so all the apostles and Pres. Monson etc. were in the temple just a session behind us! Another surprise-It's snowing! in (pretty much) April. Crazy!
Saturday+Sunday=GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look for me when you're up there! That's all I have to say about that.
Everyone have a great day!
Love Elder Partridge!
**About transfers next week, he wrote: I'm already dreading the call on Tues. b/c I'm almost positive I'll get transfered and I LOVE this stake! It has amazing members and the work is really turning around! The Lord is really looking out for it and preparing people! I'm especially going to miss the Samoan Ward!
I officially hit 6 months yesterday. so the tradition is to burn a tie. It was pretty cool! not gonna lie! I can't believe it's been this long though already! I don't even know what's going on! I'm pretty much trippin' cuz I can't grasp the fact that it's been this long! Now I know what old people mean when they say they remember stuff like it was yesterday! It's so weird! And everyone always talks about how fast a mission goes by! but i had no idea how fast until I'm actually on one! Which is pretty sad considering that I love being on a mission and i don't want it to end this fast!
We had another baptism last weekend in the Samoan Ward! We baptized a guy named Charles Tuigamala! He's soooooooo sweet! He is the guy that got up at the beginning of the month and bore his testimony before he was even a member of the church! and he has such a strong foundation! His father is the pastor of another church back in Samoa and he called his dad and let him know that he was getting baptized! That took a lot of courage! But the coolest part of the story is that his father is sooooo happy for his son! Charles is disappointed that he didn't get baptized before he was married because he really wants to serve a mission! haha The thing that's going to be amazing that I am looking forward to so much, is the day that Charles and his wife Moe go to the temple to be sealed for time and all eternity! This is the kind of thing that makes a mission so amazing! and I can't even begin to describe it in words!
We went to the temple today and in the session right behind us, all the General Authorities went through a session! so all the apostles and Pres. Monson etc. were in the temple just a session behind us! Another surprise-It's snowing! in (pretty much) April. Crazy!
Saturday+Sunday=GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look for me when you're up there! That's all I have to say about that.
Everyone have a great day!
Love Elder Partridge!
**About transfers next week, he wrote: I'm already dreading the call on Tues. b/c I'm almost positive I'll get transfered and I LOVE this stake! It has amazing members and the work is really turning around! The Lord is really looking out for it and preparing people! I'm especially going to miss the Samoan Ward!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
March 24, 2010 Email
Hello Everyone!
I just wanted to give everyone an update that I'm doing great and I'm having an amazing transfer! It's going by redonculously fast! Elder Peer and I are baptizing a lot and are getting along very well! I give all credit of our success to God! All of the people we are teaching are soaking up the gospel so much and they are all so prepared to receive the gospel and the message of the restoration! The weather is getting warmer and so we're starting to do a lot of service! Yesterday we did 3 separate service projects and I was really tired at the end of the day! It was pretty crazy!
Anyway, we had another baptism on Saturday! and I was able to have the privilege of baptizing him! The Spirit feels so amazing! I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have it with me! I'm learning so much! Especially from a book entitled The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister! It's amazing! I learn new things every time I read it!
Not much else is coming to mind that happened this week out of the ordinary. That doesn't mean nothing did, because crazy stuff happens every day! I just can't think right now!
But if you're coming up for conference let me know! I'll keep an eye out for you! Take care!
Love,
Elder Partridge!
I just wanted to give everyone an update that I'm doing great and I'm having an amazing transfer! It's going by redonculously fast! Elder Peer and I are baptizing a lot and are getting along very well! I give all credit of our success to God! All of the people we are teaching are soaking up the gospel so much and they are all so prepared to receive the gospel and the message of the restoration! The weather is getting warmer and so we're starting to do a lot of service! Yesterday we did 3 separate service projects and I was really tired at the end of the day! It was pretty crazy!
Anyway, we had another baptism on Saturday! and I was able to have the privilege of baptizing him! The Spirit feels so amazing! I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have it with me! I'm learning so much! Especially from a book entitled The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister! It's amazing! I learn new things every time I read it!
Not much else is coming to mind that happened this week out of the ordinary. That doesn't mean nothing did, because crazy stuff happens every day! I just can't think right now!
