13 February 2013

Well, well, we feel like the cookie monsters. There was a time in December, or November when our director said that I needed to make popcorn for every class as they got out of class.  There are 15 classes, and thus I was making popcorn every day for most of the day.  I am the popcorn king.  Well, he approached us last Friday and said that this week was the week of LOVE.  Thus, more popcorn, no, more cooking for Bon.

So, she made 60 sugar cookies Monday, 140 chocolate chip cookies yesterday and is supposed to make 160 brownies today.  In addition to our classes, we are bakers now.  Monday in our weekly meeting our director said, "Elder Partridge, I need your help."  I knew it was coming.  So he asked me to teach yesterday, Doctrine and Covenants section 88.  Boy that section has so much doctrine in it.  Loved it, even without much preparation.  We fed four sisters dinner Monday to thank them for helping us move.  We fed four elders last Friday for helping us move.  Since then those elders are telling all the other elders in the mission that Sister Partridge feeds missionaries "Celestial Food."  Whenever I see them, they say that her food will be served in the Celestial Kingdom, nothing else.  Needless to say, she was a big hit.  Or at least the food was.  She fed noodles (boring) to the sisters.

This weekend, we are having  the Apostle Neal Anderson come to our city.  He is going to speak to the Young Adults, thus we get to be there.  It should be fun.  Then on Sunday, we will be  in a conference with him again.

Next Monday, one of our favorite sisters, missionary sisters is going home.  She is from Virginia, and she is a doll. She sings like a song bird, has a beautiful voice, soprano voice, and has sung when we have been able to hear it.  Her name is Sister Schillamatt.  She reminds me of some women who I have known in the past, that have sung so beautifully, that one never grows tired of listening to her.   Below is a photo of her and her companion.

She is the one with the checkered blouse and glasses. She sings so wonderfully.

We will miss her, she is so happy to be going home, but first will sing for the Apostle.  She said she may wind up at the Y.  We shall see.






Here they are again, mom and I are there also.  The other two are wonderful sister missionaries also.

It is pure joy to talk to and relate with the full time missionaries.  We have made friends with them.  And they are working hard to find investigators.

It reminds me of 42 years ago, in Mexico.