December 1st E-mail

Hey mom whats happening?!?! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving! Mine was ok ... it was kinda boring... lol Well the pie wasn't grandmas... lol! but no it was good they actually smoked the turkey and it was very very tasty! I'm sorry your knee sucks the big one! Aren't you getting it replaced in January or something? I think I remember you saying something.. but I dunno... Well this week was a little slow but I have a funny story to tell ya! So we have a nine year old kid that was on-date for baptism and we had gone to his house and he is very difficult to teach cause well he is nine... but anyways I made a contract with him and made him sign it of things that he had to do before he could get baptized. He did and what not.. and I kinda feel bad for the kid because he lives with his great grandmother who is almost 80 (she is also like 6 feet tall and it is a little scary...) but his mom doesn't want him and his dad doesn't want him and his grandmother doesn't want him and by the looks of it his great grandmother doesn't want him either and I can't really blame her for not wanting to take care of a nine year old at that age. Anyways! I still feel bad for the kid.. its rough. But anyways his great grandmother's name is Joe and that's easier to type and the nine year old's name is Isaiah so anyways Joe got offended by a bishop who beat the crap out of her 12 year old son and she took him to court and everything in 1969! So Joe has never come back to church since but she still knows that its true. So she doesn't bash the church or anything she just doesn't go. But what she did when it came to bringing Isaiah is she would bring him and she would sit in the parking lot until church was over and then take him home and whatever. Well it just wasn't working out if you know what I mean. A nine year old running wild in the church with no one in there to legally supervise him... you could imagine. Anyways after the first church at 9:00 before 1:00 church he is hiding from his grandma and doesn't want to get in the car and says I'm just going to stay for church again well I'm like no freaking way is that happening so I go out and tell her that he doesn't want to come to the car with the intentions that she will come get him. Well she says well fine then he can walk home and she backs out and leaves. So when Isaiah sees this he freaks out and runs and sits in the middle of the road... and so we are like walking towards him at first and he keeps going and so I said I'm not playing this game and we went back inside. Well sure enough he comes back and our ward mission leader gets involved (this is who we live with his name is brother Purcell and he is a police officer for Clarkston PD) and he is dealing with it so I'm like sweet. So he is asking him what he wants and he doesn't want a ride and he doesn't want to stay and he wants to walk so bro Purcell tells him fine leave walk home and Isaiah says no and starts throwing things at the building (pine cones and such) meanwhile bro. Purcell is on the phone with Joe and says please just bring him his coat and if he doesn't want to get in the car fine but he needs his coat. She says ok well when he gets off the phone Isaiah throws one more thing at the building and bro Purcell goes off on him and tells him that he will have him arrested if he does it again! So Isaiah freaks out and goes and sits in the road again... (its a 2 lane road that is double yellow line and fairly busy) he is sitting in the middle well people are coming in for church and he is drawing attention like crazy...(his goal) and so we go back inside. Well sure enough he comes back in and by this time church is about to start and they asked me and elder Burrell to pass the sacrament. So we all go in to the meeting and sit down and bro. Purcell comes in and goes hey one of you needs to take care of Isaiah and I'll pass for you and so I said I will and I said to elder Burrell give me the phone (and at this time I was not very happy at all to say the least...) so he hands me the phone and I start walking and Isaiah is following me going what are you going to do? Are you going to call my grandma? Where are we going? lol and I just kept walking.. and I walked outside at perfect timing Joe was pulling up and I waved her down and I walked up to the car and opened his door and I said get in the car! She rolls down the window and says he isn't ready to be baptized and I said I know he isn't! When he heard that he freaked out and was like you can't break the contract blah blah blah and I went off!!! I was like you know what I didn't break anything and I'm the one that makes the contracts and you are never going to have another one unless you start acting better than this! Holy cow I was hot! Then I looked at him and I was like look at me! He looked up and then I said GET UP AND GET IN THE CAR NOW! He kinda wormed his way into the car and I shut the door and then I stuck my head in the car and said look at me! and he did and I said go home and read a chapter and think about what you did and we will see you at 8! Then I shook Joe's hand and said thanks for coming to get him! And I walked off! lol!!! But I had like a whole crowd too. The look on all their faces was like dang.... lol! So anyways cool part was that after all that we went over and held our ground with him (and trust me he tried everything) and i was still kinda hot and so I told Joe I said you know I'm going to be completely honest with you and until Isaiah has someone to come to church with him this is never going to work and she thought about it and she said... your right... and I said I hope this stuff is far enough in the past that we can forget it and you can come back to church (and then I baited her lol) cause you are very smart and you could really help strengthen others that are there. So we committed her to come to church and so we are excited about that! I will let you know how it goes! I have carpal tunnel now and so I hope it heals by next week lol!! But anyways... kind of a funny story but cool at the same time. I truly laid the smack down! :D Well mom thanks for sending Tessa and Jacob that plaque they are going to love it!! Thats awesome! I'm excited for that! I hope chocolate day goes well!! Just remember as bad as anything sucks its your attitude that makes the difference! So ya know just go and have fun like we did last year and it will get done in half the time...! (like last year :D) Chocolate day doesn't HAVE to be hell! You can't say that I didn't prove that :D! Love ya mom! Keep reading your scrips! Take care! I get to talk to ya soon!!! Holy cow!!! Exciting!!! well I love you very much and I hope everything is going well for you! Pray for the areas of the world that don't have missionaries!!! I did get my Christmas present and holy cow I love them to death!! Everything fits perfect and I love those socks!! Oh and mom I have no idea who is still on their mission lol! I'm out of the loop lol! But if you find out please let me know... you can call all of their parents... I know Steve is still out... anyways I love ya! Happy holidays! Tell everyone hi and I love them! Give Shannon a big hug for me and then tell her to give you and big hug for me! lol!! Take care!
Elder Penman