Week 16

It is so hot! Yesterday it almost got up to 70 degrees! This winter is
so winter. There should be snow on the ground but there isn't. I have
mixed feeling with this. I want to see snow and I want it to be
colder, but then that means we have to work in it and we have to drive
in it. And that will not be fun. I do also want to have some snow ball
fights.

This week with the work was a little slow. On Saturday all of our
appointments fell through. We did find a really solid investigator
though and she said she would read the Book of Mormon and we also gave
her a savior is born pass along card and she said she would visit the
website. She owns a clothing store in Reading and she's given us quite
a few ties and the previous time we visited her we got sweaters. Not
just any normal sweaters, we got sweaters that you could see Bill
Cosby wearing. Will send a picture next week.

Also Dontá didn't get confirmed in church cause he was in Philly all
week. He had a few rides but they all fell through. It seems like
someone doesn't want him to be confirmed, I wonder who it is. You
could probably guess. But he will definitely get confirmed next week.
But he won't be able to go inside the temple on Saturday p, which is
when the ward is planning to go. So he can just stay at the visitors
center and that will still be a great experience. And even just seeing
the Washington, D.C. Temple will be amazing. When he went to Philly he
saw the temple there.

So the title for this week is chickens on the road because as we were
driving to an appointment there was a truck load of chickens on a
truck. I thought it was awesome so I took a video of it.

Also when we were in Reading this week we were waiting for an
investigator to get home cause we had an appointment with them and
they didn't show up! This happens a lot on the mission. Anyways while
we were waiting we made friends with some cats. One really liked me
😊.

Anyways love all you and hope you all have a great Christmas coming
up. I also invite everybody to check out Christmas.mormon.org and
check it out it's an awesome website that talks about our saviors
birth.

Till next time, Elder Shumway

Yes we are having a very mild winter. I guess it's call an El Niño winter. I'm still not convinced that it snows here. People say it does, but there isn't any snow and it's the middle of December! Speaking of barbecue, it's not that great out here. People say that it's the best, but really it is so much better in Arizona. I remember corn hole. I played it a few times, was never really good at it. It's cool how it's cold there. You're pretty lucky. I remember doing service for sister Jensen and we had to do the same things. Good for the cardinals, just wait the time that I go on my mission the cardinals win the super bowl and I'm not able to watch it! All the leaves on the trees here are already gone. Yeah make sure it works. I'm not to sure how to do it but I'll figure it out. I would like to do it around 11:00am which would be 9:00am your time.

Love Elder Shumway 

Hello. That's great that you made a blanket for her. I'm sure she is
grateful. I feel so bad for her. I wish she could be her normal self.
Is there anything I can do to help? I really pray for her often and
hope she will get better.

I had an okay week. It was a pretty slow week. We did find a solid
investigator though. And that's were we got those sweaters. Our
investigators name is Ana. She owns a used clothing store in Reading
and she said that we can buy some and she would give us a good deal.
Elder Murphy said they look like something that Bill Cosby would wear.
Yeah we were over at the smiths and they fed us lunch and sister smith
noticed that I'm a little under the weather and she gave me some
oranges and we also helped decorate some cookies with them. I've
pretty much told you everything I know about him. Things are going
well still.

I got the package on Monday and the cookies weren't totally broken up.
They were still good. Sister Wojcicki did like the apron. Why do you
always call her sister w? I haven't opened them yet. I'm waiting till
Christmas. The citrus survived just fine.

That's great that church went well. It's probably larger than our
ward. It's been super hot here! It's colder there than it is here!
It's ridiculous! People keep saying that it snows here and s cold and
I haven't seen it yet. I think they're lying.

Dontá is doing okay. Haven't seen him in a while. He didn't get
confirmed yesterday cause he was in Philly all week. Haven't found
anybody, except for Ana. Tell the sisters that I said hi. Dave and
Cindy are very nice. You should invite them to come over Christmas
morning. They sent me some Oreos, some Gillette stuff, oat meal, and
some other stuff.

1: Well we are planning around 11:00am. Which would be 9:00am for you.
2: My Christmas plans are to skype with you guys and got to people's
houses and eat there food.
3: We got Bill Cosby sweaters and we wore them. And we got some cat
friends this week.

Love Elder Shumway

Hello grandma, thanks for giving me a short note. I love getting emails from you. I was thinking about Jacob and wondering how he is doing. My companion was in the marines so he can understand what might be happening to him. Good job for gage. What songs are the girls playing? I would love to get a video of them playing the piano. I can't wait for the new calendar. I love when those come out. I have this years still in the wall and I love looking through it and all the great pictures. I do not mind getting a late Christmas present. Thanks for supporting me in my mission. I miss you a lot and can't wait to talk to you on Christmas.

Love Elder Shumway

Hey Lila. I'm excited for Christmas too. I don't know what else to say. Bye