WEEK 53: HUMP DAY & HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

Elder Pennington with his Hump Day shirt on that
he received on hump day along with a box of
some Corky's barbecue - spoiled by his Momma!

This past week I hit my one year mark.....it is super weird how fast that went.  I hope this year slows down a bit.  Thank you everyone for the emails, letters, packages, and pictures!  It was awesome to get all of that, it made my day!!!

Elders Pennington and Dunn with their most recent
baptism Neva and her father who is preparing
for the ordinance of baptism next.

This week was awesome, we had another Baptism!  It was sweet to see Treva enter into the waters of Baptism.  Her dad is going to be getting baptized hopefully in a couple of weeks!  We have 7 other awesome souls that we are working with that have a date, and I am super excited!

Elder Pennington, the man who plays Judas Iscariot in the
church's Bible Videos, Coach Bolton (Bart Johnson) from High
School Musical, and Elder Dunn.  Nathan said he came to
recruit him for the Wildcats or maybe the next sequel.  :)

This Sunday Elder Dunn and I had Coach Bolton from High School Musical and Judas Iscariot from the Bible Videos at church!  We saw them walking in and we were like “Oh shoot, is that”....and we were like it can't be... and after we got him to say “BOLTON!...DANFORTH!” ...It was so cool.  Well that is all for this week.  I hope everyone has a great Monday.

Love, 

EP

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More pictures of his Hump Day week below:

A Hump Day Feast for breakfast

Don't worry moms, we are eating good!

Special Hump Day plates decorated by Elder Pennington's little sister.

All 3 of these Elders go home together in 1 year

And apparently this Elder doesn't!!

Elder Pennington & Elder Dunn - it's evident that these two love
each other like brothers.  When we think of them working together
in unity to do the Lord's work, it makes us proud and reminds
us of the kind of relationships that Peter, James, and John
had or Alma and Amulek.

T-shirt swap on P-day, time for some exercise

Playing ball at the church on P-day

Elder Pennington was so excited to receive his Hump Day box that
contained all these awesome pictures of dear friends and family
congratulating him on his half way mark.

Elder Pennington with his "Picture Mobile"

Innovative Elders with their name tag holders

Not sure why he sent this picture but my favorite part is
seeing the fan that's hanging in the background on the
bunk beds.  These guys make do with the little they have.

WEEK 52: TRICK OR TREAT IN MENIFEE

Elder Pennington said that this girl he was teaching
reminds him alot of his mom.

     Week One of the Zone Leader life was really good.  My new companion Elder Dunn is super cool.  He is from somewhere in Idaho haha.  He had to go home for a few months because of his knee and now he is back and will be going home the same time as me!  We had a good week this week, we had a baptism for a 11 year old, so that was sweet.

Cruisin' in the Chevy Malibu

We are spoiled here.  I am no longer on bike.  I am in a 2017 midnight blue Chevy Malibu!  It is pretty sweet.  The work is going good.  We picked up a ton of new investigayors that Elder Dunn and I are working with right now, and the people are super cool and receptive.  I am looking forward to working with everyone this transfer.

Headed to go do some service on Preparation Day.

We have MLC this Thursday, so that should be fun.  Next week we have ZDM so we will give a three hour meeting with different trainings.  Not gonna lie…  I am a little nervous.  But it will all be Gucci.  I am enjoying everything so far.  Everyone stay safe, and have a great week! 

Love, 

EP

Elder Dunn making some phone calls and setting
up some teaching appointments on Halloween.

Elder Pennington's Halloween box his mom sent him - Scary!

WEEK 51: NEW ZONE LEADER IN MENIFEE

Below is an email we received this week from Elder Pennington's Mission President.  He has been called to serve as a Zone Leader:

23 October 2016

Dear Brother and Sister Pennington,

It is with great pleasure that I announce Elder Nathan Charles Pennington's new assignment as a Zone Leader in the California Riverside Mission. It is an honor to have your son serving in this position. As a Zone Leader he will continue to be an example in all things for those missionaries under his jurisdiction. His great efforts and example in his previous assignments have qualified him for this opportunity. The experience he will gain as a Zone Leader will prepare him for future callings in the Church and in life.

It is a pleasure to work in the gospel with such fine young men. May I again, thank you for sharing your son with us and for the support that you provide him.  May God's choicest blessings be with you.

Sincerely,

John H. Mullen, President

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Bro. Guerrero drove Elder Pennington to his
new area and his new assignment in Menifee.

Well another transfer has gone by, and I will be going with it.  I am leaving Moreno Valley after an amazing 7 and a half months to be a Zone Leader in Menifee.  I will be in the Mapleton Ward, and I am super excited to see where the work takes me.  My comp is Elder Dunn.  He is from Idaho, and has been out as long as I have.

I am looking forward to working with the people in Menifee, and super excited for what the Lord has in store for me here.  It is always a bitter sweet moment to leave a place that has left such a great impact on your life.  The things that I have learned and am working on applying to my life have definitely impacted me.  I can already see a change, and I am super stoked to be in the field to help the work progress.

My son Elder Avei  got transferred to Riverside and Elder Yeaman will be taking over the area.  We have a ton of good stuff happening right now in Moval so there is no doubt I’ll be able to go back for a baptism.  Things here are already looking great.  I won’t  be surprised if we won’t have a baptism here in a couple of weeks lol ;)

Love you all thank you for the continual love and support. 

Deuces 

EP

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Below are pictures of missionaries, investigators and members

that Elder Pennington will miss from his days in Moval:

WEEK 50: LAST WEEK IN MORENO VALLEY

Glad to see that fresh breath is important to Elder Pennington

Elder Pennington had another great week.  It was busy so he didn't get off an email to share.  He did send a few pictures.

Fun socks from Mom - Amurrica!

We spoke for a brief moment of what his plans might be after his mission.  He is very motivated to get a good education, play ball, and start a good career.  It was good to hear him talk about how these things are important to him.  He is definitely growing up quick through this experience.  Enjoy the pictures!!!

The zone having fun.

These elders and sisters get along so well.

It's all good in the MoVal Hood

WEEK 49: SERVICE AT MARCH AIR FORCE BASE

Doesn't get much better than this - boys playing in big airplanes.
Scroll down for more pics of this day of service.

Due to the Columbus Holiday and the library being closed (internet access), we didn't get a lot of info from Elder Pennington this week.  We do know that they did service at March Air Force Base though. 


They painted some old airplanes for their museum, built some sheds, and fixed golf carts.  After he helped a vet fix some of the golf carts, he let Nathan drive the golf cart around the air base.

One of the reasons I was so excited about Nathan's call to Riverside is because my mom's family is from this area and my dad was stationed at March Air Force Base before going to Vietnam.  He was a navigator/bombardier on the B-52 bomber aircraft.  I'm sure Nathan walked some of the same ground where my dad walked back in 1966 and didn't even know it.

Below are some pics from this fun day of service:

Getting ready to tour and work at March AFB

Let's give these babies a fresh paint job!

Now that's a big plane

Look Ma!  I found a faster way to get to my teaching appointments!

You can barely see Nathan through that dirty window

Can you see the pilot's name on the plane under the window?
Lt. Col. Gary Pennington - What a coincidence!

Nathan aka Ice Man - maybe he will want to be a pilot
when he gets back from his mission.  Nope!  Momma
ain't gonna allow that - no way Jose!