Has He Grown Taller!?

That Iron Gym isn't going to work very well by the looks of this...

March 9th E-mail

Back to work for 3 days and already faking sick???? lol! jk! I completely understand. So how is your knee mom? I hope it is doing better! Just keep on pushing through it! We woke up to a wonderful snow storm today! It was awesome then I started pelting Elder Allred with snowballs and now he is all bent out of shape... lol poor California boy. But hey it's ok :D Well the Sumans are doing great and they are on their way! Their date is still the 21st so we are pretty dang excited! It's so fun to teach them! The one boy who is a member (Toni) is 10 years old and he asks hilarious questions all the time.. it's so funny! I don't even remember an example but they are just really long and drawn out and sophisticated... it's funny. One of the boys that is getting baptized is Logan and he is 10 and I introduced a scripture and said now keep that in mind as we read this scripture and he goes OH ill keep it in mind for sure! It's just way fun! and Jordan the 12 year old he prayed "and bless us that next time we can have an awesome lesson like today's lesson... even though I already know that it will be." lol! I will get pictures with them! I'm probably going to buy another card for my camera cause the one I have is full... so I need to send
it home.. so I will send it soon. Well I went on an exchange with the Zl's and I went up to Pullman
for a day.. and it's so stinkin fun up there! WSU is a fun place to be! Especially on a Friday night LOL!! Thats all I will say about that lol! But it was good to get away for a day! Well other than that this week was pretty good! We did a LOT of tracting... but we have no choice! Our work is dwindling in unbelief! But thank you so much for everything! Thank grandma and grandma & grandpa and Janet & Dave and everyone! I will write them eventually but for now tell them thanks! I have the best family in the world! :) Well I love you guys! Take care! Send me pics! Elder Penman

More Boxing and One Tired Companion

March 2nd E-mail

whats happenin?!?! Well I am pretty warn out cause we just got done playing some ball at WSU!!!! woot!!! That place is so stinkin cool! I will send a pic of it home sometime... (and by home I mean to Shannon :D)We put a part-member family on-date for baptism this week! Their name is the Suman's and the dad is a member but the wife and 2 sons are getting baptized! So on the 21st of March we are having 3 baptisms!!!! woot! So pray for them! Please :D other than that i cant think of anything that has been real exciting... I have been pretty much super pissed off all week! my comp is about to catch one in the dome! I tell you what! but I wont get into that :D I could use some prayers and DON'T pray for me to have patience I don't need any more opportunities! I get plenty! Thank you tho :D Well I love you guys so much!Thank you for the awesome shoes! They work great and they are so cool lookin! dang! I like em! Well I got to go buy some beer and give it to homeless people.... but take care! Love ya!

Elder Penman

New Pictures!

Elder P. and Elder A. on Valentines Day
Elder P. and Elder Jarman fighting!

February 16th E-mail

how are my favorite parents in the whole wide world?!?! well that's fabulous! I'm doing pretty good myself! my comp is "sick" but hrrrrp he will do fine! this week i went on an exchange with the DL (the one i knocked out...:D ) and well we had a long chat about what we could do for our companions. anyways we came up with some good game plans and so we will see how they work out! today we went boxing again and oh man its such a dang good workout! and yes dad i do have an itch for boxing now! lol doesn't mean i will become one but i will knock you out! OHHH!!! lol not that i couldn't before i left... but now even more so lol! but its nice to work off some anger and some back fat... :D we are teaching that 16 year old kid Seth and he is doing much better! his grades are up and his mom is happy so now we just have to teach him and keep him on the straight and narrow! and he can be baptized anytime now! so that's cool! we are also teaching a guy named Praveen! he is Hindu! but not for long! he has come to church like 5 or 6 times and he likes the "karma" there... and so we have been taking baby steps with him! teaching him about the nature of God and the godhead and their roles and so forth! but its cool! its a lot of fun! but other than that things have been going just fine... thanks so much for the cookie! wow! it lasted like 5 minutes lol! i seriously thought about eating my comps real fast and then eating mine so that he didn't even know you sent him one lol! but i didn't! i gave it to him! oh tell bro McDougal hello and that Clarkston is in the Lewiston Stake and there is only 1 stake here in the valley but tell him we are working on it :D! Moscow and Pullman and everything used to be in the Lewy stake but now they have their own stake... so that's cool.. well i love you guys! oh and mom about motherhood and so forth.. well one day when i am a mother i might have some advice for you but until then i think you know that subject a little better than i do :D! and plus you make a pretty dang good one! :D happy valentines day a little late! and i love you guys a ton! take care! talk to ya soon!
Elder Penman
p.s. If you didn't already get me something for my b-day i need some new basketball shoes.. i want them black with say a little bit of red on em! and make em spiffy! lol! thanks! love ya!

February 9th E-mail

Whats happenin?!?! wow this week was fun! But I'm afraid my letter wont be too long cause i am starting to get a head ache :D for an awesome reason though! this morning!!!! we went boxing! ok i will tell you a little bit about this family their last name is grow and the dad was a boxer and the son that just got back from a mission was a boxer as well...(like 2nd in the nation at one point) and bro. grow's dad was a world class boxer (Jim Grow) he fought in the garden a few times.. and bro. Grows brother (Mike Grow) was a pro and 2nd in the world at one point... and when i told them i lived across the street from Gene Fulmer they about crapped themselves and then when i told them that i didn't even know who he was at first they couldn't even believe it lol.... but ok they have access to a private gym and the son took us over there and had us do a little work out..(by little i mean i am freaking exhausted!) but anyways afterwards he let us spar for a couple 2 min rounds... and I will send you a picture but me and my district leader went at it twice (he is like 5' 10" 165 and he was a QB) but anyways i just got done with a round with a heavyweight Elder Lamb and i kicked his trash cause he is super slow and then elder Jarman (District Leader) and his comp went at it and i knocked his comp down in the first punch and so they had me step in with him and i was super tired but we were pretty even and he caught me with some good ones... and then he fought Lamb and kicked his trash and then the final round was me and Jarman and i will send you a picture of what happened but i caught him with the sweetest right hand and he landed flat on his back! it was sweet! then he jumped up and had no clue where he was for a min lol!!! it was so dang fun tho! and such a good workout! but no worries no one got hurt we had head gear and 16oz gloves and mouth pieces and all that jazz! but we hardly get a workout like that so it was fun! but with lack of water and not used to getting hit in the head i have a slight headache but it is so stinking worth it! it was fun but i will send some pictures! and well of course you guessed it Elder Milktoast didn't step into the ring all he did is take pictures! but that's ok! well the work is going good too! but its nice to get a few frustrations out as well lol! but we got 3 more new gators this week and one is a Hindu guy who has come to church 4 times before we had a lesson with him! how sad is that on our part! durrrrr... anyways! lol i love you guys and i hope you have fun in St. George. mom tell vaughna that i love her and that if she needs anything she better be on the phone and calling one of you! give her a hug for me too! tell her the "her tall friend hasn't forgotten her!" but hey i love you guys! take care! i look forward to getting the package you sent me! mom i seriously have no clue what i want for my b-day! whatever you get me just don't spend a lot of money! in fact you could take whatever you were going to spend and put in in the bank to gain interest for when i get back! lol! i dunno i just don't need much while i am out here ya know... and ya some jerseys would be sweet when i got back but i don't need to pack them around while i am here... i dunno that's the best part about a mish is i don't have to worry about myself :D so sorry i am no help at all! BUT! i do love ya! :D so take care! have fun! and mom don't forget your scriptures! don't forget to have family prayer! and go to church dang it!!!! lol!! i love you guys! Elder Penman