Hi everybody. This week was pretty great. Noah got baptized. He is
such an awesome kid. He is super smart. During the talks at his
baptism he would agree with what the people were saying and then
expound more doctrine after agreeing. Again he's only 8 years old so
it's super funny when he does it. I had the opportunity to baptize
him. Jon and Lori were also able to come too. Which was awesome. Jon
has just become more and more interested over time. Last night we were
at his house and he was talking about the baptism. He also said that
they need to hurry up and get married so he can be baptized.

Something else happened this week that is pretty awesome. Once upon a
time this mission was allowed to use Facebook. Then after a while it
was taken away. And this week we have been given the opportunity to
use Facebook to help others to come unto Christ. I've already seen the
affect that this can have on others. I am very excited that our
mission has the chance to use this great technology.

Love Elder Shumway

Hi Lila. My week was pretty great. We had a great baptism on Saturday. I hoped you liked the photos. Sounds like you've been dancing a lot recently. Got a picture of you and Sam playing tether ball in the rain. Did you enjoy that. Also you went out to lunch and to a movie with some of the family. Have fun at school. 

Love Elder Shumway

Wow that does not sound fun. How did Mom get it? What is MRSA?
Monopoly was fun last night and yes we were able to reach a lesson as
we played. We talked mainly about them getting married and when that
can happen and why marriage is so important. Sounds like you guys had
a great meal yesterday. Lucky you to do all that work. Sunday for
dinner we went to Jon and Loris and had breakfast for dinner. Carson
had to go to work on Sunday? I'm sure Lila and Sam are definitely not
excited to start school again. I wouldn't be. I heard there has been
quite a bit of rain. I saw some pics on Facebook with the temple and
lighting in the background. It was a really cool picture. By the way
our mission has Facebook back. Oh yeah the olympics. I totally forgot
about that. Hopefully the US does good this year. Basketball should be
exciting.

Mom told me that the wars had sent out a package for me. I should be
getting it this week most likely. I'm sure you have plenty of faith
that those plants would grow. You didn't tell the sisters that you've
grown up on doing that? I hope mom gets a speedy recovery. I don't
know a lot about this thing that she has. Please inform me what it is
all about.

Love Elder Shumway

Mom,

Haha yeah I'm glad that I got to see the Wojcickis. They are awesome. I'm glad you and Erin are friends. She actually reminds me a lot of you. She even reminded me of you even more on Saturday cause she cut her hair and it looks very similar to yours. We will definitely have to go see them together. Yeah Elder Lake and I get along most of the time. I was trying to cheer up Elder Lake a little bit on Saturday cause he felt a little betrayed cause Mason did not show up for his baptism. Noah did get baptized so that was good. I did get to baptize Noah. I will send a picture of us. Haven't had any contact with Mason at all. He's not returning our calls and texts also we just got Facebook back and he's not responding to our messages. But we know that he sees them cause we see his posts on Facebook. Very frustrating! Our next step? Well we don't really know. What I want to do is to go knock on his door. But Elder Lake doesn't want to for some reason. 

Yeah sorry if I confused you about that. Jon and Lori are doing great! They are a lot of fun to be around and are very nice to us. Yeah I am trying to keep the apartment clean. And it pretty much is just me cause Elder Lake doesn't help clean a lot. But that's ok. Oh by the way elder lake is staying for another transfer and so am I. So 6 more weeks together in Pottsville! 

Thanks for that picture. Porter is ssssoooooo skinny! His collar doesn't even fit him! Chance looks really muscleee. I'm excited to get that package. I always love packages. I will send a thank you note for it. Thanks for the extra cash, I always enjoy that as well. The CTR rings, well I haven't done anything with the CTR rings. Sorry, I didn't really know what to do with them. I also have not used the wax or eaten the jelly beans yet. None other missionaries want to do it. I'm glad those two are doing well. Hopefully porter can gain some weight. I'm sure you could definitely see all his ribs. Why was chance talking slow with a lot of pauses? Chance did write me. 

That's great Sam got his webelow. Thanks for helping him with that. I heard it's been raining pretty hard. Saw some pics on Facebook of the temple with some lighting in the background. Looks like you girls went to cafe rio for lunch.

Thanks for reaching out to Nick Durrant
for me. I always tried to be his friend and I do consider myself his friend. I wish we were closer though. I hope he's doing well. Is he or his family coming to church? 

I haven't gotten any money from grandpa recently. Hopefully I get it this week. My money is fine. It varies on how much I spend a week. Depends on what going on. Also depends on which area I'm in. I'm fine with money. We seem to be getting fed more after than we did at the beginning of the transfer. That's great you got a raise. How much? I'm sure Lila and Sam are not excited to go back to school. I wouldn't be.

Got dads email and I guess you have something called MRSA. Also got some pictures. They look pretty gross. Was it just full of infection juices and they just needed to drain it? Is this thing going to affect you a lot? What needs to happen so you can get better?

Sorry internet is getting pretty expensive. So what are you guys doing now. Are you just settling with the same provider or did you switch to something else? Comcast is huge out here. Well in Philly they have the Comcast building which is probably their headquarters. I don't know of any other way I can have internet other than that. But it's ok, I don't absolutely need it. 

The Condie family is great. Bro Condie used to be the bishop of the wars and he's related to President Monson. Cause Condie is president monsons mothers name. But they are a great family. And they also have a son named Braden. 

That's great Colten is going to the temple. Does he still have a girlfriend? That's also great that chandler is expecting his call soon too. Hopefully you can go. Mission call openings are awesome! We do have quite a few missionaries out right now. It sure is great isn't it? Courtney comes home in 6 months! That makes me feel old. 

You could always ask questions. Ask as many as you want. I will answer them.

Love Elder Shumway