Happy Monday everybody. Elder Shumway here with another installment of
the infamous weekly letter. Things are going great her in the PPM. The
weather is getting colder. Every morning there is frost on the ground
and it makes everything all wet. And our car is no exception. We've
had to get out the ice scraper and scrape ice off of our windows.
Hasn't started snowing yet though.

This week we had our ward Christmas party. That was a lot of fun. Lots
of food and got to mingle with a lot of people and Santa was there.
Elder Murphy and I got a picture with him. Forgot to tell him what I
wanted for Christmas though. All I really want is to Skype with my
family.

Last night Dontá got baptized. Everything went great there. He asked
me to give a talk on baptism and I told the funny joke. I said that I
feel like a short cow in a tall field of grass, I am just utterly
tickled to be here. I got a few laughs. Got that joke from my fat and
ugly friend Jimmy Carpenter. Next week in sacrament meeting he will be
confirmed.

Funny story, just a little while ago we were in Walmart and we were
about to check out and we had bought a case of water and I
accidentally dropped it. So I bent down to get it and I heard a rip. I
ripped my pants! It was really embarrassing. Thankfully nobody was
laughing at me as far as I can tell. But the other Elder were laughing
at me.

Anyways everything is going great out here. I'm literally loving my
mission. I know this Gospel is true and I love sharing it with random
people that I meet. Thank you everybody for supporting me. Love you
all.

Elder Shumway

Happy Monday. Great to hear that we still have our spot in church. I\

figured that's how the ward would split. Where are they gonna put that

ward? Speaking of Andrew, I haven't heard from him in a couple of

weeks. I guess he forgot to put me in his email list. I'm sure he's

doing just fine. I see the weather over there on my iPad and it does

look cold. A little colder than it is here.

I did get those boots, bro Wojcicki gave them to me. Haven't gotten

the package today. I love getting packages. Thanks for not being upset

with me. I felt really bad and frustrated, cause nobody really cares

if I sent my emails. I love Mondays as well.

I'm glad I like my companion too. The best thing about him is he keeps

to himself and doesn't do or say dumb things. He only has about 4

weeks left actually. He goes home January 5th. That's weird that Elder

Lewis' mom contacted you about that. Elder Lewis never really said

those things to me.

Thats awesome about Jacob. Hopefully he will do well at that. I do

also wish he went back out on his mission.

1: Yes he got baptized last night.

2: I do have milk.

3: I haven't put my storm windows in , I don't know what to do.

Love Elder Shumway

Dang good for the dbacks. Who did they trade for him? Or was he a free agent? My week was great. The baptism did happen and everything went according to plan.i didn't know that the Eagles beat the patriots. Good for them. I heard that the panthers have already clinched their division. I have the boots and they are really nice. The weather here is around high 40s and low 20s I believe. Every morning now there is frost on the grass and it makes everything white. But I am staying warm. I kind of figured that's how they were going to split it. I also heard about Jacob, I wish him well. I think we might get a little tree sometime and put it in our house. Things are going great here. Things have gone by fast.

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Hello Grandma, I enjoy your letters too. I try and write every week if I can. I heard about James' accident. I'd rather take my poison ivy over a cut up knee. Sorry to hear about grandpas accident. If they total it will he get a new one? Great to hear about Jacob. He will do great in the Air Force. I wish him luck and that is a really good job he has. Doesn't seem like he has to do a lot of manual labor. That is good. Thanks for emailing me grandma. I wish I could write a longer one but I gotta go. Love you

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