Friday, November 21, 2008

Lots of Pictures!


November 21st Letter!

Hey!
So Carrie Underwood is coming to Utah eh? Well you better believe we would be going! And hey, come on I don't drool that much! Lol! I feel bad for Syd but she is just getting pretty bad it sounds like. I'm sorry. :(
But hey as far as music goes we can listen to quite a bit of music. There isn't a specific list of anything so ya I would love the EFY Cd's and ya burned Cd's aren't a problem. Just as long as it is music that won't take you off the subject of your work it's okay. It's pretty cool. Well you better not still be sick! Holy cow! I'm sorry you got sick again! What do you keep going and doing that for? Don't you know that its no fun?!
I made it to Clarkston! Woohoo! It is pretty sweet, our area is over two states! We cover Clarkston WA and Lewiston ID and they are just across the snake river from each other! I will get some awesome pics from this place! Speaking of pics I finally sent some! Woohoo! Sorry it took me for ever! Sorry this letter is short also, I will make up for it next week I pRomise! I love you and I'll tell you about the baptism next week too! Sorry I just don't have too much time! I have good stuff to tell you though! Cliffhanger! :) Love ya!

Love, Elder Ryan John Penman

Monday, November 17, 2008

November 17th E-mail

I just typed you a pretty long email and then I hit something and it was gone lol! So here it goes again lol! Normally I would give up but I've learned a little more patience on the mish :D So anyways I was saying lol I am getting transferred!!!! woohoo!!! I'm going to CLARKSTON,
Washington!!! My address (please pass this on to Shannon so I can get mail soon! :D) is 1444 9th St. Clarkston WA 99403 and I am going down to be senior comp to an elder that has been out 1 less transfer than me :D He sounds pretty cool! His name is elder Bural (thats how you say it but I don't know how he spells it yet) and he played high school football and wrestled so we ought to get along :D It has kinda been hard to say goodbyes to people but I am SOOO excited to get started somewhere else and I will probably be there for about 6 months... so I'm just excited to go down there and keep things rolling! It was way cool though at church we both spoke and I spoke on covenants and honesty :D I pounded the pulpit before I left lol! But I had a lot of people come up to me and tell me thanks for what I have done in that ward and I don't feel like a did all that much but... it was pretty cool!

The baptism was soo cool! WOW! It was just awesome!! To see Tessa just glow the way she did was amazing! And to see Jacob get to baptize his wife was awesome holy cow!! I got to confirm her in church and that was just awesome! It has been so cool!!! seriously! I told them they
are welcome to come to Utah and visit any time they want and they can stay with you guys!! lol :D But mom I know there address (cause I write it down every week on our progress records) but I don't know their mailing address. But today after this I am going over there to give them my home info and to get theirs so I will get that to you next week :D sorry! Mike has been trying to get my ring size for this whole 6 months I have just been slacking like crazy! But I will go
see what it is today! Hopefully I get time! I will try! The elders want to hang out all day cause our district got pretty dang close and I got to meet some of the coolest guys that I'm for sure hanging out with when I get home :D that's another fun part of the mish too!! This area has served me well!! It was funny though everyone thought that I was like going home and then when I told them I had only been out 6 months they were like seriously?!?! lol I thought it was pretty funny :D I am ready to move on and I am way excited!

Mom for Christmas!!! I decided what I want! I want under armour cold gear upper and lower! The legs and the upper body! I want the legs black and the upper body white! I know I have some white in my closet but it's too small :D No I haven't gained weight it was just too small before I came out... so that would be way cool and I know they are kinda pricey and I don't want knock offs I want under armour so have the hosers go in on them with you :D I LOVE YOU!! Thanks lol! I sound very demanding lol :D Oh well what else would you expect :D I always tell
my comp hey do what I tell you lol!! So remember black bottoms and white tops :D woohoo! I am excited! My shoes should do just fine though cause it doesn't get as much snow and stuff in Clarkston they said its always 10-15 degrees warmer than anywhere else in the winter :D

Hey mom you can go ahead and invite Shannon to help with chocolates but don't kill her :D If she has a bad back when I come home I'm not going to be happy! Don't try to get em done as fast as last year :D But I will warn her! You can't just not prepare for a day of hell :D You need somewhat of a warning! She is my best friend though! Seriously! Help keep her around! It will pay off :D! Dad I'm glad you are talking! It's about time they started to listen to me :D The coolest scripture for tithing is in Malachi I cant remember what chapter or verse (I wish I had my scrips on me) but you will be able to find it It talks about him pouring out a blessing from heaven that we wont have room enough to receive it. You would be a lot better at speaking on tithing than I would... I don't really have experience with it :D So I will just give you this advice... pray before and after you sit down to prepare your talk... and then when you invite the spirit no matter what you speak on your talk will be great!! Hey mom! Good health habits huh?... well you know they say the teacher learns the most :D That's pretty much my advice for that one :D lol! I'm sure you will touch on the Word of Wisdom.. just tell them that God has a perfect body and he know how to take care of a perfect body therefore he has counseled us on how we can do that.. but hey tell them as far as good health habits... cook dinner.. clean the house... take care of the kids.. get your husband a beverage.. :D lol! Those seem like good healthy habits for girls!
lol!!! You can get Shannon working on those too if ya want lol!!! Don't tell her it came from me though... tell her it came from some really smart person who has never been married but knows alot about "life"! Kinda like the counselors for parents who have never had kids :D LOL!!! Well I hope you guys are excited!! I sure am! I cant wait!! I leave tomorrow morning from the valley at 7:30 :D woohoo!!!!! But anyways geez I cant think of anything else... I'm too excited! But take care of yourselves!! Keep reading your Scriptures!! It will make you happy!!! A COVENANT OF PEACE!!!! woohoo!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CHURCH!! lol! take care I love you both so much! Thanks for everything! 6 months already holy cow!! It is going to speed up too!! Oh no! :D :D :D:D:D:D:D!!! Love ya!

Elder Penman