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

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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

March 19th Letter!

Shanni!
Well what's happenin?! I saw some cute pictures of you with Logan and he is dang cute and boy I tell you what I don't know if it's just because I haven't seen you in so long but every time I get new pictures of you I swear that you get hotter and hotter! It makes me cringe at the fact that Utah is LOADED with wife hunting RMs! But we only have 8 more months to go before we are out of the "high risk dear john" stage and we enter into the "holy crap he is coming home in less than 6 months" stage. :)
So I have great news for you! I am more than likely going to buy a brand spankin new camera! Now you might ask yourself how this is a good thing for you...Well I must tell you that if I do this, which I probably will, then I will want to take pictures of everything and guess who will get more pictures? YOU! WOOT! Good idea? Yep I thought so too! I wish I could sing you a song right now! That's just how happy I am! It wouldn't be very good and it would be made up and probably about how beautiful you are! But it would be fun! So the picture of me in the doorway with the Iron gym does make me look like a giant but I have to tell you that this basement is tiny! The door jam is at 6'4'' and I'm still only 6'5''. So don't worry I didn't grow a foot while I have been out here lol!
I just got the news that Willis died about 2 weeks ago! I heard it from Elder Clyde (who is engaged btw) But no one told me that Willis had passed! It kind of upsets me because I could have gone to his service. But anyway he is in a lot better shape right now I can tell you that! He was awesome though. I loved Willis.
Well I love you very much! I feel like we've come closer together even being apart. Thank you for always being there for me! I truly appreciate your support! I don't know what I'd do without you! I look forward to hearing from you soon! Take care!!
Elder Penman

March 16th E-mail

Whats happening ?!?!? How have you guys been? Well dad its too bad I'm not there to out drive you :D lol! J/k so ya that iron gym doesn't work so great in the basement of the house we live in. :D The door jams are like 6'4" so I have to duck all the time! It's just wonderful! And the ceiling fans... well they are even worse! lol! But I'm hanging in there! So Dick Mckinley (Jace Hymus' father in-law) wants to be baptized in April! AND not only that but he wants to do it in UTAH!!! So you guys and Shannon and her fam and everyone might just be able to be a part of one of my convert baptisms!!!!! Now of course I wont be there lol but that would be so freaking cool!!!!! It would be at one of the stake centers in Taylorsville! So I will let you know when! But in April! Be ready for the chance of a lifetime! :D Also! Transfer calls are this Saturday and we are having a baptism!!!! The Suman family! The dad is dunking 3 of em!!!! Woot!!! We (well I) are so stinking excited!!! Oh and I might just buy me a new camera today... I am getting sick of the battery thing on the camera and I have plenty of money... and I want a better one anyways... So I might just get me one! woot! I need to send my card home cause it is full so I will be doing that sometime. Well I love you guys very much! I hope that all is well! Take care! I will talk to you soon! WOOT for transfers! lol! It is true I am very transfer trunky! I cant wait! lol! Love ya! Take care!
Elder Penman