Mom,
This week has been pretty long for me too. I am in Wilmington,
Delaware.  I am doing good. My companion is great. Well we have been
what some people say "white washed". We call it being doubled in. It's
strange to be doubled in because we are both new to the area. First few 
days were slow cause neither of us
know anybody here. We didn't even have our area book until the day
after transfers. It's super awkward with the ward too cause we don't
know anybody and they aren't like the members in Reading.

I am sad I left Reading too. I wish I could stay there for longer. Dad
is right that I am in Wilmington. Don't know if you know but I've
heard that Wilmington in the heroin capital of the nation. Just
thought I'd say that. Sister Wojcicki was awesome and so were so many
people here. I'm glad she wants to be in the loop.

It has been awesome here. The weather has been very mild. I'm fine with
rain, I love the rain. Nice! The radio (rodeo) is sweet! Have fun going to
that gymnastics meet. Tell aunt Monte I say hi.

 I would love to go to Philly too. I hope my work with indexing will pay off by
going there. I guess we will see in a couple of months. Did you know
that I am going to extend my mission? And so is everybody else? At
least everybody who is speaking English will. That's because the MTC
is extended to three weeks now.

This winter has gone by super fast. To me it wasn't really even that
cold. But I'm looking forward to the heat. Haha yeah make sure daisy
gets a hair cut and for the right price of course.

What? Adrew broke his arm? Why would he do a thing like that? That does
not sound like fun. Is it a bad break? Will he have to come home?

Wait I thought I showed you how to find a name on family search? The
DC temple is closed too. This transfer might be the time that I can
go. It's within the time limit here and there are a lot of people here
that need to go.

I will send pictures later today maybe in my weekly email.

1: I don't know of an easier way to get you picture. Are they not easy?
2: Haven't met anybody yet that I think would be your friend.
3: I do not know who is Selby compainion. He is training someone.

Love Elder Shumway

Dad

Hi. All things are going well here. I am in Wilmington, my companions name is Elder Gibbons, like the monkey. The ward here is a lot different from Reading. It's super weird because I doubled into this area and we both have no idea who anybody is. We have been walking by a lot of faith this past few days. Nice job on being able to do whatever the primary president needs you to do. I can imagine that trying to get used to sharing time can be interesting. I remember going into sharing time a few times back when we had to be with those kids for a Sunday and I thought it was a lot of fun. I felt like I was in primary again. I truly was a sun BEAM!! Hopefully the dbacks can do something this year. Did they decide on who's the new coach for the Suns? Thanks for thinking about me. I think about you too. Love you too.

Hey Lila. That's okay that you didn't write, just don't do it AGAIN!!! man school sounds like fun for you right now. Good luck with all those assignments. You had to eat a cricket. That's gross! And you had to put worms in your mouth too!! That's gross too!!! Why would you do that. Was the free soda worth it? My new area is different. My companion is Elder Gibbons. We are teaching a few people. Ill probably go more into that on my weekly email. My new ward is new and different. We got doubled in so neither of us know anybody in the ward really so it's super awkward. Love you too. :) 

Hello y'all. So I got transferred. I also got what some people call
white washed into an area. We call it being doubled in. What this is
is when both missionaries get transferred out and two brand new ones
come in and those new ones are us. My new companion is Elder Gibbons,
like the monkey. He is from Niagra falls, Canada aye. Unfortunately he
doesn't say aye a lot.

So the subject this week is heroin capital of the nation. The reason
for that is because what I've heard is that Wilmington, Delaware is
the heroin capital of the nation. So there are a lot of people here
that need Jesus. And I want to help them find him and his restored
gospel.

It was hard to say goodbye to Reading. I really love the ward and all
the people that I've come in contact with. I will miss them dearly.
But I know that the Lord needs me in Wilmington right now and that
there are people here who need to hear my testimony of the restored
gospel.

So cool story. The other night Elder Gibbons and I called some members
and asked if we could stop by and introduce ourselves to them since we
are both new. They said that they were in the emergency room, but we
could still come and see them. So we go and we say hi and while we are
talking with them a woman comes up to us and asks," how hard is it to
become a Mormon?" We respond and tell her it's not hard at all. She
said she's always wanted to be one but never had the opportunity. So
we exchanged information and said that we would call her. Couple days
roll around and she calls us and asks why haven't we called her? We
said that we were going to call her later that night. She told us that
she really wants to come to church and to join. So we set up an
appointment on Tuesday. I'm pretty confident she'll get baptized. Her
name is Debbie.

Super excited to be here in Wilmington. I've met some super awesome
people. I know that this is where I need to be. Love you all and stay
safe.

Elder Shumway

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