9-21

This past week went by really fast. I can officially say I've been out for a month. It feels pretty great. I can feel that I'm getting more and more adjusted to being a missionary. 

So yeah I have poison ivy. It's pretty bad. I got it because last Friday and Saturday we had a service project. The project was picking up trash along a road. Now this road isn't like one in Arizona. There's the road but you look on both sides and it's just jungle. And sometimes I would have to go in that jungle and grab some trash and because of that I got poison ivy. And it's so itchy and scratching only makes it worse. But it's healing pretty well and hopefully will be gone in a couple of days. 

This week I had a great experience. On Friday we got a referral, we went and knocked
on the door and no one was home, but we left a card with our number on it. And on Friday night we discussed how we have been struggling finding people. So we fasted on Saturday hoping that something would happen. So nothing happened that day and we were really sad so during planning that night we got a call and it was the referal that we tried to visit the other night. She called and asked for a Book of Mormon and also wanted to know when church was. We told her and the next day at church she was there and we were so excited. So hopefully we can get her to progress. We gave her a Book of Mormon and she had a lot of questions about the church and we have scheduled an appointment with her. So I'm really excited about her. 

I love being a missionary. Even though it's hard and awkward all the time the experiences are amazing and I can feel myself changing. My testimony of the restored gospel has strengthened so much. You really find yourself when you are in the service of others.

Love Elder Shumway