week 14

Hey mom, I would like to start off by apologizing. I'm sorry I did not email you last week. The truth is that we never even were at the church for very long. Elder Lewis had to do a lot of things and he had to pack. So I'm really sorry. Thanks for not being mad at me, I hope you understand, that day was just super busy. 

Thanks for telling Bishop that I paid a full tithe. Haha yeah I did have ketchup on my plate. Sister Wojcicki likes ketchup a lot too. I could see you and her being real friends if you met each other in person. Thanks for saying I'm a good boy. My week went pretty great. I think it's because of the lack of Elder Lewis. I'm kind of glad to be rid of him. He honestly wasn't a very good trainer. Not to boast of myself but I think if he would have gotten somebody who was not as prepared as I was the other Elder probably would be very lost. At transfer I was talking to all of my buddies who I came out with and they all loved their trainers and I was probably the only one who didn't like mine. 

Anyways, I did get fed plenty on thanksgiving. We only had two appointments. One a meal and another one for dessert. Sister Wojcicki showed me the picture of you guys at the turkey trot. I knew you were there cause of the shirts. Great job on doing it well. We also got to exercise thanksgiving morning. We got to play in the turkey bowl. I really took advantage of that cause it's been so long since I've played football. I haven't sweated like that in at least a month and it felt good! I made some really nice catches too. 

Wow Elder Murphy, he's probably my favorite companion so far. This is his last transfer so I'm gonna "kill" him. He is super chill. He doesn't say a lot and I like that. He keeps to himself and I do too. He is from Seattle and for a long time he has been a service Elder in the mission. Before he came out he was in the marine core reserves. He has a pull up bar and sometimes I see him do some and he cranks them out! He is really humble and can be really funny sometimes. We are getting along great and the work is getting better(I think it's because I'm not with Elder Lewis).

I know it was your birthday on Wednesday and I have a surprise for you later in this email and I think you'll like it. Speaking of family history and temple work, a new rule just came out that you can only go to the temple if your less than two hours away from it and we are more than two hours away! Now we can't go with Donta(just figured out Sunday that that's how you spell his name) to the temple anymore! We also have a recent convert who is almost about ready to take his endowments out and now we can't go with them! That made me mad and upset.

Yeah Donta is gonna get baptized. We are going to make daily contact with him so we make sure he is not smoking. Thank You for the prayers. Also thank for the Christmas package. I can't wait to get it. Another thing I also want for Christmas is another sweater. Her address is 444 Hoch road in Blandon, PA.

1: I'm good with hand warmers. I haven't used any yet because it has been surprisingly warm.

2 I would love some boots.

3: I would probably love some cookies, cause then I can put them in milk.

Love you, Elder Shumway Hello everybody. Elder Shumway here doing his weekly email. This week
has been pretty great. I got a new companion. His name is Elder
Murphy. He is really great. He is super chill and this is his last
transfer. This week has been really great and also a little gross.
I'll mention why later.

Donta(which I just found out that's how you spell his name) is going
to be baptized on Sunday. He says he is ready to be baptized. It's
gonna be great. I think he is totally ready. This next week is when he
is going to stop smoking. We are going to go over there everyday and
make sure he is not. I'm pretty confident that he won't.

So this week has been pretty gross because we have found two dead mice
in our kitchen this past week. One of them was a little hard to get
off the floor because some blood was sticking onto it. It was really
gross. I will send pictures.

Something cool that happened this week is we found a really solid guy
on the streets of Reading. His name is Miguel and we showed him the he
is the gift video and he really liked it and then we told him that the
church of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth and that there
is a prophet on earth today. He was really interested and we have an
appointment with him in Tuesday.

I love being a missionary. I am really loving my mission. Things are
going great here. It is getting colder, but it's not snowing yet. I'm
kind of glad, cause it is not good to drive in snow and ice. I know
that this is the work of God and I want to serve him with all my
might, mind and strength.

Elder Shumway

Hi, my new companion is doing great. He is really cool, he is so easy
going, probably because this is his last transfer. It's ok, I didn't
even write last week. The holidays sure are different. Sorry to hear
that desert ridge lost. That game kind of sounds like the state
championships last season with Williams field. Just out coached and
the players were just too good.finally the ward is splitting, I'm sure
it has gotten really large. Tell me where the boundaries are next week
so I can know who will be in our ward. Good for the cards. I'm hearing
here that they are doing really well and that makes me excited. I saw
that picture of the family at the turkey trot. That looked like a lot
of fun. I'm excited to talk to you. I'm not sure how it's going to
work either, but I'm sure the mission will let us know. Yeah I will
need boots. It's not even showing snow for the next two weeks. So I
don't know if I should try and look for some yet or just ask for some.
I sent mom a special gift in my email to her about her birthday, I
hope she liked it. It's cold here but it's not snowing, but it's not
that cold. I'll keep up the good work. I think Elder Murphy and I will
be more successful than my previous companion.

Love Elder Shumway


Hey Lila that's okay, I probably wouldn't of been able to respond to
it anyway. Sorry to hear about your homework. I saw that picture of
you guys running the turkey trot, that looked like a lot of fun. Great
to hear about your teacher that you didn't like left, I had a few
teachers that I didn't like also. This week has been pretty great, I
got an awesome companion and we have been working hard. We've talked
to a lot of people. My companions name is Elder Murphy. Yes he was
really a marine. I can't wait for Christmas too, it's gonna be great.

Love Elder Shumway

Hello grandpa. Don't mind a joint letter at all. It is getting colder here. But people here say it's been really warm. It's been a long summer. It hasn't started snowing yet, so that's good. I did break in my long johns though and they work really well. Happy birthday to grandma I wish her the best. Sounded like a fun party too. Great job for desert ridge, sounds like they are doing really well this year. Sorry to hear about Williams field. That's a good idea to practice that. But the thing is I'm not the driver right now and I probably won't be for a while. Hopefully all winter I won't drive. We will be careful too. Glad to hear from you. Great to hear everybody is doing fine. I'm fine too.


Hey Grandma, happy birthday. Sounds like a fun party. I hope you enjoyed your birthday party. I wish I was there to celebrate it. How was thanksgiving? I heard my family went over and had dinner with you and grandpa. I'm sure the meal was delicious. It always was.

I heard about Lila's birthday party, that also sounded like fun. Glad to hear about gage and him playing football. I was invited to someone's home for thanksgiving. It was a great meal. After the meal we played some games with them. Great to hear about everyone's plans.
I hope everybody had a great thanksgiving. Love you grandma. Tell Bob and Margie I said hi and also grandpa.

Love Elder Shumway