Mom,
Woah that's super disappointing. Things sure are changing. We are now
Coronado 3rd. That sure is different. It will be interesting to see
who is in our ward now. Hopefully some nice people. Will you still
have 2pm church? I'm sad that we no longer have those people in our
ward. What's Bishop Boman like? I assume he used to be in the Coronado
2nd ward. Our ward boundaries is a lot smaller, and they were small
before it split. I guess the church is growing a lot in our stake. So
do you know where the new stake will be and what it will be called? It
will be different coming home to a somewhat different ward.

Seems like Andrew might be a little lonely. I wish he would've stayed
on his mission. Hopefully he can find some friends and a job and go to
school. I wish I could help him out more. That's so mean that you told
Carson to do that! But I'm sure you had things to do and he stayed
there long enough. I wish he would get his license. That would help
him.

So we have not gotten into our new apartment yet. We were told that we
will be moving in May 1. So we have moved back into our apartment.
Elder Gibbons got a couple of bites but we think it was a spider bite
not a bed bug bite because it swelled up a lot. I haven't gotten any
bites of any kind so that's good. We haven't seen any bed bugs either.
We found out that the Philadelphia area is #2 in the nation for bed
bugs, Detroit is #1. We might be rid of them finally. We still have an
occasional marijuana smell and also cigarette smoke smell. This
apartment will be an interesting memory. The new apartment will be
much better I'm sure. Elder Gibbons does not like the our apartment at
all. He has super bad allergies and spring is in the air and there's a
lot of pollen in our apartment for some reason. It hasn't bothered me
too much.

My white shirts are holding up pretty well. I have gotten a few
marks/stain on a few so those will be sweater shirts. I have not grown
in height. I've grown the opposite of height. I'm sure you understand.

Wow that is super sad. Now he is no longer suffering and is now
glorified and doesn't have any more disabilities. So what's wrong with
Sam? How come his feet hurt?

That's cheese steak was really good. I'll send a picture will my face
in it. I'll send you a picture of our zone.

Yeah Brother Wright is awesome. Yesterday he met with Bishop to talk
with him. I'm not sure what about, I'm sure we will find out. He
probably wants to just get some things straitened out. He did come to
church and I got to sit next to him. So weeks ago we knock on his door
and call him and he was always out of town. Then a week or so ago he
calls us and wants to set up an appointment. And he's ready to come
back and be active in the church. So the man in the hospital. His name
is Harry Trice, he has ALS which is Lou Gehrig's disease and he has it
really bad. His wife is also excommunicated and he's usually always
out of it and he can't talk so we basically just teach her. He didn't
look very good the last time we visited. She says that she's pretty
sure that he's going to pass away here. I hope she's wrong. We are
trying to "teach" him as fast as we can cause that's what the stake
president in Dover, Delaware said needs to happen before he can get
baptized again. We are hoping that it could happen this weekend. But
he might pass before then. So yeah that's the story so far.

1: My feet are fine. No ingrown toenails recently. I had a few in the
beginning of my mission. My shoes are getting a little beaten up. But
that's good. I want my shoes to look that way.
2: They have been feeding us. I wish they would feed us more. The
Spanish Elders get fed practically every single day and they are in a
branch! And we have a ward full or rich lawyers. Doesn't really make
much sense to me. But that's okay, I can afford to miss a few meals.
3: Our new address on May 1 will be 1504 N Broom St Apartment 6
Wilmington, DE.

Love Elder Shumway

I forgot to ask, how is Sister Slade doing? Haven't heard anything
about her for a while.

Wow where did the time go? I've been out for 8 months now. It's crazy
how time just flies by on your mission. I will be out for a year in
four months. It's starting to get warmer here. I think winter is
behind us. In the past Elder Gibbons has had really bad allergies and
this year is no different. Spring is definitely in the air. Lots of
sneezing and itchy eyes for him. But for me it hasn't really taken
affect yet. Thankfully he bought some Claritin which helps a lot.

So for an apartment update. We have moved back into our old apartment
just to see if we still have bed bugs or not. So we move in and the
first night Elder Gibbons has two bites on his arm. We don't think
they were from a bed bug because his arm swelled up pretty well and
bed bug bites usually don't do that. Thankfully I have not been bitten
at all. I must have sour blood or something and Elder Gibbons' blood
is sweet.

So last week I mentioned an excommunicated couple who want us to meet
with them. So we saw them about three times this week. I said that he
had ALS and for those of you who don't know what that is it is Lou
Gehrig's disease. I don't know all what it does to somebody's body,
but it is not good. He has it really bad. He also has a trache in and
he can't talk which makes communication next to impossible. Thankfully
he grew up in the church and even went on a mission so I'm sure he
already knows a lot about the gospel. We are trying to get through the
lessons soon because his wife said he is getting worse and worse and
could possibly pass away soon. So he right now is our first priority
when it comes to teaching somebody. Hopefully he can hang on for a
week of two so we can get him baptized. But if it doesn't happen in
this life the family has plans to do it in the temple.

An update on Brother Wright who is this super awesome guy who has been
less active for years and wants to come back. He came to church last
week and everything went well. We will continue to work with him. We
are trying to get him ready for the temple which will most likely
happen in a few weeks.

So that's about it. We are busy and working hard and trying our best
to invite people to come unto Christ.

Love Elder Shumway

Dad
Mom did fill me in on it. Our ward will definitely be a lot different and we are losing a lot of awesome people. But this is kind of a good thing, it shows that the church is growing and this way we will be able to meet new people and gain new friendships. I'm sure there will be some people you only miss a little. That's good for Carson to have more young men that go to Williams field. It will sure be interesting who will be their other stake president and also what it will be called. Oh yeah happy anniversary the other day. Ooo yeah you should probably make that up to her. I guess you guys went and mowed lawns that day too. Is it getting hot enough to go swimming yet? I can see the baseball standings, doesn't look like Arizona is doing too good. Our living conditions have improved recently so that is good. Love you too.

Hey Lila. Didn't we get put into a different ward? Is the water cold? Did you guys do anything for mom and dad's anniversary? My week went pretty good. Haven't gotten bitten by any bed bugs. Love you too