Tuesday, June 9, 2009

June 8th E-mail

Hey whats going on?!?! Its really good to hear from you guys! We had kind of a rough week. with a lot of opposition.. But that's ok its to be expected especially right before something great happens! But i will tell you one funny story.. As a missionary you become very bold with people and almost so much that it just catches them off guard.. anyways we were talking with this guy who was throwing out all this anti stuff that was just bogus.. and anyways he was trying to play the nice guy as well but i just wasn't buying into it.. So he says "you know i mean i really admire what you guys are doing but what if you guys are bringing all these people into something that is not true..?" and i had enough and i just told him "You know if we are bringing all these people to something that is false and you have the truth then why don't you get out and do what we do?" and then before he could say anything else I said "And I guarantee that you wouldn't last very long" and he said "Excuse me?" and i said " I said you wouldn't last very long!" and he just well blah blah blah what about this and that and just completely changed the subject lol! It was funny... I just don't know why things don't make sense to people... he started talking about how we think we will become equal to God one day blah blah blah... and so we answered his question.. 2 really cool scriptures for that is psalms 82:6 and John 10:34-35. I think those are the ones.. I don't have my scrips on me but i think those are the ones.. anyways he had nothing to say to that.. and then he said well I just cant believe that God was a man on this earth. and so i explained to him my opinion. which is that (well first i told him he was right it probably wasn't this earth :D) and then I said.. and now think about this.. If God has never experienced any of the things that i have and he is sending me down here for no other reason then to go through all this crap to try to get back to him all so that i can worship him for eternity then that would make God sound like a jerk.. and i said and why then if that was the case would i go to God for things before i would my earthly father because my earthly father has been through the things i have and according to you God has never experienced the things that i have.. (I know i was a complete jerk but i was sick of this guy and it makes sense to me) and he said well no God has seen how everything works from the beginning of the world and i said oh to when Adam went to him with a problem he was like well sorry Adam i don't know you will have to wait for a few generations before i can answer that.. and i also pointed out that we aren't the ones who gives God his knowledge.. lol I hope that some of that at least makes sense.. It sounds weird but if you try to argue their side of things then you will realize the truth.. lol God had to learn from somewhere/something.. anyways.. I hope that makes sense.. but something to ponder on anyways :D Not to sit here and tell you guys how well i have learned to bash.. cause i hate bashing! I really do but every once in a while you just get fed up with people and you have to make them realize.. or try anyways :D But anyways this week was fun! I love you guys so much! mom thanks for the cookies! they are so good! Take care of yourself! Thanks for getting Shannon's flowers! and thanks for having her over for dinner! she is so stinkin cute! I love her to death! I love you guys too tho no worries lol!
Take care!
Elder Penman