Happy Monday everybody. Hope everybody is doing well. I didn't hear
whether or not the groundhog saw his shadow, I hope he did cause I am
definitely ready for spring to come! This week has been good. Probably
the highlight of the week was probably our lesson we had yesterday
with our investigator Brittany who is on date for  March 18. We had
originally planned to go over the restoration lesson again with her.
She then expressed to us a few questions and concerns about the law of
tithing, so we deviated from our original plan and then taught her
about the law of tithing. The lesson went really well. Our member that
was present had some great comments. She committed to live the law of
tithing after she was baptized.

 Tomorrow we have a zone conference in Newark, Delaware. I'm really
excited for that. It's always fun to meet up with fellow missionaries
and see how hey are doing. I'm glad that I've been able to make so
many great relationships since I've been on my mission. I truly have
gained friends for a life time. Hope everybody is doing well at home.
Love you all and talk to you next week.

Love Elder Shumway


Good morning mother. All the snow is gone. It stuck on the ground for
most of the day but the next day it was all gone. I honestly don't
know what goes on across the street. Yeah it was cold! It was super
windy. I don't know how it's going with the lady at the store. I hope
things go well with her too.

Yes there has been changes to the Pday schedule. I am happy about
them. I like having a couple more hours to do things. It actually does
affect me a lot. We are able to get some more things done. I'm hoping
that my next area will be in Philadelphia.

Brittany is doing well. She wasn't able to come to church yesterday.
We did have an appointment with her around 3:30 yesterday and that
lesson went great! She is still on date. She does need to come to
church more though. The boys that we are teaching didn't show up to
church again. I wasn't surprised. But we will keep working with them.

Yeah Torie told me that bryndee is going to have a baby. When is it
due do you know? I heard from Cindy this week and am going to respond
to her today.

Yes we were able to go to Jimmy Johns. The gargantuan I think was $9.
I think. I may just have to go back and check. I will be anxiously
awaiting your package! This is a really hard area. I'm sure I will
tell you about it in more detail when we are in person.

Why do the same people keep asking me for my address? Don't you have
it? I saw that you and grandma had emailed me about this throughout
the week. So what I did was I got up and wrote a letter to grandma. I
was hoping it would get there sooner. Now she won't have to ask you or
me again now that I wrote it down for her.

I remember pine wood derbys! Those were so much fun! Sounds like it
was a great success! That's great that Sister Whis participated. I
guess that's a good sign.

Which sisters are in the ward? They are lucky to get a haircut from
you! She's 18 months huh. I really don't remember Sister Merrill being
pregnant when I left. It was a long time ago though. I'm sure it can
be the best calling when everything goes well.

That's great Teryn had a great time. I can imagine how funny it is to
talk about coach Jackson. Those were good times on the tennis team. I
tried to email Teryn last week and he didn't respond yet!  March 15 is
really soon. I hope it can happen though. I'm sure he's anxious to
leave.

I'll make sure I send grandpa a happy birthday note! I'm sure both
Jill and Grandpa liked the OJ. I know I would. Liquid candy!

Wow that is really soon for Courtney! I'm sure she's super excited and
so is her family. That went really fast I think! And she left after I
left! I do get Coltons emails.

Love Elder Shumway

I've gotten more copper.

Hey is there anyway you could send me the video of me opening my mission call?

Yeah I'm not too happy about that. I did hear about the game. I wish
the falcons could have won. I guess Brady has 5 super bowl wins now.
He's probably the best quarterback right now. All that food that you
made sounded delicious. No one invited us over for their super bowl
party/meal.

I always wonder what you guys are doing too. Mission life is really
hard sometimes. But I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
That was nice of brother demarco to ask about me. I think I would say
hi to him every so often. I think he was in the bishopric when I was a
young man. He is a good man. He looks like dr gru sometimes. I also
heard that Larry Fitzgerald decided to come back for one more year.
I'm glad he did. I'd like to watch him pay one more time. I guess
baseball will be starting soon, I hope the Diamondbacks will do well
this year.

Have a great day
Love Elder Shumway