But if you're coming up for conference let me know! I'll keep an eye out for you! Take care!
Love,
Elder Partridge!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
March 17, 2010 Email
Dear Everyone! Hello!
It's been a little while since I've last spoken. I'm doing great! Hope everything's OK everywhere else cuz I wouldn't know! haha We had a baptism last weekend that went amazing! Monique (the woman that was baptized) was so prepared! She didn't know anything about the gospel before we got there and within 2 weeks she knew everything we taught! Those are my favorite! People that God has prepared before we get there and all we do is teach and testify of the truth and they understand and accept! We have someone that we are working with right now named Gene that is prepared and is ready to be baptized! His only thing holding him back is smoking! He is striving really hard to stop smoking so that he can be baptized this weekend! He has been going to church for over a year because his wife, who is a member of the church, wanted to start going again! The craziest part though is that his wife has been in and out of the hospital for about 11 months and Gene has never stopped coming to church! He goes every week! We are also teaching a man named Charles! He's a member of the Samoan Ward! He just married a member of the church and moved here from Seattle, Washington! He's another person that is just prepared to receive the gospel in his life! It's these people that make missionary work extremely enjoyable! It's not always easy, but it is always worth it! How true that is! The other day we gave talks in a ward and thank goodness Elder Peer spoke first! He ended up taking 25 min and all I had to do was bear my testimony! I was glad because that day was the day we changed our clocks b/c of daylight savings! So we changed our clocks the night before and went to bed. The only problem was that we changed it one hour the wrong way! So when we finally woke up, we had ended up sleeping in for 2 hours! Completely unintentionally! haha I'm still getting used to that aspect of living in Utah. Obviously! haha I'm just happy that I only have to worry about it 3 more times on my mission! haha! Please write me a letter and tell me something funny that happened to you b/c it's probably a lot funnier than my "funny" stories! haha
Take luck! and enjoy...?
Love, Elder Partridge!
PS I can't wait for conference
-Let me know if you're coming up for conference! cuz ya; I'll be there!
WRITE TO ME!
Elder D. Brantley Partridge
Utah Salt Lake City Mission
3487 S. 1300 E. West Entrance
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
It's been a little while since I've last spoken. I'm doing great! Hope everything's OK everywhere else cuz I wouldn't know! haha We had a baptism last weekend that went amazing! Monique (the woman that was baptized) was so prepared! She didn't know anything about the gospel before we got there and within 2 weeks she knew everything we taught! Those are my favorite! People that God has prepared before we get there and all we do is teach and testify of the truth and they understand and accept! We have someone that we are working with right now named Gene that is prepared and is ready to be baptized! His only thing holding him back is smoking! He is striving really hard to stop smoking so that he can be baptized this weekend! He has been going to church for over a year because his wife, who is a member of the church, wanted to start going again! The craziest part though is that his wife has been in and out of the hospital for about 11 months and Gene has never stopped coming to church! He goes every week! We are also teaching a man named Charles! He's a member of the Samoan Ward! He just married a member of the church and moved here from Seattle, Washington! He's another person that is just prepared to receive the gospel in his life! It's these people that make missionary work extremely enjoyable! It's not always easy, but it is always worth it! How true that is! The other day we gave talks in a ward and thank goodness Elder Peer spoke first! He ended up taking 25 min and all I had to do was bear my testimony! I was glad because that day was the day we changed our clocks b/c of daylight savings! So we changed our clocks the night before and went to bed. The only problem was that we changed it one hour the wrong way! So when we finally woke up, we had ended up sleeping in for 2 hours! Completely unintentionally! haha I'm still getting used to that aspect of living in Utah. Obviously! haha I'm just happy that I only have to worry about it 3 more times on my mission! haha! Please write me a letter and tell me something funny that happened to you b/c it's probably a lot funnier than my "funny" stories! haha
Take luck! and enjoy...?
Love, Elder Partridge!
PS I can't wait for conference
-Let me know if you're coming up for conference! cuz ya; I'll be there!
WRITE TO ME!
Elder D. Brantley Partridge
Utah Salt Lake City Mission
3487 S. 1300 E. West Entrance
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Short and Sweet, 3/10/10
Dear eve3ryone! i don't have rtime to talk this week! but HELLO!!!!! Keep being AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! because you are! Love Elder Partridge!
