hey whats going on?!?!
well its nice to hear about highland and byu and my niners!!! I'm glad they all had a good week! lol i knew something good had to come from this week lol! well this week was alright.. we had a lot of people wanting to bash with us.. and telling us we were deceived and flipping us off and well the whole nine yards... which is expected but.. it was like almost every day lol! its so funny to listen to people and then say something that makes them think... like for instance one guy was telling me that the BoM is an addition to the bible and what not and it says in revelations not to add to the book and so forth (talking about the book of revelations...) but anyways and so i said well what about all of these different translations of the bible? and he goes well translating it into more modern terms isn't adding or taking away.. and i explained that it is from the real meaning and then i said oh so when its convenient then its not adding or taking away lol! and he was like well uhh well... blah blah blah... nothing to say.. :D but i know i shouldn't even bash at all and that's what i told him.. is we don't want to argue that if he wants to know if what we teach is true he needs to read and pray.. and then another day this lady tried to start belittling me and it kind of pissed me off... (oops) lol but then when she told me that i was deceived and that how do i know it wasn't Satan putting those thoughts and feelings into my mind when i prayed about the BoM... i told her well I'm sorry that you cant tell the difference between God and Satan... but i can.. people are so funny! but after a while you are just like hrrrrrrp... but on Tuesday we have an appointment to start teaching a new family! there is like 6 of them or more i dunno but they would make the coolest members in the world!! and the dad (Larry) coaches pop Warner football and what not! me and him get along really well! its going to be fun for me to relate the whole gospel to football!!! :D i am really excited to teach them! well i don't know if we will be having a baptism this Saturday or not.. Richard called us Saturday morning and said he got in a fight with his roommate and was up smoking all night... that was after he was like 4 days clean.. soo anyways we are seeing him tonight so we will see.. I'm not too worried cause even if he doesn't get baptized Saturday or even when I'm here i know he will get baptized... cause he has a testimony! he just cant stop the smoking... but what do ya do right... oh just to give you a heads up... its crazy to think but transfers are coming right up... we will get our transfer calls on the 4th of October and then we will actually transfer the following Tuesday.. the 7th... so the 6th i will be able to let you know what i am doing... but ya its crazy to think that the time has gone by so quickly... but ya interviews are this Thursday... holy cow.. its gone by fast! but elder Clyde has been up here the last couple days... its been fun to see him and church and what not and today we are going golfing... so that should be a lot of fun! hopefully you guys get to meet him tho and if so then (dad... cause i know mom wont) you have to ask him why he dresses so preppy... and if he brings the girl he is dating (her name is randy and she is 4' 10" ) you have to tell him that you thought i was bad with dating short girls but at least I'm not dating a midget lol!!! don't make her feel bad but give him some crap!!! lol and if you have to punch him in the kidneys!! not that i ever used to do that... lol well our other good gators right now are doing well (Jacob & Tessa).. we finally got them to talk about getting married and they told us ya we were looking at like JANUARY 25th!!! i was like what the heck lol!! but oh well... they want to really see what the church is all about cause they don't want to feel like they are using us just to get married which is good.. but the funny thing was that Jacob told us last time we talked that he was thinking about it and he thinks he remembers getting baptized into the LDS church as a kid... like around 14 or 15 and we laughed and then we got his info and the clerk requested his record and it takes like a week to get it or to see if he is a member... lol!! if it turns out that way then we will prolly get them married and have Jacob baptize Tessa.... and he gets the priesthood and what not.. but that is just funny... we have met with them a dozen times and h e just all of a sudden brings that up lol... but things are going great! me and elder Ashton are getting along great.. he gave a talk in sacrament yesterday and it was good.. i sat by elder Clyde... so it was kinda funny.. sitting next to my old comp and listening to my current comp... or in missionary terms sitting next to my "dad" and listening to my "mom" lol but anyways! i love you guys!! i hope that dad that smacked the coach gets thrown in jail for a long time!! that's terrible! its crazy to think that people would do that kind of crap!! but anyways.. tell my hoser siblings that they are both very lame and they need to write me and that i show off their kids to everyone lol! mom i am glad you are reading but not glad about the not every day part!! don't read cause its something you have to do... read because that amazing book tells us how to be happy! what an amazing thing! happiness :D its not easy but its worth it! just remember that! love ya mom! love ya dad! thanks for everything! hey both of you read Mosiah 2:41 and then think about us being commanded to read everyday! its pretty much telling us that if we do we will be happy! what better blessing could you get than that? well i love you guys! tell everyone i love them and sorry that i am too lazy to write all of them! lol! anyways take care! i still don't know what i want for Christmas! maybe boots... hmmm elder Clyde got his at like an army outlet type deal they were the black boots that the army guys wear and he just polished them up.. but anyways if you see any that might work just email me the pick of them and i will let ya know.. :D but that's my thought so far... but hey take care of yourselves! and i hope everything is going alright! i hope you are both feeling better! if not then well... go to the byu game or something :D or maybe eat a pound of sausage i dunno... after that I'm out of ideas... lol! love you guys!
Elder Penman