Easter Sunday

April 13th E-mail

Whats happenin?!?! Well I hope you guys are excited to go to the baptism this coming Saturday! I think I already told you but just in case its at 10:00 a.m. at the church on Bernina like right in Shannon's neighborhood! woot! Well This week was pretty fun! We had some way cool sacrament talks... I am going to love working with our new bishop in Clarkston 1st ward.. he is so missionary friendly! lol But seriously like 1st ward has been slacking and he is putting an end to it! Well we caught word that they are looking for a new place for us to live... The Purcells are way cool and I don't really want to leave. I like living with the Purcells they are just wonderful people! But everything is going well for us, we had 5 investigators in sacrament and we got 2 new investigators this week! It's a couple who are about to have a baby and their names are Justin and Samantha. They came to church so hopefully things are looking up for them.

Well This diet sounds a little shocking... 30 lbs in 3 weeks is quite the shock on the body. I hope it is healthy and that your bodies aren't going to freak out and not know what is going on. I don't know much about it but I'm glad it's working for you guys. Just please be smart about it! Anyways, I love you guys very much! Remember to invite everyone to the baptism! Take care of yourselves! I love ya!

Elder Penman

April 6th E-mail

Well Hello there fam! whats happenin? Was conference sweet or what! BAM! I cant wait for the ensign to come out! so i can study those talks! Jeffrey R Holland's talk blew me out of the water! It makes so much sense that the reason Heavenly Father withdrew himself from Christ wasn't because he couldn't bear to see his son that way but was because the savior had to experience spiritual death (not being in the presence of God) and so it was a must! so that he knew what it was like to be alone! WOW! I love conference! I hope you all got a lot out of it! there is so much to learn! We had a great week! and conference Sunday we got a new investigator! it was great! we also went tracting and we started talking to this guy named Dustin and he asked me if we celebrated palm Sunday... well by the look on my face he could tell i had no idea what the heck that even was... and so he told us what it was and what not.. well i said well we have an even better Sunday then that... we have an opportunity to hear from a prophet of God.. and then he said hold up, you are talking to a Protestant here and i have been to a lot of churches who will claim to have men of God and maybe even apostles but here you are now telling me that you have a prophet.. he says you have to have some big cajones to sit here and claim that you have a prophet.. and i was like well.. we got em! and he goes well tell me about the holy ghost so i told him what he does and what his role is.. and he says so you have the bible and you have the holy ghost.. why do you need more? and i said your right... in these crazy times in the world we couldn't use any more guidance... and he goes well no im just saying.. and i just smiled and then he says well how do you know he is a prophet and i said by the power of the Holy Ghost and he says you really think that the Holy Ghost told you that he is a prophet? and I said I don't think... I KNOW that the Holy Ghost has bore witness to me that Thomas Monson is a prophet of God! and just BAM! it was great! i was shutting him down left and right lol... but we invited ourselves back and he said ok but i have a lot of questions so come ready to bring it just like I'm going to bring it... and we said no problem... lol! it was awesome! but conference always gets me fired up to go talk to people! i love it! well i love you guys a ton! so the baptism is going to be at 10:00 a.m. and the church in Shanni's neighborhood on Bernina... and it will be Saturday the 18th... so invite all! and take pictures! I love you guys! thank you for everything! take care!

Elder Penman

Taking It Easy After Conference

New Elder Penman Pictures

March 30th E-mail

WOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOO!!!!! Oh boy we are back in business! you better believe it! My greenie is on fire! His name is Elder Foerster and he is a stud! he is from Provo Utah and he is 6'7"!!!! he is freaking 2 inches taller than me! he says he got looks for basketball from Utah and BYU and Utah state and Snow college.... but who knows :D we played ball this morning and he got a dunk (when i was behind him) and then he went up for another dunk and i stuffed him and I scored on him a whole bunch and then he gave me the well its early and my muscles are too stiff and blah blah blah! lol! but that's ok... there is nothing like someone who didn't play high school basketball stuffing the crap out of you! lol! but it was way fun anyways! BUT! he is a hard worker and we have had the most wonderful week ever! We found 4 new investigators and we had 6 people in sacrament! WOOT!!! We walked a kid home from LCSC (Lewis-Clark State College) and then we were like well could we come back sometime and sit down with you and he said well i live right here what about right now? and so we went in and taught him the restoration! it was so cool! and then we went to check up on a potential and it was a lady... well her husband let us right in and said well since we are alone i will tell you guys that i have been wanting to go to the Mormon church for a while... and i have 3 grandsons who i want to bring with me cause they need something in their lives... and he was a catholic too! and so we taught him the restoration mixed with the Word of Wisdom! and BAM! we are going back this week! but i tell you what! things are on the up and up! I want you guys to know that i know that this is the Lord's work! and that he runs this church! I know that he suffered for us! so that we could have a chance back to heavenly father! I know that he lives! and that he loves us so much! I know the gospel is true with all my heart! thank you for everything that you do for me! take care of yourselves! Love ya!

Elder Penman

March 24th E-mail

That's right! My boy isn't staying around... he is headed to Cheney! I am training again! Fresh off the boat! woot! I am excited about this one! He is going to be an absolute stud! So I have to tell you that the Internet is going really super slow right now and I can hardly send emails... so this is the only one that I'm writing so tell everyone else please... we had an awesome week this week with the Suman's baptisms! That was one of the best baptisms I have seen! It was awesome! Way fun to be a part of! In sacrament that was the first time I have seen 3 confirmations back to back to back like that... it was pretty cool! Afterwards the stake pres got up and released the bishop and called a new bishop in the ward.. which will be a good change! I liked Bishop Tucker but I am excited to work now with Bishop Williams... and especially with a new greenie! woot! So I pick him up tomorrow! And we go nuts! We got a lot going on and its going to be way exciting! I cant wait! woohoo! I am going to progress so much more this transfer! I am really going to just buckle down and give it my all! Our district leader is training on his last transfer too and so we are going to have 2 brand new ones in our district.. it will be pretty fun! I hope they are both jocks! So we can finally do fun things on p-day! lol! So Dick McKinley is getting baptized in UTAH! On the 18th of April! In Taylorsville! I will get you the time and place and I want everyone to be a part of it! I think that's pretty unique that you guys will get to be a part of one of my convert baptisms! He said he doesn't care who I invite! So invite everyone! Eddie and Kathy! Everyone! Nick and Shannon and her fam! I am way excited! But i will give you more details on that... oh and make sure you have a camera on you! So just a heads up...! Well oh and Nick wrote me and asked me some questions but just let him know that i will answer them next week cause the Internet sucks right now... but the weather is great! It hit 65 two days in a row last week and is supposed to be great this week! woohoo! I want you to know that I am very excited and I REALLY REALLY REALLY appreciate all of your prayers and such! Everything is great! This time we are shooting for the stars! I love you guys very much! thanks for everything you do for me! Take care! Talk to ya soon!

Elder Penman