First of all its true I got to call 911 this week. So the story goes,
we had an appointment with one of the recent converts in the ward. We
go over there and say hi. We are there for a little bit when we both
felt that we need to leave and go to the church with him. He says that
would be fine, but he said that he wants to eat first. I really felt
like we needed to get out of there ASAP so I told him that I would buy
him dinner if we could go right now. The house is a mess and the TV
was super loud and there were two high obnoxious grown men there too
who would only disturb us probably. He said ok and he went to get his
shoes. He comes back down stairs and we walk out to the car. As we are
almost to the car he stops dead in his tracks and immediately falls
super hard on the ground. He then begins to have a seizure! Elder
Gibbons runs inside and tells everybody while I call 911. Everybody in
the house comes out and is fracking out. The ambulance says they are
in the way. After he comes out of his seizing he notices that
everybody is around him and looking at him. He then gets up and runs
back inside the house! A little later the ambulance finally came and
took him to the hospital. Not only did he have a seizure he also
suffered a really bad concussion. So that was not fun at all.

The work here is going pretty slow. Not to many investigators, but we
have a plethora of less actives to work with. So we are kind of
concentrating on them right now. Along with finding service
opportunities in the city. Hopefully the work can pick up in the near
future.

So this last Sunday was fast Sunday and it was a little different than
normal. We had one man come up and just let everybody know that
daylight saving day is coming up and he warned in that we needed to
set our clocks right. After that he said amen and walked off. We also
had a man who is deaf bear his testimony in sign language and his wife
translated for him. So that was pretty cool.

So I never told but my companion Elder Gibbons is super good at the
piano. He plays things that are just crazy. I'll send a video of him
playing.

The church is true. On my mission I've seen why things that are in the
church are in the church. The word of wisdom and the law of chastity
are sooooooooo important. And not following these commandments is not
a good idea. I've also learned that my family is so important to me.
Here is see people abuse there kids and just don't parent well at all.
And kids are super disrespectful to us and are swearing and using
really bad language. So the teaching of the church aren't just things
that we should do, it's something that we should want to do because
they are soooooooooooo important.

Love you all, stay safe, i definitely will try here in Wilmington
which is by the way the murder capital of America!!!!

Elder Shumway

Hello Dad. Yeah mom did fill me in on a lot of stuff that is going on at home. Good for Manning to retire, he is getting super old. He can end his career with a super bowl win. What Lakers beat the Warriors? That's crazy.Good for the Suns too. Are they still pursuing Mike Dantonie? Thats probably not how you spell his name. I am getting acclimated. That would be super awesome for you to go to a spring training game. 

So I've gotta tell you a story of something that happened to me this week. So Elder Gibbons and I went to a recent converts home for an appointment we had with him. This guys name is Jachin and he is 19 years old. So we go over there to his house and are there for a little bit and we ask him if it would be okay if we could go to the church so we can have some peace and quiet because his house is crazy. It is a mess and there are two obnoxious grown men who are smoking and obviously high. So he says that's fine, but he wanted to eat before. I wanted to leave right then cause I did not feel the spirit at all in there. I told him that i would buy him dinner if he would come. He said okay. So we start walking out and as we are walking to the car him and I are walking side by side and he then stops and falls to the ground super hard and then begins to have a seizure. Elder Gibbons runs inside and tells everybody that Jachin is having a seizure. They all come out and start freaking out. I call 911 and they said they are coming. While waiting for the ambulance he stops seizing and starts to come back. He looks up and and notices that everybody is around him and staring at him so he gets up and runs back into the house. Eventually the ambulance comes and takes him to the hospital. Turns out that not only did he have the seizure he also got a pretty bad concussion from the hard fall. So that was what happened this week.

Hi Grandpa. Just wanted to email you and say thank you for the funds
> that you gave me. I love it when I get stuff like that. Money is super
> tight here and it truly helps me out a lot. So thank you so much. Love
> you.
>
> Elder Shumway

Hi Grandma. Yeah I was sick for a couple of days, but I am feeling much better. Back to normal. Yeah Debbie is really golden. Unfortunately she doesn't live in our area. Hopefully I will get one like her some day. Petty much my area is brand new to me and we are basically just starting over.

