August 18, 2014
Dear Family and Friends,

Thank you so much for the support you've showed me! I will always be so grateful for you guys. It's been a great week, besides the fact I got sick midway through. I have this wierd cold thing. My snot never ends. Sorry.. probably too much information, but it's annoying. We did a lot of different things this past week even though we were on foot again!

     A miracle on Monday started off our week so strong. We didn't know we weren't going to have the car this week so we had planned people after p-day in further areas so we had to decide what we wanted to do instead. We felt prompted to just start walking. So we walked down a few streets. and then we found the Locray's. A family of 5. Although some of them are a little tougher, their is a 14 year old named Shane who is so golden if his family would just be supportive. We taught all of themTuesday the Restoration and we will be teaching them Plan of Salvation this Wednesday. Shane couldn't stop reading and looking at the Book of Mormon as we taught last week. And he shared with us that he really liked the story about the boy that was going to different churches and then prayed and saw Jesus. We keep praying that we will continue to help him progress. We're so excited! Kids are so close to the Spirit. 

     We also taught Star and Alyce this week! Hilary wasn't there sadly, but we'll get her next week. We had the Relief Society Prez with us which was great. She was very supportive of them and showed them plenty of love without suffocating. Elder Dunn basically said I'll be transferred in a couple of weeks so we better start transferring them to their home ward soon. I'm going to miss them so much! But I still have a couple of weeks. I'll keep you updated. 

     We had Zone Conference on Friday which was awesome. President and Sister Vest both trained, as well as the mission presidency and the Assistants. President Vest focused on a lot on the importance of being 'Pure Vessels' so that we can teach by the Spirit. I have such a strong testimony in that. President Hepworth, the first counseler, talked about David and his his experience with Bathsheba. When David saw Bathsheba on the roof, he could have looked away. But instead, he stared. And then soon after, sought after her. We have a choice. Although we are surrounded by temptation, we are given the agency, opportunity, and responsibility to act upon it or not. David recognized his sin and went to the Lord to repent of it. To change his heart. Let's let Him change ours too. 

I love you all! Thank you for your love and example! My mission is the best. Hope you have a great week!

Love, 

Sister Penman

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