Week 12

Hello everybody. This week has been pretty slow. We only had 7
lessons! It was weird we had a lot of people cancel and also they are
pretty consistent on setting something up and not being home. But it's
all good. I'm still out here trying my best. I do enjoy being a
missionary.

Last Tuesday we helped some people move an organ! It was really heavy.
But we eventually got it to the other house. Wednesday bro Moore had
his surgery on his neck. When he got into his motor cycle accident a
while ago they found a tumor next to his spinal cord near his neck. So
that crash not only hurt him but also saved his life cause I guess the
tumor is cancerous. But the surgery went well and we will probably
visit him sometime soon.

Also on Wednesday we taught Dante and Danielle the word of wisdom and
it was a really great lesson. They are both trying to quit smoking.
Danielle set November 15th as the date to stop smoking. She seemed
really determined. Dante said he would stop that day, but later on
Saturday he told us he smoked. He feels like he is addicted and he
knows he needs to stop. He also feels really guilty every time he
smokes and he never has before. We set him up with another baptismal
date. We set him up with December 6th. He really wants to be baptized.
Danielle said she's not sure anymore if she wants to be baptized. But
we will work with her and get her re-excited to want to be baptized.

Thursday I went on exchange with Elder Drake! I love that guy. Not
only is he so cool! We walked around reading a
lot and talked to a lot of people.  My mission is sweet! 

After that we went to the Robinson's who fed us pot pie soup.
That is pretty popular out here. It's long and thick pieces of noodle
and some type of meet in a soup. This one was delicious because sister
Robinson made it.

Friday night we had a not so fun experience. We helped a family move.
First of all it was in Oley which is really far away. When we get
there we knock on the door and we see a huge pit bull barking at us
through the window. It was really scary. Later I find out that she
doesn't like men and will attack them. And we can tell that they are
hoarders! We walk in and the smell of urine and feces just hits you
like a wall! It was disgusting! So we were not looking forward to it.
It took a long time. And they had so much stuff and they thought it
would fit in a small truck. Which it would not. It was also windy and
freezing cold.

Oh and Saturday night we got some food from some members. They dropped
it off at our house. One thing that was in there were some avocado
Popsicles. I have a video to show what we thought of them.

Anyways love and miss you all. The church is true! Goodbye!
 Elder Shumway

P.S. Anyone who wants to or even if you don't want to you can email me. 

Hi mom. This week was ok. We didn't have a very successful week. We
only taught 7 lessons. We had a lot cancel. But our zone had a total
of 40 new investigators this week. That party sure sounds like fun. I
haven't used any oils cause I've been pretty healthy lately. I have
gotten a few scars because of the poison ivy. But I just think of them
as battle scars. I won't forget about the oils.

Great to hear that the wedding went well. I wish I could have gone.
Who are the wrights? Oh and tell skyler to email president cause
president is wondering how he's doing and so am I. He hasn't emailed
me since I've been out! Any pictures of his girlfriend that I can show
president?

Lila does look so much older! Just from the picture you sent me she
looks really older. Did you play the balloon game?

We had the primary program here a couple of weeks ago. There aren't as
many primary kids here as there are over there. You should tell some
families to move over here cause we are really lacking people. I think
there's only 3 young women and we have 0 teachers.

Sorry to hear about Ben. I figured he came home cause he is no longer
on LDS tools anymore. Any word on Quinn Gardner? Or Jeff Maycock? Hope
they are doing great.

I actually went ahead and bought some Josh Groban music and also some
Michael Buble. I would love some David archuleta Christmas music.
Other than that I would love some money😊.

Ugh! I wish sister slade would get better! I will stay warm.

1: We only had seven lessons this week.
2: 1 Nephi 4:12. Pretty great one.
3: None that I know of.

Love Elder Shumway

Hey Lila! That's cool to hear you have a cool new friend that seems
very talented. I know Thursday was you birthday. I remembered that it
was. Man that food sounds really good. It's really hard to find good
bbq out here. People think that it's good but it's better out west.
Great to hear that the wedding went great and also the reception.
Sorry to hear about your science teacher. Hopefully your next teacher
will be awesome. Did you do the balloon game at your party? Sorry to
hear about all that homework. I didn't like homework either.

One thing that happened was we helped a hoarder move. When we walked
in the smell hit me like a wall. It smelled like urine. There was also
a lot of cat poop around. Not to mention they are hoarders. So that
made me really grateful that I've lived in a clean house. And not to
mention it was freezing cold to me.

Miss you.

Love Elder Shumway

P.S. You spelled Reading wrong.