That's great grandma that you've set a retirement date. I'm sure they will miss you. Thanks for taking the girls out and getting them those things. I love you too grandma.

Elder Shumway

Good morning Mom. This week I have not spent my days in my bed. I probably just slept on my neck wrong last week. It feels normal now. Yeah that was super nice of the Spanish Elders to go see Debbie. This week was very slow. It was slow because we had a four hour zone training on Wednesday and Thursday and that kind of threw a lot out of whack. The weather sure is going to get warmer.

Those are good girls in your class. You probably won't have to much trouble with them. Chocolate makes everything better. King Benjamin Good lesson. He sure says some good things.

The awkward feeling is going away. Slowly but surely. There are a lot of lawyers in this ward and they all make a ton of money and can be pretty snobby sometimes and sometimes ungrateful. Anyways Elder Gibbons just stayed with me for those days when I was sick. I'm sure he enjoyed it a lot. I did take some ibuprofen, but not four. It did help a little bit though. 

Yeah lucky sisters! Not only are they having that baptism there is this woman they are teaching who lives in our area. But they get to teach her cause she had requested sisters. And she's going to get baptized on April 2nd. Nobody really ever requests elders. Our area isn't to big. It's smaller that my last area in Reading. I'll send you a picture of it on a map. We will probably get to go cause the church building is in our area. We aren't really teaching any investigators right now. Here in Wilmington it weird cause all the poor welfare people who live in the city will talk to us and let us in and all that, but they won't keep commitments and they won't come to church cause they don't have a car. But if we go to the rich areas and tract we get a lot of doors slammed in our faces and people telling us to leave cause there's no soliciting here. We try and tell them that we aren't but they don't care. It's just super frustrating, so right now we are mainly working with recent converts and less actives. 

Wow that's crazy that Porter is  already coming home. He's probably ready to come home. And you're welcome for all your new friends on Facebook. Yep 7 months is coming up and I've still got a long way left to go. One thing that I've learned about my mission is that the mission is demanding physically but it's even more demanding spiritually and mentally. 

Thanks for doing temple work. I took for granted the temple back home. I wish so much right now that I can go to the temple. Don't take it for granted and tell the rest of the family that too. We are so lucky to have a temple so close to us and are able whenever we want to go. I will keep sending them. When there's a time that I'm not busy or doing anything I usually go in and see if I can find anybody and then I send them over to you. I will keep doing that.

Sounds like a nice car that you and Dad are looking at and hardly any miles on it. What is a dr from India? Wow less than a thousand for the Honda? That's super cheap. I guess it is pretty beaten up though.

That's great Sis Slade can talk. Seems like she's slowly making progress. Can't wait for the day that she is all better. I guess Sadie has been married for a couple of months now. 

Thank you for paying it off the ipad. I guess when you go on a mission you get to pay for an iPad and get to keep it. I haven't really needed a whole lot. I am excited that may is coming up soon and also conference. Conference is like super bowl for missionaries cause this is the one time that we are allowed to watch TV! I won't break it or losemy ipad. 

Carson looks like he's doing well. Only one video? Lila told me about that gymnastics meet and about their granddaughter. I guess they are good friends now. I'm not surprised that the family is getting small.  A lot of us aren't around. That's awesome to hear about Colten putting his papers in. I'm glad that he's going to go on a mission. 

1: Well we are fighting back with the bed bugs. I'm using the lavender on my bed. We haven't seen any lately so that's good. 

2: They haven't eaten me up yet either. 

3: Elder Gibbons is from Niagara Falls, Canada. That probably wouldn't be a good idea cause his mom is like a drug addict and he doesn't know where she is and if she's even alive. So yeah. 

Love Elder Shumway

Hey Lila. Not much honestly. My new area is a lot different. The city
is super scary. Sorry you were sick on Tuesday. Sounds like you've got a new friend. Sure sounds like a lot
of fun. You're already swimming too? I guess it is already in the 90s
over there. We think we've got rid of them. We haven't seen any for a
couple of weeks. My companion is great. We are teaching this one guy
named Darin. He is super cool. We are gonna see him tonight. My week
went ok and a little scary. If you want to know why you can read dads
email cause I'm gonna tell him what happened.
Love you too, Elder Shumway