January 11th E-mail

Woot! Its transfer time! and guess what? I'm getting another greenie! lol... My comp is headed out after just 6 weeks.. Which really is ok with me.. I am ready for a change :D But yep Tuesday i go down to Spokane to pick him up.. i have no idea who he is.. but i will let you know all about him next week.. So mom the Journal of Discourses is quite a big series of books.. I'm not sure how much they are going to cost but you might have to spread it out a little.. who knows.. I haven't looked at the price.. But i would rather you just get them and keep them at home.. I'm not really allowed to read them out here.. But if they are expensive just tell everyone who was planning on getting me something to just give you some cash.. :D But that would be awesome to get those books.. And heck you could even read them before i get home :D So the Bassetts are doing great.. We had a pretty good lesson with them and we talked to them a lot about baptism. They have taken the challenge that our bishopric has extended to everyone in the ward to read the BoM in the months on Jan and Feb. So they are right on track with that. Its actually really nice to have investigators reading 9 pages of the BoM a day... They basically said that they would like to get through the BoM but that baptism was the route that they were leaning towards.. So it was nice. I feel that as we continue to teach them that they will come even closer. Its fun to watch them grow in the gospel! But i think that i will die off here so its ok if i have to wait until march to baptize them.. :D They are a wonderful family though! So i dont know if i have told you but this ward is plagued! Saturday we went to a funeral for a 4 month old in the ward.. This family has experienced so much! They have a 4 year old daughter that fought with cancer for the first few years of her life.. and they didn't think she was going to make it and then this little one struggled with just about everything! It was crazy but that is the 3rd funeral in this ward since i have been here and i have only been here 3 months!!! Is that crazy or what! And I hate to say it but we have a few on-deck.. 2 of them and they both have cancer that cant be treated and the one was given 1-30 days to live 3 weeks ago and the other was given 3-6months to live 3 months ago.. so... I don't know what it is but i think its the water.. ;) But its such a strong ward.. They are great! I would not mind staying here until the end.. Well things are pretty good! I am way excited to train again! good ole #4... I hope this is how many kids i will have of my own :D Well mom that's way cool that you got a raise! After all that hard work of mastering solitaire i think you deserved it! That's a tough game! ;) lol. I'm glad to hear that you guys are doing ok! Keep on keepin on! I love ya! Take care of yourselves! Elder Penman