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

February 2nd E-mail

hey its good to hear from you guys!! well things are going pretty well here! they are getting a lot better! that's for sure! We had a pretty good week and most of all the best part during the week was that Elder Allred wasn't all that bad.. I had to tell him to shut his pie hole a few times but hey things are getting better! I think after Elder Allred talked to president and after his bishop called him and he got whatever was holding him back off his shoulders he is ready to move on and now we just have to deal with a little stubbornness and he is still in 8th grade... but that's ok... I am learning to be patient that's for sure.. but i love the work! I absolutely do! i hear that the Superbowl was pretty dang good that's cool! its too bad that the cardinals didn't pull it out though.. that would have been awesome i think for them to win! but oh well the steelers are a good team... I am however upset that i didn't get to see any of the game lol! but oh well we went and taught a guy and put him on-date for the 28th so that was better than the Superbowl anyways! lol! well I love you guys a ton! its good to hear that you are both doing ok! keep hanging in there! keep reading your scriptures! anywho i love you and i will talk to you next week! take care!

Elder Penman

January 26th E-mail

Hey whats happenin?!?! well we had an ok week! yesterday was pretty exciting but the rest of the week was meh.. So yesterday I spoke in sacrament in first ward.. and it was pimpin! i took like 20 mins and it was a piece of cake :D didn't even prep that much lol! I love it! anyways then Pres Baker (a counselor in the mission presidency) came down for a fireside for second ward.. and so all the members are now pumped for missionary work! and! in first ward a kid brought his friend to church and his friend (who is a sophomore) wants to be baptized! so we are going to start teaching him this week! we put him on date and then after church we contacted this guy name Dan Madden who lives in second ward! and he is so dang golden! We were telling him about the BoM and said Christ came here to teach these people and he said do you think that that was what he was talking about when he said there were other people somewhere else....? and i said you mean other sheep that i have which are not of this fold?(John 10:16) and he was like ya! and i said turn to 3 Nephi 15:21 and he did and was like wow! and to start off the lesson he was like you know i have been to many different Christian denominations and i think they all have bits of the truth but i don't think they have the whole thing... and we were like wuhhhh.... I said well Dan I believe you are going to like what we have to say.. and he said well I'm all ears.. lol! it was so sweet! so we are going to teach him again on Saturday and put him on date as well! AWESOME! work is going well! thanks for getting me Jace Hymus' number! i called him and he is going to work the other side for me! I think his Father In-law got Antied... but we will see.. anyways today we butchered chickens!!!!!!! It was so freaking fun! first you go in and catch the little buggers then you bring them out and chop their heads off and drain the blood out by holding them upside down and then you pull them apart and its so easy! its way fun too!! I have pictures :D and i will send them to shanni soon! she probably wont like them very much lol but i do! it was fun! plus the guy gave us some eggs and when he is done prepping the meat we get some of that too! and they are 2 year old chickens that were corn fed with no hormones or anything! i cant wait to eat it!!!!!!!!!!! wow! but it was so fun! and OF COURSE freaking milk toast wouldn't come out of the house even... so he sat in and wrote letters while everyone else in the district participated in the decapitating of chickens :D !!! woohoo!!! it was awesome! but hey i love you guys so much! take care! mom don't over do it! and hang in there! alright well i love you guys! take care!

Elder Penman