Weekly Update April 5th, 2006

Apr 5^th, 2006

I loved General Conference! I can’t believe how much better the spirit feels after listening to the Prophet speak! And all the other speakers… WOW!!! I loved it. For the first time, I was really, REALLY sad it was over so fast. (Hey, mom and dad, I was even awake for ALL of it! That’s two or three conferences in a row now. Pretty cool, huh?!)

Well, Robert made it to Conference, but Barbara didn’t. I was really hoping she would. But no such luck. She’s feeling better, though. So, we’re going to go see her tonight. It should be good. We’re planning on teaching her about the “Plan of Salvation.” For anyone who may not know. In a nutshell, the “Plan of Salvation” is the plan that our Heavenly Father has for all of us. No matter if we’re black or white, male or female, adult or child. Heavenly Father is a God of order and He’s had this plan for us since before we came to Earth. And when we teach the “Plan of Salvation”, it answers questions like: “Where did I come from?” “What is the purpose of life?” and “What happens when we die?” Knowing the answers to these questions brings us comfort and peace because we’re no longer left wondering. Our Heavenly Father loves us all and He’ll never leave us in darkness. So, through His Prophets and the Scriptures, we know the answers to these questions. For more info, use these links. They’ll take you to a church website:

The Plan of Salvation

What's the Purpose of life?

Yesterday, was a really good day. We went on “Team-Ups” (we traded companions for the day) with our Zone Leaders, elder Haas and Elder Healey. I went to South Wichita with elder Healey and Elder Bascom stayed here in Derby with Elder Haas. Elder Healey and I found 8 new people for them to follow-up on and teach a little more to and Elder Bascom found 2 new people while knocking doors with elder Haas. It was a good day. I’m very looking forward to meeting with these people when we return. I hope they listen and open their hearts to hear what we have to say and really think about it. Way to many people won’t give themselves the time to thoughtfully think about the things that we say. Most of them get caught up in all the activities and distractions that the World is full of. And it’s not that all of them are bad. In fact, many of them are very good activities and “distractions.” But it’s like I said last week: Satan will trick us into using our time and energy up on something good, to keep us from something better (or more important).

Well, I love each of you. I hope that you’re all enjoying these updates. I’m sorry that sometimes I don’t get them off to you in time. But I hope that you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them.

I think of you and pray for you. Thank all of you, my dear friends and family for all that you’ve done for me and all that you do for me.

~Elder Penrod