**I didn't fix the typos on purpose. He's typing with both hands again today! :)
And if you go to SLC for General Conference, keep your eyes open for him!
**I didn't fix the typos on purpose. He's typing with both hands again today! :)
And if you go to SLC for General Conference, keep your eyes open for him!
Monday, March 8, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
March 3, 2010 Email
Hello everyone!
We had a baptism this last weekend and it was amazing of course! I love having baptisms! It's the best feeling that I feel on the mission b/c the Spirit is so strong and I feel great knowing that I'm helping people on my mission! It feels so good and really I can't describe it! It's awesome! I'm just starting to learn Samoan! (even though I've been covering the Samoan Ward for 5 months now). I know how to say Hello- Talofa, Goodbye- Tofa, Good- Lelei, Tomorrow- Taeao, Thank you very much- Fa'Afetai Tele, How are you- O A Mai Oe, and I'm gonna punch your eye- Pote lo Mata! haha We have at least 2 more baptisms in March and probably will end up with more! Things are going really well in the area! I totally fell through the blinds the other day though when I first woke up (b/c my balance is still off from my surgery and what not). It was kinda ridiculous! Elder Peer is really fascinated with my face though! He's always asking me questions about it and talking about how it'll be crazy when it heals and I look normal! or what it will be like when we'll be teaching someone and all of a sudden the nerves will touch again and my face will spasm or something and our investigator will be like "what the heck!' That made me laugh pretty hard when we were talking about that last week! BTW, it's good to hear that the missionaries in Chile are ok! It kinda scared me for a sec b/c my cousin (Elder Sirrine) is serving there right now! But I heard everything's cool there, just very chaotic! Anyway I gtg but it's sweet to be on a mission and it's cool to hear about everyone else opening their mission calls and finding out where they will be serving! I just wish everyone could come to this mission b/c it's the best!
Love hearing about what's going on, and love you!
Love Elder Partridge!
PS- I typed this whole letter with both my hands! It's kinda a big deal!
*For those who may not know, after Elder B's surgery, he has had limited use of his left hand--mainly fine motor skills. For example, it can take 5-10 minutes to button a button on the cuff of his shirt. So when he says "I typed the whole letter with both my hands!", it is a REALLY big deal! Go Elder B!!!
We had a baptism this last weekend and it was amazing of course! I love having baptisms! It's the best feeling that I feel on the mission b/c the Spirit is so strong and I feel great knowing that I'm helping people on my mission! It feels so good and really I can't describe it! It's awesome! I'm just starting to learn Samoan! (even though I've been covering the Samoan Ward for 5 months now). I know how to say Hello- Talofa, Goodbye- Tofa, Good- Lelei, Tomorrow- Taeao, Thank you very much- Fa'Afetai Tele, How are you- O A Mai Oe, and I'm gonna punch your eye- Pote lo Mata! haha We have at least 2 more baptisms in March and probably will end up with more! Things are going really well in the area! I totally fell through the blinds the other day though when I first woke up (b/c my balance is still off from my surgery and what not). It was kinda ridiculous! Elder Peer is really fascinated with my face though! He's always asking me questions about it and talking about how it'll be crazy when it heals and I look normal! or what it will be like when we'll be teaching someone and all of a sudden the nerves will touch again and my face will spasm or something and our investigator will be like "what the heck!' That made me laugh pretty hard when we were talking about that last week! BTW, it's good to hear that the missionaries in Chile are ok! It kinda scared me for a sec b/c my cousin (Elder Sirrine) is serving there right now! But I heard everything's cool there, just very chaotic! Anyway I gtg but it's sweet to be on a mission and it's cool to hear about everyone else opening their mission calls and finding out where they will be serving! I just wish everyone could come to this mission b/c it's the best!
Love hearing about what's going on, and love you!
Love Elder Partridge!
PS- I typed this whole letter with both my hands! It's kinda a big deal!
*For those who may not know, after Elder B's surgery, he has had limited use of his left hand--mainly fine motor skills. For example, it can take 5-10 minutes to button a button on the cuff of his shirt. So when he says "I typed the whole letter with both my hands!", it is a REALLY big deal! Go Elder B!!!
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