Friday, August 29, 2008

Along Came Elder Ashton

Hey!! How are you!? Yep so elder Clyde is gone and I went and picked up Elder Ashton yesterday. So sorry this is a little late! I know how you get when my letters are late! :) But ya he is pretty interesting to say the least! He lives in Provo and there are 19 kids in his family!!!!Ya holy cow! There are no twins and his parents had 13 of them and adopted the other 6, which are all special needs. His parents must be pretty amazing! But he falls at number 13. He has been out 16 months but this is his first chance at being senior companion. Last night we went to basketball with the ward like we always do on Tuesday nights, and he was trying to argue with me cause he doesn't think we should be going to basketball but I just kept saying okay well call pres and talk to him about it...or talk to the ward mission leader about it...the reason we go is because there are always non-members there and our ward mission leader got really mad at some missionaries a while ago for not going. So he called pres and it was approved by the pres because its a non-threatening way for people to get to know us and to feel comfortable around us. But anyway if he gets that taken away from us then it will be lame. But oh well, I can play ball in a couple years lol. :) So I am pretty much not green anymore!! Woohoo!! So I'm sure you heard but on Sunday when we took Elder Clyde to the mission home I stopped by Dave and Jane's! I got to see Piper!!!:) She is so darn cute its not even funny! :) I gave them my number and they gave me theirs so when you guys come up your parents and I can hopefully go to dinner unless my new comp is a hoser. But Elder Ashton seems very dedicated to working and so that is a huge plus! We have so much work to do here and I am glad he isn't a lazy bugger! I am going to try and work him so hard he falls asleep while we are planning at the end of the day! That is my goal! LoL! Oh! So yesterday he was unpacking and he pulls out this plastic sword and starts swinging it around like he knows what he is doing with it...lol and then he was like pretending to stab me and even himself! I was laughing so hard. It was freaking hilarious! But ya he was even doing a little yoga this morning for exercise! I pretty much think he's a samurai. :) Well I hope you've started a tape! I really want to hear from you! I hope your studies are going well! Good luck with school and work! I love you!
Love, Elder Ryan John Penman
p.s. Sorry no pics again...:(

Monday, August 25, 2008

Short and Sweet

Hey hows it going?!? Well lol dad don't worry the spiders are just fine... and I mean we catch a few a week anyways and so whether or not I was putting them into a tank it wouldn't matter as far as me getting bit... :D So don't worry lol! Well that sucks that you guys ended up losing but... that's what happens when you don't hold onto the ball... So ya practice ought to be really fun this week! Oh well its good for em.. I'm glad you guys got to spend some time with Shel and Tyler! I wish I could have been there too but oh well I have plenty of work to do! I do know who my new comp is his name is Elder Ashton... and all I know about him is that he is tall and a little odd.. but pres told me that its his first time being senior comp.. and he has been out 17 months and so I dunno quite what that means but I have been told that he is a hard worker and so that's all that matters to me! :D I took a trip down to the valley and dropped off elder Clyde at the mission home and he flew out this morning so he is home now.. I told him that he should meet you guys and so he might be calling in a little bit... who knows.. he is coming back up here September 18th and so we are going to go on splits :D but ya I don't pick up my new comp until tomorrow(Tuesday) and so I am just way excited to get back to work! This last p-week sucked! It was driving me nuts!!! But its ok cause I mean its not really elder Clyde's fault cause the last week you basically pack and say goodbye to people... and round all your crap up... so anyways I'm
ready to get the ball rolling again! Cause right now we don't have any on-dates and so we are going to fix that this week hopefully! Ya my area is so beautiful! You guys would love it! But
anyways I love you guys! Have a wonderful week! Good luck this week in football! Mom I hope
you are feeling ok! I love you guys! take care of yourselves!
Love Elder Penman